Ptoesis means “amazement” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4423 — melet (“clay”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4423 πτόησις (ptoesis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ptoesis (pto'-ay-sis) n. 1. alarm [from G4422] It has 2 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include amazement. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
ptoesis (pto'-ay-sis) n. 1. alarm [from G4422] KJV: amazement Root(s): G4422
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4423. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
fear
Usage: πτόησις, -εως, ἡ (πτοέω) [in LXX: Pro.3:25 (פַּחַד), Sir 50:4 א1, 1Ma.3:25 R * ;] a fluttering, excitement, caused by any emotion, but esp. by fear, hence, terror: φοβεῖσθαι πτόησιν, to be afraid with (cogn. accusative) or of any terror (see ICC, in l): 1Pe.3:6.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ptoesis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4423 (πτόησις) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.
First 2 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4423.
Neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.
Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4423, grouped by book.
Ptoesis (Strong's G4423) is a Greek word most simply glossed "amazement". ptoesis (pto'-ay-sis) n. 1. alarm [from G4422]
This page currently indexes 2 linked usages for Strong's G4423 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4423 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as amazement. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4423, with linked reader references where each row is available.