φόβητρον
phóbētron · G5400 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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dreadful sight, terrifying happening, fearful thing
(Derivative of φόβος ‘fear,’) An object, event, or condition which causes fear
ExamplesLuke 21:11 and there will be massive earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrible sights and great signs from heaven.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰμίto be 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
- τέρας téras · G5059 · portent, sign
- Greek term for portent or prodigy; frequently paired with σημεῖον in reference to extraordinary signs. While τέρας denotes a wonder or omen more broadly, φόβητρον specifically emphasizes the frightening or terrifying aspect of such portents.
In the other Testament 2 words
- מוֹרָא môwrâʼ · H4172 · fear, awe, terror
- Hebrew term for terrifying object or dreadful phenomenon; used in contexts of terrifying signs or portents (e.g., Deut 4:34, 26:8 of God's fearful signs)
- מְחִתָּה mᵉchittâh · H4288 · ruin, ruin > downfall, trouble
- Hebrew noun for something that causes terror or dismay; a terrifying event or object
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Dreadful sight, terrifying happening, fearful thing25.258
- Luke 21:11 foretells “terrible sights and great signs from heaven”.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (or φοβηθρον (so L Tr WH; see WH's Appendix, p. 149)), φοβητρου, τό (φοβέω), that which…
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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