Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
to frighten
Usage: πτύρομαι depon., to be startled, frightened: Php.1:28. (The active πτύρω is also found in some late writers.) † (AS)
Ptyro means “terrify” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4426 — melitsah (“interpretation”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4426 πτύρω (pturo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pturo (ptoo'-ro) v. 1. to frighten [from a presumed derivative of G4429 (and thus akin to G4422)] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include nothing, terrified, adversaries, evident, and token. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
pturo (ptoo'-ro) v. 1. to frighten [from a presumed derivative of G4429 (and thus akin to G4422)] KJV: terrify Root(s): G4429 Compare: G4422
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to frighten
Usage: πτύρομαι depon., to be startled, frightened: Php.1:28. (The active πτύρω is also found in some late writers.) † (AS)
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes New 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.
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's G4426.
And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4426, grouped by book.
Ptyro (Strong's G4426) is a Greek word most simply glossed "terrify". pturo (ptoo'-ro) v. 1. to frighten [from a presumed derivative of G4429 (and thus akin to G4422)]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's G4426 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4426 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as nothing, terrified, adversaries, evident, token, and perdition. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.