What does τρόμος (trómos) mean in the Bible?
τρόμος (trómos): Physical manifestation of fear or reverence, especially awe before God's authority and majesty.
Greek · G5156
τρόμος
Trembling
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τρόμος G5156
Pronunciation trómos
What does τρόμος (trómos) mean in the Bible?
τρόμος (trómos): Physical manifestation of fear or reverence, especially awe before God's authority and majesty.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5156?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include trembling (4), fear (1).
Where does τρόμος (trómos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 16:8. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Ephesians (1), Mark (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 It trembling 4× Mark 16:8, 1 Corinthians 2:3, 2 Corinthians 7:15, Philippians 2:12
fear 1× Ephesians 6:5
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 16:8 τρόμος to trembling Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 2:3 τρόμῳ to trembling Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 2 Corinthians 7:15 τρόμου to trembling Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Ephesians 6:5 τρόμου to fear Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Philippians 2:12 τρόμου to trembling Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 16:8
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 5
Mark 1 1 Corinthians 1 2 Corinthians 1 Ephesians 1 Philippians 1
Source forms
τρόμου 3x tromou 2 Corinthians 7:15, Ephesians 6:5, Philippians 2:12
τρόμος 1x tromos Mark 16:8
τρόμῳ 1x tromō 1 Corinthians 2:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 3x 2 Corinthians 7:15, Ephesians 6:5, Philippians 2:12
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 2:3
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 16:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Physical manifestation of fear or reverence, especially awe before God's authority and majesty.
Strong's G5156
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 6:5-9 Source Gloss
trembling
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Physical manifestation of fear or reverence, especially awe before God's authority and majesty.
(τρέμω), [in LXX for רַעַד, רַעַד, פַּחַד, etc. ;] trembling, quaking, esp. from fear: Mrk.16:8; φόβος κ. τ. (as in Gen.9:2, Exo.15:16, Deu.2:25, Isa.19:16, al.), 1Co.2:3, 2Co.7:15, Eph.6:5, Php.2:12.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 16:8 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
τρόμος tromov
a trembling
Read verse 1 Corinthians 2:3 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
τρόμῳ tromw
a trembling
Read verse 2 Corinthians 7:15 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
τρόμου tromou
a trembling
Read verse Ephesians 6:5 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
τρόμου, tromou
a trembling
Read verse Philippians 2:12 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
τρόμου tromou
a trembling
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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Genitive (3) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 16:8 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 2 Cor 7:15 · Eph 6:5 · Phil 2:12 3×
Dative · Singular · Masculine 1 Cor 2:3 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Obedience to masters rendered with reverent anxiety and respect
Working out salvation with earnest concern and reverential awe
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
τρόμος is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain