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πτοέω
ptoéō

to scare

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Definition

From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Strong’s Definition

to scare

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

to terrify, affright; pass. to be terrified, Lk. 21:9; 24:37*

Source: Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Translated in KJV as

frighten

Etymology

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);

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