Definition

frightened out of one's wits

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G5401 (φόβος);

Where the KJV renders it

• sore afraid
• exceedingly fear

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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