What does ἀφόβως (aphóbōs) mean in the Bible?
ἀφόβως (aphóbōs) is a Greek word meaning "fearlessly".
Greek · G870
ἀφόβως
Fearlessly
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ἀφόβωςG870
Pronunciationaphóbōs
What does ἀφόβως (aphóbōs) mean in the Bible?
ἀφόβως (aphóbōs) is a Greek word meaning "fearlessly".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G870?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include without fear (2), nothing to fear (1), shamelessly (1).
Where does ἀφόβως (aphóbōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:74. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Jude (1), Luke (1), Philippians (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 Itwithout fear2×Luke 1:74, Philippians 1:14
nothing to fear1×1 Corinthians 16:10
shamelessly1×Jude 1:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 1:74
Aligned rows4
Books represented4
Luke11 Corinthians1Philippians1Jude1
Source forms
ἀφόβως4xaphobōsLuke 1:74, 1 Corinthians 16:10, Philippians 1:14, Jude 1:12
Parsing patterns
Adverb4xLuke 1:74, 1 Corinthians 16:10, Philippians 1:14, Jude 1:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. fearlessly
Strong'sG870
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms1 form4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
fearlessly
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:74Adverb
ἀφόβως,afobwv
fearlessly
Read verse1 Corinthians 16:10Adverb
ἀφόβωςafobwv
fearlessly
Read versePhilippians 1:14Adverb
ἀφόβωςafobwv
fearlessly
Read verseJude 1:12Adverb
ἀφόβωςafobwv
fearlessly
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms4
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Luke 1:74 · 1 Cor 16:10 · Phil 1:14 · Jude 1:124×
Word Origins
ἀφόβως is built from these roots: