What does ἀφόβως (aphóbōs) mean in the Bible?
ἀφόβως (aphóbōs) is a Greek word meaning "fearlessly".
Greek · G870
ἀφόβως
Fearlessly
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ἀφόβως G870
Pronunciation aphóbōs
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 It without fear 2× Luke 1:74, Philippians 1:14
nothing to fear 1× 1 Corinthians 16:10
shamelessly 1× Jude 1:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:74
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Luke 1 1 Corinthians 1 Philippians 1 Jude 1
Source forms
ἀφόβως 4x aphobōs Luke 1:74, 1 Corinthians 16:10, Philippians 1:14, Jude 1:12
Parsing patterns
Adverb 4x Luke 1:74, 1 Corinthians 16:10, Philippians 1:14, Jude 1:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. fearlessly
Strong's G870
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 1 form 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
fearlessly
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 1:74 Adverb
ἀφόβως, afobwv
fearlessly
Read verse 1 Corinthians 16:10 Adverb
ἀφόβως afobwv
fearlessly
Read verse Philippians 1:14 Adverb
ἀφόβως afobwv
fearlessly
Read verse Jude 1:12 Adverb
ἀφόβως afobwv
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 4
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 1:12 4×
Word Origins
ἀφόβως is built from these roots:
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