φόβος, φοβοῦ, ὁ (φέβομαι; like φόρος, τρόμος, πόνος, from φέρω, τρέμω, πένομαι), from Homer down, the Sept. for éÄøÀàÈä, ôÇÌçÇã, àÅéîÈä (terror), çÄúÄÌéú (terror);

1. fear, dread, terror; in a subjective sense (οὐδέν ἐστι φόβος εἰ μή προδοσία τῶν ἀπό λογισμοῦ βοηθημάτων, Wis 17:11; προσδοκίαν λέγω κακοῦ τοῦτο, εἴτε φόβον, εἴτε δέος καλεῖτε, Plato, Protag., p. 358 d.): universally, 1Jn 4:18; φόβος ἐπί τινα πίπτει (Act 19:17 L Tr); Rev 11:11 Rec.; ἐπιπίπτει, Luk 1:12; Act 19:17 (R G T WH; Rev 11:11 L T Tr WH); ἐγένετο, Luk 1:65; Act 5:5; Act 5:11; λαμβάνει τινα, Luk 7:16 (Homer Iliad 11, 402); γίνεται τίνι, Act 2:43; πλησθῆναι φοβοῦ, Luk 5:26; συνέχεσθαι φόβῳ, Luk 8:37; ἔχειν φόβον, 1Ti 5:20 (Herodotus 8, 12); κατεργάζεσθαι; τίνι φόβον, 2Co 7:11; φοβεῖσθαι φόβον (see φοβέω, 2), Mar 9:41; Luk 2:9; with a genitive of the object added, 1Pe 3:14 (so Winer’s Grammar, § 32, 2; others subject. genitive); ἀπό φοβοῦ, for fear, Luk 21:26; ἀπό τοῦ φοβοῦ, for the fear, with which they were struck, Mat 14:26; with a genitive of the object added, Mat 28:4; εἰς φόβον, unto (that ye may) fear, Rom 8:15; μετά φοβοῦ, Mat 28:8; with καί τρόμου added, 2Co 7:15; Eph 6:5; Php 2:12; ἐν φόβῳ καί ἐν τρόμῳ (see τρόμος), 1Co 2:3; τινα ἐν φόβῳ σῴζειν (Rec.), ἐλεαν (L T Tr WH), with anxious heed lest ye be defiled by the wickedness of those whom ye are rescuing, Jud 1:23; plural φόβοι, feelings of fear, fears (Winer’s Grammar, 176 (166)), 2Co 7:5; φόβος τίνος, genitive of the object (our fear of one): τῶν Ἰουδαίων, Joh 7:13; Joh 19:38; Joh 20:19; βασανισμοῦ, Rev 18:10; Rev 18:15; θανάτου, Heb 2:15 (Xenophon, mem. l, 4, 7). In an objective sense, that which strikes terror: φόβος ἀγαθῶν ἔργων, or more correctly (with L T Tr WH) τῷ ἀγαθῷ ἔργῳ, a terror to (or for), Rom 13:3.

2. reverence, respect (for authority, rank, dignity): Rom 13:7; 1Pe 2:18; 1Pe 3:16 (15); ἡ ἐν φόβῳ ἀναστροφή, behavior coupled with (cf. ἐν, I. 5 e.) reverence for one’s husband, 1Pe 3:2; φόβος with a genitive of the object: τοῦ κυρίου, Act 9:31; 2Co 5:11; Χριστοῦ, Eph 5:21 (not Rec.); Θεοῦ, Rom 3:18; 2Co 7:1; (Eph 5:21 Rec.); Θεοῦ is omitted as suggested by the context, 1Pe 1:17; (often in the O. T. éÀäåÈä éÄøÀàÇú and àÁìÉäÄéí éÄøÀàÇú). (Synonyms: see δειλία, δέος, at the end; cf. φοβέω.)