πτόησις
ptóēsis · G4423 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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something fearful, something alarming, something that causes one to be afraid
(Derivative of πτοέομαι ‘to be terrified,’) An object, event, or condition that causes terror or alarm
Examples1 Peter 3:6 just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; and you have proved to be her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μηδείςno one 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- φοβέωto fear, to be afraid, to show great reverence for 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- φόβος phóbos · G5401 · fear, something to be feared
- Greek noun denoting fear or terror, overlapping with πτόησις but broader in range, covering both alarm/terror and reverential fear; πτόησις is more specifically focused on sudden alarm or fright
Contrasting words 2 words
- θάρσος thársos · G2294 · to become confident, to take courage
- The second word is a Greek noun denoting courage or boldness, the direct lexical opposite of alarm and terror (πτόησις): where πτόησις is emotional distress from fear, θάρσος is emotional assurance and bravery.
- παῤῥησία parrhēsía · G3954 · boldness, courage
- Greek noun denoting boldness or confident speech, conceptually opposite to alarm (πτόησις) in that it represents freedom from fear and intimidation
In the other Testament 2 words
- מְחִתָּה mᵉchittâh · H4288 · ruin, ruin > downfall, trouble
- Hebrew noun denoting terror or dismay, a genuine translation equivalent for the Greek πτόησις (alarm/terror) used in contexts of fearful response
- בֶּהָלָה behâlâh · H928 · anguish, terror, dismay
- Hebrew noun denoting sudden terror or alarm, closely parallel to πτόησις in semantic range and used in contexts of being frightened or alarmed
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Something fearful, something alarming, something that causes one to be afraid25.265
- The noun names the object or cause of fear rather than the emotion itself. Peter instructs wives to do what is right “without being frightened by any fear” (1 Peter 3:6).
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon πτοησεως, ἡ (πτοέω), terror: φοβεῖσθαι πτόησιν, equivalent to φόβον φοβεῖσθαι, to be…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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