πτόησις, -ews, 1), (πτοέω), lerror: φοβεῖσθαι πτόησιν, i. 4. φόβον φοβεῖσθαι, to be afraid with terror [ἃ]. take πτ. objectively: R. V. txt. /o be put in fear by any terror], 1 Pet. iii. 6 (Prov. iii. 25); see φοβέω, 2; [W. § 32, 2; Β. §131, 5. (1 Mace. iii. 25; Philo, quis rer. div. her. § 51)]" TIrodepats, -iSos, ἡ, Piolemais, a maritime city of Phoenicia, which got its name, apparently, from Ptolemy Lathyrus (who captured it B. c. 103, and rebuilt it more beautifully [ef. Joseph. antt. 13, 12, 2 sq.]); it is called in Judg. i. 31 and in the Talmud 433’, in the Sept. ᾿Ακχώ, by the Greeks ἔλκη [on the varying accent cf. Pape, Eigennam. s. v. Πτολεμαΐς], and Romans Ace, and by modern Europeans [Acre or] St. Jean d’Acre (froma church erected there in the middle ages to St. John) ; it is now under Turkish rule and contains about 8000 inhabitants (ef. Baedeker, Pal. and Syria, Eng. ed. p. 356) : Acts xxi. 7. (Often mentioned in the books of the Maccabees and by Josephus under the name of Πτολεμαΐς, cf. esp. b. 7. 2, 10, 2sq.; [see Reland, Palaest. p. 534 sqq.; Ritter, Palestine, Eng. trans. iv. p. 361 sqq.].)

πτόησις ptoēsis 1x

consternation, dismay, 1 Pet. 3:6*

πτόησις, -εως, ἡ

(< πτοέω), [in LXX: Pr 3:25 (פַּחַד), Sir 50:4 א1, I Mac 3:25 R*;]

a fluttering, excitement, caused by any emotion, but esp. by fear, hence, terror: φοβεῖσθαι πτόησιν, to be afraid with (cogn. acc.) or of any terror (v. ICC, in l.): I Pe 3:6.†

πτόησις (ptoēsis) — fear. πτό-ησις, or πτοίησις (so in [Refs 5th c.BC+], εως, ἡ, vehement emotion or excitement, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ σώματος π. [NT+4th c.BC+]