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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4422. πτοέω (ptoeó) -- To frighten, to terrify, to be alarmed</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4422.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/13-27.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4422.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4422</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4421.htm" title="4421">◄</a> 4422. ptoeó <a href="../greek/4423.htm" title="4423">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">ptoeó: To frighten, to terrify, to be alarmed</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">πτοέω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>ptoeó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>pto-eh'-o<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(pto-eh'-o)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To frighten, to terrify, to be alarmed<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I terrify, scare, strike with panic.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From a derivative of πτόος (ptoos), meaning "to scare" or "to frighten."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "ptoeó," similar concepts of fear and alarm can be found in Hebrew words such as יָרֵא (yare, Strong's H3372) meaning "to fear" or "to be afraid."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "ptoeó" is used in the New Testament to convey a sense of being frightened or alarmed. It often describes a sudden or intense fear that grips an individual, causing them to be startled or disturbed. This term is typically used in contexts where an unexpected event or revelation causes fear or anxiety.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, fear was a common human experience, often associated with the unknown or the divine. The concept of fear was not only physical but also spiritual, as people believed in various deities and supernatural occurrences that could invoke terror. In the biblical context, fear is often juxtaposed with faith, where believers are encouraged to trust in God rather than succumb to fear.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4422</b> <i>ptoéō</i> (from the root meaning, "fly") – properly, <i>flutter</i>; (figuratively) <i>terrify</i>, like when someone "flies off" into <i>unrealistic</i>, <i>irrational</i> behavior.</p><p class="discovery"><a href="/greek/4422.htm">4422</a> <i>/ptoéō</i> ("terrified") means to be provoked by <i>agitating</i> fears, causing someone to become "psychologically detached from reality."</p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/4422.htm">4422</a> (<i>ptoéō</i>) in ancient Greek meant "to <i>alarm</i>, be startled, terrified" (<i>BAGD</i>).]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to terrify<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>startled (1), terrified (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4422: πτοέω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πτοέω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">πτόω</span>: 1 aorist passive <span class="greek2">ἐπτοήθην</span>; (<span class="greek2">πτόα</span> terror); from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; <span class="accented">to terrify</span>; passive, <span class="accented">to be terrified</span> (the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> chiefly for <span class="hebrew">חָתַת</span>): <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-9.htm">Luke 21:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-37.htm">Luke 24:37</a> (<span class="manuref">Tr</span> marginal reading <span class="manuref">WH</span> marginal reading <span class="greek2">θροηθεντες</span>. Synonym: see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">φοβέω</span></span>, at the end.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>frighten. <p>Probably akin to the alternate of <a href="/greek/4098.htm">pipto</a> (through the idea of causing to fall) or to <a href="/greek/4072.htm">petomai</a> (through that of causing to fly away); to scare -- frighten. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4098.htm">pipto</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4072.htm">petomai</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>επτοήθη επτοήθησαν επτόηντο επτοήται πτοηθείην πτοηθείησαν πτοηθεντες πτοηθέντες πτοηθής πτοηθήσεται πτοηθήση πτοηθήσομαι πτοηθήσονται πτοηθητε πτοηθήτε πτοηθῆτε πτοηθώσι πτοηθώσιν πτοήσει πτοήσω πτοήσωσι πτοούνται ptoethentes ptoethéntes ptoēthentes ptoēthéntes ptoethete ptoethête ptoēthēte ptoēthē̂te<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/21-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 21:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Plural">V-ASP-2P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀκαταστασίας μὴ <b>πτοηθῆτε</b> δεῖ γὰρ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and disturbances, <span class="itali">do not be terrified;</span> for these things<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> be not <span class="itali">terrified:</span> for these things<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/21-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> commotions not <span class="itali">be terrified</span> must for<p><b><a href="/text/luke/24-37.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 24:37</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural">V-APP-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/24.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>πτοηθέντες</b> δὲ καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">But they were startled</span> and frightened<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> But <span class="itali">they were terrified</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/24-37.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">having been Terrified</span> however and<p><b><a href="/greek/4422.htm">Strong's Greek 4422</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4422.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ptoe_the_te_4422.htm">πτοηθῆτε — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ptoe_thentes_4422.htm">πτοηθέντες — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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