Word Summary
phobētron: a (cause of) terror
Original Word: φόβητρονTransliteration: phobētron
Phonetic Spelling: (fob'-ay-tron)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a (cause of) terror
Meaning: a (cause of) terror
Strong's Concordance
fearful sight.
Neuter of a derivative of phobeo; a frightening thing, i.e. Terrific portent -- fearful sight.
see GREEK phobeo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5400: φόβητρονφόβητρον (or
φοβηθρον (so
L Tr WH; see
WH's Appendix, p. 149)),
φοβητρου,
τό (
φοβέω),
that which strikes terror, a terror (cause of)
fright:
Luke 21:11. (
Plato, Ax., p. 367 a.;
Hippocrates,
Lucian, others (
but always in plural (Liddell and Scott)); for
חָגָא,
Isaiah 19:17.)