Quick Definition
I terrify, scare
Strong's Definition
to scare
Derivation: probably akin to the alternate of G4098 (πίπτω) (through the idea of causing to fall) or to G4072 (πέτομαι) (through that of causing to fly away);
KJV Usage: frighten
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτοέω, πτόω: 1 aorist passive ἐπτοήθην; (πτόα terror); from Homer down; to terrify; passive, to be terrified (the Sept. chiefly for ηΘϊΗϊ): Luk_21:9; Luk_24:37 (Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading θροηθεντες. Synonym: see φοβέω, at the end.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πτοέω ptoeō 2x
to terrify, affright; pass. to be terrified, Luk_21:9 ; Luk_24:37
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πτοέω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H2865 ni .;]
to terrify. Pass ., to be terrified: Luk_21:9 ; Luk_24:37 ( WH , mg ., θροηθέντες ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πτοέω [page 558]
in pass. am terrified ( Luk_21:9 ; Luk_24:37 ) : cf. P Leid W v. 33 (ii/iii A.D.) ἰδὼν ὁ Θεὸς πάλιν ἐπτοήθη ( obstupuit ), ὡς ἰσχυρότερον θεωρήσας : cf. ib . xvii. 19 οὗ καὶ οἱ δαίμω (= ο )νες ἀκούοντες τὸ (ὄνομα ) πτοῶ (= οῦ )νται . The verb is restored by Deissmann ( LAE , p. 439) in the second of the New Sayings of Jesus from Oxyrhynchus, P Oxy IV. 654 .20 f. γνώσ <εσ >θε ἑαυτοὺς ἐν [ώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων ,] καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐστέ , ᾗ πτο̣[εῖσθε , know yourselves in the sight of men, and ye are there where ye are terrified ; but most editors prefer to read ἡ πτο̣[λις θ (εο )ῦ ] in keeping with the context.
The verb is used in a weaker sense in M. Anton. iv. 19 ὁ περὶ τὴν ὑστεροφημίαν ἐπτοημένος , he whose heart flutters for after-fame (Haines). See the exx. from classical and late Greek in Anz Subsidia , p. 298 : and cf. Psaltes Gr . p. 227.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πτοέω "to terrify, scare", Anth. :—Pass. "to be scared, dismayed", φρένες ἐπτοίηθεν Od. ; ἐπτοημένος Aesch. , Eur. metaph. "to flutter, excite" by any passion, τό μοι καρδίαν ἐπτόασεν Sapph. :—Pass. "to be in a flutter, be passionately excited", Theogn. ; ἐπτοημένοι φρένας Aesch. ; ὡς ἐπτόηται Eur. :—generally, μέθ᾽ ὁμήλικας ἐπτοίηται "he gapes like one distraught" after his fellows, Hes. ; τὸ πτοηθέν "distraction", Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πτοέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for חָתַת ni. ;]
to terrify. Pass., to be terrified: Luk.21:9 24:37 (WH, mg., θροηθέντες).†
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