φοβερός, -d, dv, (φοβέω), fr. Aeschyl. down, [fearful i. e.] 1. (actively) inspiring fear, terrible, formidable; Sept. for δὲ 12. 2. (passively) affected with fear, timid; in the N. T., only in the former (active) sense: Heb. x. 27, 31; xii. 21." oBew, -ὥ : Pass., pres. φοβοῦμαι ; impf. ἐφοβούμην; 1 aor. ἐφοβήθην ; fut. φοβηθήσομαι ; (φόβος) ; fr. Hom. down; to terrify, frighten, Sap. xvii. 9; to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away). Pass. 1. to be put to Slight, to flee, (Hom.). 2. to fear, be afraid; Sept. very often for 83°; absol. to be struck with fear, to be seized with alarm: of those who fear harm or injury, Mt. x. 813 xiv. 30; xxv. 25; Mk. νυ. 88, 36; x. 82; xvi. 8; LK. viii. 50; xii. 7,32; Jn. xii. 15; xix. 8; Acts xvi. 38; xxii. 29; [Ro. xiii.4]; Heb. xiii.6; 1Jn.iv. 18; opp. to ὑψηλοφρονεῖν, Ro. xi. 20; of those startled by strange sights or occurrences, Mt. xiv. 27; xvii. 7; xxviii. 5, 10; Mk. vi. 50; Lk. i. 13, 30; ii. 10; ix. 34; [xxiv. 36 L in br.]; Jn. vi. 19, 20; Acts xviii.9; xxvii. 24, [but in the last two pass. perh. the exhortation has a wider ref.); Rev. i. 17; with σφόδρα added, Mt. xvii. 6; xxvii. 54; of those struck with amazement, [Mt.ix.8 LT Tr WH]; Mk. v. 15; Lk. v. 10; viii. 25, 35. with an acc. of the contents [cognate ace.] (see ἀγαπάω, sub fin.) : poBov μέγαν, lit. to ‘fear a great fear,’ fear exceedingly, Mk. iv. 41; Lk. ii. 9, (1 Mace. x. 8); φόβον αὐτῶν, the fear which they inspire [see φόβος, 1], 1 Pet. iii. 14 (Is. viii. 12; τοῦ Ταντάλου, to be filled with the same fear as Tantalus, Schol. ad Eur. Or. 6); with the synonymous πτόησιν (4. V-), 1 Pet. iii. 6. τινά, lo fear one, be afraid of one, lest he do harm, be displeased, ete.: Mt. x. 26; xiv. δ; xxi. 26,46; Mk. xi. 18, 32 [cf. B. $151, 11]; xii. 12; Lk. xix. 21; xx.19; xxii. 2; Jn. ix. 22; Acts v. 26[ef. B. § 139, 48; W. 505 (471)]; ix. 26; Ro. xiii. 3; Gal. 11. 12; τὸν θεόν, God, the judge and avenger, Mt. x. 28; Lk. xii. 5; xxiii. 40, (Ex. i. 17, 21; 1 5. xii. 18); ri, to fear danger from something, Heb. xi. 23, 27; to fear (dread to undergo) some suffering, Rev. ii. 10. in imitation of the Hebr. (j 82), foll. by ἀπό τινος (ef. B. § 147, 3): Mt. x. 28; Lk. xii. 4, (Jer. i. 8, 17; x.2; Lev. xxvi. 2; 1 Mace. ii. 62; viii. 12; Jud. v. 23). as in the Grk. writ., φοβοῦμαι μή, to fear lest, with the subjune. aor.: Acts [xxiii. 10 LT Tr WH]; xxvii. 17; μήπως, lest perchance, Acts xxvii. 29 [here L μήπω (4. v. 2), al. μήπου (q-v.)]; 2 Co. xi. 3; xii. 20; φοβηθῶμεν (i. q. let us take anxious care) μήποτέ τις δοκῇ, lest any one may seem [see δοκέω, 2 fin.], Heb. iv. 1; φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς, μήπως κεκοπίακα, Gal. iv. 11 (see μήπως, 1 b.); φοβοῦμαι with an inf. to fear (i.e. hesitate) to do something (for fear of harm), Mt. i. 20; ii. 22; Mk. ix. 82; Lk. ix. 45, (for Dumerous exx. in the Grk. writ. fr. Aeschyl. down see Passow 8. v. 2, vol. ii. p. 2315°; [L. and S.s. v. B. 11. 47). 3. to reverence, venerate, to treat with defer ence or reverential obedience: twa, Mk. vi. 20; Eph. v. 83; τὸν θεόν, used of his devout worshippers, Lk. i. 50; xvili. 2,4; Acts x. 2, 22, 35; [Col. iii. 22 Rec.]; 1 Pet. ii. 17; Rev. xiv. 7; xix. 5; also τὸν κύριον, Col. iii. 22 [GLTTr WH]; Rev. xv. 4; τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ, Rev. xi. 18, (Deut. iv. 10; v.29; vi. 2, 13, 24; xiii.4; xiv. 22 (23); Prov. iii. 7; Ps. xxxiii. (xxxiv.) 10, and many other pass.; very often in Sir., ef. Wahl, Clavis Apocr. V. T. 5. v. fin.) ; of φοβούμενοι τ. θεόν spec. of proselytes : Acts xiii. 16, 26, (see σέβω). Comp.: ἐκ- φοβέω." [Syn.: ἐκπλήσσεσθαι to be astonished, prop. to be struck with terror, of a sudden and startling alarm; but, like our “astonish ” in popular use, often employed on comparatively slight occasions, and even then with strengthening partieles (as σφόδρα Mt. xix. 25, ὑπερπερισσῶς Mk. vii. 37) ; πτο€tp to terrify, to agitate with fear; τρέμειν to tremble, predominantly physical; φοβεῖν to fear, the general term; often used of a protracted state. Cf. Schmidt ch. 139.]

φοβερός phoberos 3x

fearful; terrible, Heb. 10:27, 31; 12:21*

φοβερός, -ά, -όν

(< φοβέω), [in LXX chiefly for נוֺרָא, also for דְּחַל, אָיֹם ;]

fearful, whether act, or pass.;

act., = δεινός, causing fear, terrible (LXX): He 10:27, 31 12:21

Pass., = δειλός, feeling fear, timid (cl. in both senses).†

φοβερός, “fearful’” (Heb 10®?, a/.): BGU II. 4288 (ii/a.p.) φοβερὸς ἐγένετο before a lacuna, P Leid W*'-9 (ii/iii a.p.) (=I. p. 121) ἐκλήθη δὲ ὀνόματι ἁγίῳ ἀναγραμματιζόμενον Ξ- -ἐνῳ) φωβερῷ καὶ φρεικτῷ (/. φοβερῷ καὶ φρικτῷ), and

φοβερός (phoberos) — fearful. φοβερός, ά, όν, (φόβος) fearful, whether active or passive:

I. active, causing fear, terrible, χρηστήρια φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; ὅμιλος πλήθει -ώτατος formidable only from numbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+] things which are fearful to the multitude, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, φ. ἰδεῖν, φ. προσιδέσθαι, fearful to behold, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. regarded with fear, especially with respect to consequences, οὔτε ὅρκος φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵππος φ. μὴ ἀνήκεστόν τι ποιήσῃ a horse that makes one fear he will do some mischief, [Refs 5th c.BC+]terror, danger, [Refs]; τῶν φοβερῶν ὄντων τῇ πόλει γενέσθαι the things which were dreaded as like ly to happen.., [Refs]; φοβερόν [ἐστι] μὴ.. there is reason to dread that.., [Refs]; ἀγγέλλεσθαι ἐπὶ τὸ φοβερώτατον to be fearfully exaggerated, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

I.3. Rhet., of style, impressive, awe-inspiring, τὸ κάλλος τὸ Θουκυδίδου φ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. passive, afraid, timid, ἐκτέταμαι φοβερὰν φρένα [Refs 7th c.BC+]; φ. τὴν ψυχήν [Refs]; σκοπεῖν εἰ φοβεροί (i.e. οἱ πῶλοι) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. caused by fear, troubled, panic, ἀναχώρησις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. φροντίδες anxious thoughts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. adverb -ρῶς threateningly, in a terrifying manner, [LXX+5th c.BC+]: comparative, -ώτερον φθέγγεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative, -ώτατα ἰδεῖν [Refs]

III.2. timidly, -ώτατα ἔχειν [Refs]