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know what it is that causes fear of the Lord 2 Cor 5:11 ( i.e. the judgment to come, vs. 1 0; s. also Field, Notes 183 f ); s. 2b a below.

2. pass .— a. fear, alarm, fright a. gener. 2 Cor 7:11 ; 1 Pt 1:17 ( mng. fear of the coming judge, unless ejn f. here means reverently, as EGSelwyn, 1 Pt ’46, 143); Jd 23 ( mng. the fear of defiling oneself); Dg 7:3. W. trovmo" ( q.v. ) 1 Cor 2:3 ; 2 Cor 7:15 ; 1 Cl 12:5. Pl. fears, apprehensions, feelings of anxiety (also class. ; Diod. S. 16, 3, 1; 16, 42, 9; Appian , Bell. Civ. 1, 16 §67; 3, 89 §368; Dit., Syll. 3 326, 21 [307/6 BC ]; Job 20:25 ; Wsd 18:17 ; Jos. , Ant. 10, 24; 15, 44) e[xwqen mavcai e[swqen fovboi 2 Cor 7:5 . paravgein fovbou" ajnqrwpivnou" bring in fears of men 2 Cl 10:3.-W. the obj. gen. of the pers. ( Diod. S. 10, 19, 6 oJ tw`n Persw`n fovbo" ), or of the thing ( Jos. , C. Ap. 1, 259) causing the fear oJ fovbo" tw`n jIoudaivwn the fear of the Jews J 7:13 ; 19:38 ; 20:19 . fovbo" qanavtou fear of death ( Epict. 2, 1, 14; 2, 18, 30 et al. ; Philo , Omn. Prob. Lib. 111) Hb 2:15 . tou` basanismou` Rv 18:10 , 15 . novmou Dg 11:6.— ajpo; (tou`) fovbou (tinov" ) because of, out of fear ( of someone ) Mt 14:26 ; 28:4 ; Lk 21:26 ; Hm 11:14. Also dia; t. fovbon Ac 26:14 v.l. ( Hyperid. 5, 5 dia; to;n f. ( Arrian , Anab. 5, 15, 6 dia; to;n f. ; Artem. 1, 1 p. 3, 23 dia; fovbon ; Philo , Mos. 1, 164 dia; fovbon tinov" ; Jos. , Vi. 354 dia; to;n fovbon). meta; fovbou with or in fear ( Aeneas Tact. 1257) of the feeling that accompanies an action Mt 28:8 ; Dg 12:6.—As subject ( En. 100, 8): fovbo" pivptei ejpiv tina fear comes upon someone Ac 19:17 v.l .; Rv 11:11 t.r. ejpipivptei ejpiv tina Lk 1:12 ; Ac 19:17 ; Rv 11:11 . ejsti;n ejpiv tina Ac 2:43 v.l. givnetai ejpiv tina Lk 1:65 ; Ac 5:5 , 11 or givnetaiv tini Ac 2:43 . lambavnei tinav ( Jos. , Vi. 148) Lk 7:16 ; Hv 5:4. plhsqh`nai fovbou Lk 5:26 . fovbw/ sunevcesqai 8:3 7. fovbon e[cein 1 Ti 5:20 ; Hm 7:2c; 12, 4, 7a; s 1:10. fobei`sqai fovbon (mevgan ) Mk 4:41 ; Lk 2:9 ; cf. 1 Pt 3:14 ( s. 1 above); Hm 7:1 ( fobevw 1a).
b. specif. of slavish fear (Diog. Cyn. in Diog. L. 6, 75 douvlou to; fobei`sqai ), which is not to characterize the Christian’s relation to God oujk ejlavbete pneu`ma douleiva" eij" fovbon you have not received a spirit of slavery, to cause you to fear Ro 8:15 . Cf. 1J 4:18 a, b, c ( opp. ajgavph. Cf. kovlasi" 2, end).
b. reverence, respect a. toward God ( Polyaenus 1, 16, 1; LXX ; Ep. Arist. 159 oJ peri; qeou` fovbo" ; 189) and Christ, w. trovmo" Phil 2:12 ( s. trovmo" ). W. ajlhvqeia 1 Cl 19:1; Pol 2:1. W. ajgavph 1 Cl 51:2. W. pivsti", eijrhvnh and other good things and virtues 1 Cl 64. W. uJpomonhv B 2:2. W. ejlpi;" eij" to;n jIhsou`n 11:11. W. pivsti" and ejgkravteia Hm 6, 1, 1. W. objective gen. fovbo" (tou`) qeou` ( PLond. 1914, 12 fovbon qeou` e[conte" ejn th`/ kardiva/ ; Philo , Spec. Leg. 4, 199; Test. Levi 13:7, Napht. 2:9) Ro 3:18 (Ps 35:2 ); 2 Cor 7:1 ( ajgavph P 46); 1 Cl 3:4; 21:6; cf. 8; B 4:11; 19:5; 20:2; Pol 4:2; Hm 10, 1, 6a; 12, 2, 4b, c; D 4:9. fovbo" (tou`) kurivou ( Test. Reub. 4:1, Sim. 3:4) Ac 9:31 ; 1 Cl 22:1 (Ps 33:12 ); 57:5 (Pr 1:29 ); B 11:5 (Is 33:18 v.l .); Hm 7:4b; 8:9; 10, 1, 6b; 12, 2, 4a; 12, 3, 1. This may also be the place for 2 Cor 5:11 ( s. 1 above). fovbo" Cristou` Eph 5:21 .—For 1 Pt 1:17
s. 2a a above.
b. toward men, respect that is due officials Ro 13:7 a, b (CEBCranfield, NTS 6, ’60, 241-9: the ref. may be to God); fr. the slave to his master 1 Pt 2:18 ; Eph 6:5 ( w. trovmo" ); B 19:7= D 4:11 ( w. aijscuvnh
); the wife to her husband 1 Pt 3:2 . Gener. 3:16 ( w. prau?th" ).—SFHJ Berkelbach v. der Sprenkel, Vrees en Religie ’20; WLütgert, Die Furcht Gottes: MKähler- Festschr. ’05, 165 ff ; RSander, Furcht u. Liebe im palästin. Judentum ’35. M-M. B. 1153.**

Foivbh

Foivbh, h", hJ ( freq. in mythology, but also e.g. Dit., Syll. 3 805, 10 [ c. 54 AD ]; PFlor. 50, 61 [III AD ]) Phoebe, a Christian woman, diavkono" th`" ejkklhsiva" th`" ejn Kegcreai`" (diavkono" 2b), recommended by Paul to the church for which Ro 16:1 is intended. Cf. Ro subscr. -MDGibson, Phoebe: ET 23, ’12, 281; EJGoodspeed, HTR 44, ’51, 55-7. M-M. *

Foinivkh

Foinivkh, h", hJ ( Hom. +; inscr. , pap. [ e.g. Sb 8008 , 34; 51; 56 (261 BC )]; LXX , Ep. Arist. , Philo ;


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