Strong G4426πτύρομαι

to frighten

Transliteration
pturō
Pronunciation
ptoo'-ro
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From a presumed derivative of G4429 (and thus akin to G4422); to frighten: - terrify.

Detailed definition

πτύρομαι depon.,
to be startled, frightened: Php.1:28. (The active πτύρω is also found in some late writers.) †
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In the Bible

Strong G4426 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • terrify1

First verses

  1. Philippians 1:28
    And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πτύρομαι [ῡ],
aorist 2 ἐπτύρην [ῠ] [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 3)], infinitive πτυρῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 370a)]:—passive, to be scared or frightened, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.25)]; of the soul, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.45)]; especially of horses, shy, start, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.19)], Plu.[same place]; τινι at a thing, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Marc.” 6; φωνῇ π. ὥσπερ θηρίον [prev. author] 2.800c; πρός τι 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus Bybl. cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 1.10: with _accusative_, π. τὸν θάνατον)] start at, be alarmed at death, Pl.[same place]; ἔν τινι [NT (NT.Phil.1.28.)]