Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
to frighten
Usage: πτοέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for חָתַת ni. ;] to terrify. Pass., to be terrified: Luk.21:9 24:37 (WH, mg., θροηθέντες).† (AS)
Ptoeo means “frighten” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4422 — malat (“escape”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4422 πτοέω (ptoeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ptoeo (pto-eh'-o) v. 1. to scare [probably akin to the alternate of G4098 (through the idea of causing to fall) or to G4072 (through that of causing to fly away)] It has 35 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include lord, thee, fear, neither, and alarmed. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
ptoeo (pto-eh'-o) v. 1. to scare [probably akin to the alternate of G4098 (through the idea of causing to fall) or to G4072 (through that of causing to fly away)] KJV: frighten See also: G4098, G4072
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to frighten
Usage: πτοέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for חָתַת ni. ;] to terrify. Pass., to be terrified: Luk.21:9 24:37 (WH, mg., θροηθέντες).† (AS)
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Strong's G4422 (πτοέω) appears 34 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
31 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And it came to pass on the third day, as the morning drew nigh, there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud on Mount Sinai: the voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.
Be courageous and strong, fear not, neither be cowardly, neither be afraid before them; for it is the Lord your God that advances with you in the midst of you, neither will he by any means forsake thee, nor desert thee.
And the men of Ai slew of them to the number of thirty-six men, and they pursued them from the gate, and destroyed them from the steep hill; and the heart of the people was alarmed and became as water.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Then my afflicted shouted for joy, And my weak ones cried aloud; but they were astonished: These lifted up their voices, but they were overthrown.
Which thing after it was known to Judas, to wit, that he came unto him with deceit, he was sore afraid of him, and would see his face no more.
First 35 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4422.
And it came to pass on the third day, as the morning drew nigh, there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud on Mount Sinai: the voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.
Be courageous and strong, fear not, neither be cowardly, neither be afraid before them; for it is the Lord your God that advances with you in the midst of you, neither will he by any means forsake thee, nor desert thee.
And the men of Ai slew of them to the number of thirty-six men, and they pursued them from the gate, and destroyed them from the steep hill; and the heart of the people was alarmed and became as water.
Then will he prosper thee, if thou take heed to do the commandments and judgments which the Lord commanded Moses for Israel: be courageous and strong; fear not, nor be terrified.
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and play the man, and do: fear not, neither be terrified; for the Lord my God is with thee; he will not forsake thee, and will not fail thee, until thou hast finished all the work of the service of the house of the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even his house, and its treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner storerooms, and the place of propitiation, and the plan of the house of the Lord.
and he said, Hear ye, all Judah, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat: Thus saith the Lord to you, even you, Fear not, neither be alarmed, before all this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
It is not for you to fight: understand these things, and see the deliverance of the Lord with you, Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, neither be afraid to go forth tomorrow to meet them; and the Lord shall be with you.
Be strong and courageous, and fear not, neither be dismayed before the king of Assyria, and before all the nation that is with him: for there are more with us than with him.
And thou shalt forget trouble, As a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.
Therefore am I troubled at him; And when I was reproved, I thought of him. I will consider, and be afraid of him.
They were afraid, they answered no longer; They gave up their speaking.
He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: But he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.
For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion’s whelp over prey which he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and the animals are awestruck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hosts shall descend to fight upon the Mount Zion, even upon her mountains.
And do thou gird up thy loins, and stand up, and speak all the words that I shall command thee: be not afraid of their face, neither be thou alarmed before them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
I looked, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were scared.
The wise men are ashamed, and alarmed, and taken; because they have rejected the word of the Lord; what wisdom is there in them?
Let them that persecute me be ashamed, but let me not be ashamed: let them be alarmed, but let me not be alarmed: bring upon them the evil day, crush them with double destruction.
Behold, I am against thee that dwellest in the Valley of Sor; in the plain country, even against them that say, Who shall alarm us? or who shall enter into our habitation?
And I will raise up shepherds to them, who shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be alarmed, saith the Lord.
And I will put them in fear before their enemies that seek their life; and I will bring evils upon them according to my great anger; and I will send forth my sword after them, until I have utterly destroyed them.
Why do they fear, and turn back? even because their mighty men shall be slain: they have utterly fled, and being hemmed in they have not rallied, saith the Lord.
But fear not thou, my servant Jacob, neither be thou alarmed, Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be at ease, and sleep, and there shall be no one to trouble him.
For distress has come upon Babylon, her warriors are taken, their bows are useless: for God recompenses them.
Whether then indeed they shall hear or fear (for it is a provoking house), yet they shall know that thou art a prophet in the midst of them.
And thou shalt speak my words to them, whether they will hear or fear: for it is a provoking house.
And it shall be continually stronger than a rock: be not afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their faces, because it is a provoking house.
Shall the trumpet sound in the city, and the people not be alarmed? shall there be evil in a city which the Lord has not wrought?
And thy warriors from Teman shall be dismayed, to the end that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.
For the ungodliness of Lebanon shall cover thee, and distress because of wild beasts shall dismay thee, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.
Because of troubles I looked upon the tents of the Ethiopians: The tabernacles also of the land of Midian shall be dismayed.
I watched, and my belly trembled At the sound of the prayer of my lips, And trembling entered into my bones, And my frame was troubled within me; I will rest in the day of affliction, From going up to the people of my sojourning.
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Then my afflicted shouted for joy, And my weak ones cried aloud; but they were astonished: These lifted up their voices, but they were overthrown.
Which thing after it was known to Judas, to wit, that he came unto him with deceit, he was sore afraid of him, and would see his face no more.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4422, grouped by book.
Ptoeo (Strong's G4422) is a Greek word most simply glossed "frighten". ptoeo (pto-eh'-o) v. 1. to scare [probably akin to the alternate of G4098 (through the idea of causing to fall) or to G4072 (through that of causing to fly away)]
This page currently indexes 35 linked usages for Strong's G4422 across 16 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4422 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lord, thee, fear, neither, alarmed, and afraid. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 31 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4422, with linked reader references where each row is available.