Vocabulary
Fear
G870 aphobos, adverb, G1 + G5401.
G870 aphobos – fearlessly, without fear.
G1167 deilia, from 1169,
G1167 deilia – timidity, fear
TIMID’ITY, noun Latin timiditas. Fearfulness; want of courage or boldness to face danger; timorousness; habitual cowardice. timidity in one person may be a good trait of character, while in another it is a deep reproach.
G1169 deilos, from deos (dread)
G1169 deilos – faithless, timid, fearful.
TIM’ID, adjective Latin timidus, from timeo, to fear. Fearful; wanting courage to meet danger; timorous; not bold. Poor is the triumph o’er the timid hare.
G1630 ekphobos, from G1537 + G5401
G1630 ekphobos – frightened out of one’s wits, exceedingly fear.
FRIGHTENED, participle passive Terrified; suddenly alarmed with danger.
G2124 eulabeia, from G2126
G2124 eulabeia – caution, reverence, dread, fear, feared.
G2125 eulabeomai, middle from G2126
G2125 eulabeomai – to be circumspect, to be apprehensive, to reverence, moved with fear.
CIRCUMSPECT, adjective Literally, looking on all sides; looking round. Hence, Cautious; prudent; watchful on all sides; examining carefully all the circumstances that may affect a determination, or a measure to be adopted.
G5399 phobeo, from G5401
G5399 phobeo – to frighten (passive), to be alarmed, to be in awe of, to reverence.
AWE, noun aw. Gr. to be astonished.
- Fear mingled with admiration or reverence; reverential fear. Stand in awe and sin not. Psalms 4:4.
- Fear; dread inspired by something great, or terrific.
AWE, verb transitive To strike with fear and reverence; to influence by fear, terror or respect; as, his majesty awed them into silence.
G5401 phobos, from a primary phebomai
G5401 phobos – be afraid, exceedingly, fear, terror.
TER’ROR, noun Latin terror from terreo, to frighten.
- Extreme fear; violent dread; fright; fear that agitates the body and mind.
The sword without, and terror within. Deuteronomy 32:25.
The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. Job 6:4.
- That which may excite dread; the cause of extreme fear.
Rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Romans 13:3.
Those enormous terrors of the Nile.
- In Scripture, the sudden judgments of God are called terrors.Psalms 73:19.
- The threatenings of wicked men, or evil apprehended from them. 1 Peter 3:14.
- Awful majesty, calculated to impress fear. 2 Corinthians 5:11.
- Death is emphatically styled the king of terrors.
Hate
G2189 echthra, feminine of G2190
(G2189 echthra – hostility, enmity, hatred.)
EN’MITY, noun
- The quality of being an enemy; the opposite of friendship; ill will; hatred; unfriendly dispositions; malevolence. It expresses more than aversion and less than malice, and differs from displeasure in denoting a fixed or rooted hatred, whereas displeasure is more transient.
I will put enmity between thee and the woman. Genesis 3:15.
The carnal mind is enmity against God.Romans 8:7.
- A state of opposition.
The friendship of the world is enmity with God. James 4:4.
G2319 theostyges from G2316 + G4767
(G2319 theostyges – hateful to God, hater of God.)
G3404 miseo from a primary miso (hatred)
(G3404 miseo – to detest, persecute, love less, hate, hateful.)
G4767 stygetos from a derivative of an obsolete apparently a primary
(G4767 stygetos – hateful.)
8 variations of the word “fear” in the Greek and 4 variations of the word “hate” in the Greek.
It’s easy to see why reading the Bible can be a bit challenging and it also shows that no matter which version you are using, you have to cross check and verify which leads to better understanding and clarity.
Luke 14:26-27,33 MEV
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
27 And whoever does not bear his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
33 So likewise, any of you who does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
1 John 3:15-18 MEV
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
16 By this we know the love of God: that He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
17 Whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, but closes his heart of compassion from him, how can the love of God remain in him?
18 My little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
Matthew 5:43-48 MEV
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
45 that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
47 And if you greet your brothers only, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?
48 Therefore be perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 22:37-40 MEV
Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Hebrews 11:6 MEV
And without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.