Strong G5400φόβητρον
fearful thing
- Transliteration
- phobētron
- Pronunciation
- fob'-ay-tron
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Neuter of a derivative of G5399; a frightening thing that is terrific portent: - fearful sight.
Detailed definition
φόβητρον (LTr., WH, -θρον), -ου, τό
(φοβέω), [in LXX: Isa.19:17 (חָגָא) *;]
that which causes fright, a terror: pl. (as always, exc.Isa, l.with), Luk.21:11 (Hipp., Plat.).†
(AS)
(φοβέω), [in LXX: Isa.19:17 (חָגָא) *;]
that which causes fright, a terror: pl. (as always, exc.Isa, l.with), Luk.21:11 (Hipp., Plat.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5400 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sight1
First verses
- Luke 21:11And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φόβ-ητρον, τό,
scarecrow, bugbear, terror, [LXX (LXX.Isa.19.17)]: elsewhere always in plural terrors, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 1 (assuming variant), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 367a, NT.Luke.21.11)]; Τισιφόνης τὰ φ., probably tragic masks of the Furies, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.189 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus).)]
scarecrow, bugbear, terror, [LXX (LXX.Isa.19.17)]: elsewhere always in plural terrors, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 1 (assuming variant), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 367a, NT.Luke.21.11)]; Τισιφόνης τὰ φ., probably tragic masks of the Furies, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.189 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus).)]