What does ἔμφοβος (émphobos) mean in the Bible?
ἔμφοβος (émphobos): Fear characterized by reverence or awe, often in encounters with the divine or supernatural.
Greek · G1719
ἔμφοβος
Afraid
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ἔμφοβοςG1719
Pronunciationémphobos
What does ἔμφοβος (émphobos) mean in the Bible?
ἔμφοβος (émphobos): Fear characterized by reverence or awe, often in encounters with the divine or supernatural.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1719?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include frightened (2), in fear (1), in terror (1), terrified (1).
Where does ἔμφοβος (émphobos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 24:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Luke (2), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itfrightened2×Luke 24:37, Acts 24:25
in fear1×Acts 10:4
in terror1×Luke 24:5
terrified1×Revelation 11:13
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 24:5ἐμφόβωνtoin terrorAdjective - Genitive Feminine PluralLuke 24:37ἔμφοβοιtofrightenedAdjective - Nominative Masculine PluralActs 10:4ἔμφοβοςtoin fearAdjective - Nominative Masculine SingularActs 24:25ἔμφοβοςtofrightenedAdjective - Nominative Masculine SingularRevelation 11:13ἔμφοβοιtoterrifiedAdjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 24:5
Aligned rows5
Books represented3
Luke2Acts2Revelation1
Source forms
ἔμφοβοι2xemphoboiLuke 24:37, Revelation 11:13
ἔμφοβος2xemphobosActs 10:4, Acts 24:25
ἐμφόβων1xemphobōnLuke 24:5
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural2xLuke 24:37, Revelation 11:13
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular2xActs 10:4, Acts 24:25
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural1xLuke 24:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Fear characterized by reverence or awe, often in encounters with the divine or supernatural.
Strong'sG1719
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms3 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
afraid
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 24:5Adjective Genitive Plural Feminine
ἐμφόβωνemfobwn
full of fear, terrified
Read verseLuke 24:37Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔμφοβοιemfoboi
full of fear, terrified
Read verseActs 10:4Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔμφοβοςemfobov
full of fear, terrified
Read verseActs 22:9Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔμφοβοιemfoboi
full of fear, terrified
Read verseActs 24:25Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔμφοβοςemfobov
full of fear, terrified
Read verseRevelation 11:13Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔμφοβοιemfoboi
full of fear, terrified
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms5Case patternNominative (4)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineLuke 24:37 · Rev 11:132×
Nominative · Singular · MasculineActs 10:4 · Acts 24:252×
Genitive · Plural · FeminineLuke 24:51×
Word Origins
ἔμφοβος is built from these roots: