Word Summary
ptyrō: to be frightened
Original Word: πτύρωTransliteration: ptyrō
Phonetic Spelling: (ptoo'-ro)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be frightened
Meaning: to be frightened
Strong's Concordance
terrify.
From a presumed derivative of ptuo (and thus akin to ptoeo); to frighten -- terrify.
see GREEK ptuo
see GREEK ptoeo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4426: πτύρωπτύρω: ((cf.
Curtius, p. 706));
to frighten, affright: present passive participle
πτυρόμενος,
Philippians 1:28. (
Hippocrates (
), Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch, others.)