Lexicon ptoésis: a fluttering, excitement, hence terror Original Word: πτόησις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ptoésis Phonetic Spelling: (pto'-ay-sis) Short Definition: terror, consternation Definition: terror, consternation, dismay. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 4423 ptóēsis – properly, "a fluttering, excitement, caused by any emotion, but especially by fear, hence, terror" (A-S); "a scare or nervous excitement" (WS, 310). See 4422 (ptoeō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ptoeóDefinitiona fluttering, excitement, hence terror NASB Translationfear (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4423: πτόησιςπτόησις, πτοησεως, ἡ ( πτοέω), terror: φοβεῖσθαι πτόησιν, equivalent to φόβον φοβεῖσθαι, to be afraid with terror (others take πτόησις objectively: R. V. text to be put in fear by any terror), 1 Peter 3:6 ( Proverbs 3:25); see φοβέω, 2; ( Winers Grammar, § 32, 2; Buttmann, § 131, 5. (1 Macc. 3:25; Philo, quis rev. div. her. § 51)).
Strong's amazement. From ptoeo; alarm -- amazement. see GREEK ptoeo |
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