Strong’s G5401 · Greek

φόβος
phóbos

Definition

alarm or fright

Etymology

from a primary (to be put in fear);

How the KJV renders it

  • be afraid
  • + exceedingly
  • fear
  • terror

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.