Quick Definition
πτοέω v. I terrify, scare
Strong's Definition
probably akin to the alternate of 4098 (through the idea of causing to fall) or to 4072 (through that of causing to fly away); to scare
KJV Usage: frighten
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτοέω, -@: 1 aor. pass. ἐπτοήθην; (roa terror); from Hom. down; 10 terrify; pass. to be terrified (Sept. chiefly for NOM): Lk. xxi. 9; xxiv. 37 [Trmrg. WH mrg. θροηSyn. see φοβέω, fin. ]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πτοέω ptoeō 2x
to terrify, affright; pass. to be terrified, Lk. 21:9; 24:37*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πτοέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for חתת ni.;]
to terrify. Pass., to be terrified: Lk 21:9 24:37 (WH, mg., θροηθέντες).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πτοέω, in pass. ‘‘am terrified” (Lk 219, 2437): cf. P Leid WY 3 (ii/ili A.D.) ἰδὼν ὁ Θεὸς πάλιν ἐπτοήθη (““ obstupuit”), ds ἰσχυρότερον θεωρήσας : cf. 26... 19 οὗ καὶ οἱ Saipw(—o)ves ἀκούοντες τὸ (ὄνομα) πτοώ(---οὔγνται. The verb is restored by Deissmann (ZAZ, p. 439) in the second of the New Sayings of Jesus from Oxyrhynchus, P Oxy IV. δς 4591. yoo <eo> Ge ἑαυτοὺς ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων,] καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐστέ, ἢ πτο[εῖσθε, “know yourselves in the sight of men, and ye are there where ye are terrified’? ; but most editors prefer to read % mrd[Ats O(€0)d] in keeping with the context. The verb is used in a weaker sense in M. Anton. iv. 19 ὃ περὶ τὴν ὑστεροφημίαν ἐπτοημένος, “he whose heart flutters for after-fame’’ (Ilaines). See the exx. classical and late Greek in Anz Swdsidia, p. 298: and cf. Psaltes Gr. p. 227. from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πτοέω (ptoeō) — to frighten. πτοέω and πτοιέω, future -ήσω[Refs 1st c.BC+]aorist ἐπτοίησα, Aeolic dialect ἐπτόαισα (see. below):—passive, Epic dialect aorist ἐπτοιήθην [Refs 3rd c.BC+]perfect ἐπτόημαι, Epic dialect ἐπτοίημαι (see. below):—terrify, scare, [Refs] [same place]:—passive, to be scared, dismayed, φρένες ἐπτοίηθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπτοημένας δεινοῖς δράκουσιν by serpents, [NT+5th c.BC+] W.; of animals, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II. metaphorically, flutter, excite by any passion, τό μοι καρδίαν.. ἐπτόαισεν [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Κύπρις ἐπ᾽ Αἰακίδῃ κούρῃ φρένας ἐπτοίησεν poetical cited in [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, to be passionately excited, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; πτοιηθεὶς ὑπ᾽ ἔρωτι Call.[same place]; τὸ περὶ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας μὴ ἐπτοῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τὸ νέον[Refs 1st c.BC+]; to be distraught, μεθ᾽ ὁμήλικας ἐπτοίηται he gapes like one distraught after his fellows, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ πτοηθέν distraction, [Refs 5th c.BC+] only in dactylic verse, perhaps for the sake of meter; the -άω inflexion only in [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Lesb. -αις (ε) may have -αι- for -η- as αἰμίονος, etc.)