What does ἔντρομος (éntromos) mean in the Bible?
ἔντρομος (éntromos) is a Greek word meaning "terrified".
Greek · G1790
ἔντρομος
Terrified
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ἔντρομος G1790
Pronunciation éntromos
What does ἔντρομος (éntromos) mean in the Bible?
ἔντρομος (éntromos) is a Greek word meaning "terrified".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1790?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include trembled with fear (1), trembling (1), trembling {before} (1).
Where does ἔντρομος (éntromos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 7:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It trembled with fear 1× Acts 7:32
trembling 1× Hebrews 12:21
trembling {before} 1× Acts 16:29
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 7:32
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Acts 2 Hebrews 1
Source forms
ἔντρομος 3x entromos Acts 7:32, Acts 16:29, Hebrews 12:21
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Acts 7:32, Acts 16:29, Hebrews 12:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. terrified
Strong's G1790
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
terrified
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 7:32 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔντρομος entromov
trembling through fear
Read verse Acts 16:29 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔντρομος entromov
trembling through fear
Read verse Hebrews 12:21 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔντρομος. entromov
trembling through fear
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 7:32 · Acts 16:29 · Heb 12:21 3×
Word Origins
ἔντρομος is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain