Strong's Lexicon
G870 — ἀφόβως
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G870 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀφόβως |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Etymology: | adverb from a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and G5401 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | aphobos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | af-ob'-oce |
| Meaning: | 1. fearlessly |
| KJV Renderings: | without fear |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀφόβως, adverb (φόβος), without fear, boldly: Luk 1:74; Php 1:14; 1Co 16:10; Jud 1:12. (From Xenophon down.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀφόβωσ (without fear)
Luke 1:74
- KJV: That he would grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our might serve him without fear
- GK: αφόβως εκ χειρός των εχθρών ημών ρυσθέντας λατρεύειν αυτώ
1 Corinthians 16:10
- KJV: Now if Timotheus come see that he may be with you without fear for he worketh the work of the Lord as I also
- GK: εάν δε έλθη Τιμόθεος βλέπετε ίνα αφόβως γένηται προς υμάς το γαρ έργον κυρίου εργάζεται ως και εγώ
Philippians 1:14
- KJV: And many of the brethren in the Lord waxing confident by my bonds are much more bold to speak the word without fear
- GK: και τους πλείονας των αδελφών εν κυρίω πεποιθότας τοις δεσμοίς μου περισσοτέρως τολμάν αφόβως τον λόγον λαλείν
Jude 1:12
- KJV: These are spots in your feasts of charity when they feast with you feeding themselves without fear clouds without water carried about of winds trees whose fruit withereth without fruit twice dead plucked up by the roots
- GK: ούτοί εισιν εν ταις αγάπαις υμών σπιλάδες συνευωχούμενοι υμίν αφόβως εαυτούς ποιμαίνοντες νεφέλαι άνυδροι υπό ανέμων παραφερόμεναι δένδρα φθινοπώρινα άκαρπα δις αποθανόντα εκριζωθέντα
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