Word study · Greek
phobeō
to fear, to be afraid
Say it: fo-BEH-oh (approximate)
φοβέω
What it means
To fear, and also to revere. In Acts, those "who fear God" are Gentiles drawn to the God of Israel without becoming Jews: Cornelius is "one who fears God" (10:2, 10:22, 10:35), and Paul addresses "you who fear God" in the synagogue at Pisidian Antioch (13:16, 13:26).
Range of meaning
- Be afraidFeel terror or alarm.
- RevereStand in awe, as before God.
In Acts
- Chapter 10
"A devout man who fears God" (10:2, 10:22, 10:35).
Every verse (14)
- Acts 5:26
- Acts 9:26
- Acts 10:2
- Acts 10:22
- Acts 10:35
- Acts 13:16
- Acts 13:26
- Acts 16:38
- Acts 18:9
- Acts 22:29
- Acts 23:10
- Acts 27:17
- Acts 27:24
- Acts 27:29
Verses where G5399 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources