Lexical Summary ptoeō: to terrify Original Word: πτοέωTransliteration: ptoeō Phonetic Spelling: (pto-eh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to terrify Meaning: to terrify Strong's Concordance frighten. Probably akin to the alternate of pipto (through the idea of causing to fall) or to petomai (through that of causing to fly away); to scare -- frighten. see GREEK pipto see GREEK petomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4422: πτοέωπτοέω, πτόω: 1 aorist passive ἐπτοήθην; (πτόα terror); from Homer down; to terrify; passive, to be terrified (the Sept. chiefly for חָתַת): Luke 21:9; Luke 24:37 (Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading θροηθεντες. Synonym: see φοβέω, at the end.) |
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