Lexical Definition

‎φόβος‎ phóbos (fob'-os) fear ^G:N-M
from a primary (to be put in fear)

be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror.

• alarm or fright

Abbott-Smith

φόβος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for יִרְאָה, also for פַּחַד, אֵימָה, etc. ;]
1. in Hom., flight.
2. That which causes flight, fear, dread, terror: Lk 1:12, Ac 5:5, I Ti 5:20. I Jo 4:18, al.; cogn. acc., φοβεῖσθαι φ., Mk 4:41, Lk 2:9; c. gen. obj., Jo 7:13 19:33 20:19, He 2:5, I Pe 3:14 (but cf. ICC, in l.);ἀπὸ (τοῦ) φ., Mt 14:26, Lk 21:26; εἰς φ., Ro 8:15; μετὰ φόβου, Mt 28:8; φ. καὶ τρόμος (Lft., Notes, 172), I Co 2:3, II Co 7:15, Eph 6:5, Phl 2:12; by meton., of that which causes fear, Ro 13:3; of reverential fear, Ro 13:7, I Pe 1:17 2:18 3:2, 15; τ. κυρίου, Ac 9:31, II Co 5:11 (v. Field, Notes, 183); Χριστοῦ, Eph 5:21; θεοῦ, Ro 3:18, II Co 7:1
SYN.: v.s. δειλία (and of. DCG, i, 381)

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

φόβος, ὁ,

(φέβομαι) panic flight, the usual sense in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φόβονδ᾽ ἔχε μώνυχας ἵππους [Refs]; μή τι φόβονδ᾽ ἀγόρευε counsel not to flight,[Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 Φόβος personified, as son of Ares, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; worshipped at Selinus, [Refs]
__II panic fear, [στρατῷ] φ. ἐμβάλλειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, fear, terror (distinguished from δέος (which see)), τορὸς ὀρθόθριξ φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; joined with δέος and δεῖμα, (see entry).; opposed to θάρρος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; sometimes in milder sense, doubt, scruple, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχει πολλὴν ὑποψίαν καὶ φ. ὡς.. [Refs]: also, awe, reverence, for a ruler or divine being, τοῦ ἡγεμόνος [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; θεοῦ [LXX+4th c.AD+].—Construction, a. with genitive object, fear or dread of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. περὶ τοῦ καρποῦ fear for or concerning.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ καθ᾽ ἑαντὸν φ. from personal fear, [Refs 4th c.BC+]infinitive, φόβῳ εἰσορᾶν from fear to see, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b with Verbs, τεύχειν φόβον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόβους ἐμβάλλειν, φόβον ἐνθεῖναί τινι, to strike terror into one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the person who feels fear, φόβον λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν σὸν οὐ ταρβῶ φ. I fear not with thy fear, i.e. not like thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ταντάλου φ. φοβεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μοι φ. τις εἰσελήλυθ᾽, μ᾽ ὑπῆλθέ τις φ.,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ φόβου ἔρχομαι, διὰ φόβων γίγνομαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόβου ἀπαλλάξεσθαι to get rid of it,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόβου μεθεῖσα (Valck. φόβον) [φόβος εἴη στρατεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.3 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ φ. μὴ.. [Refs]; φ. ἐστὶν ὅπως μὴ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but φόβος εἰ πείσω I fear I shall not persuade.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡμέας ἔχειφ. τε καὶ δέος ὅκως χρὴ.. [φόβος ἦν ὥστε μὴ τέγξαι is corrupt in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1380): adverbial usages, φόβῳ">Refs 5th c.BC+] by or through fear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, not only in Poets, as [Refs 5th c.BC+], but also in Prose, φόβους καὶ δείματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 object or cause of terror, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόβος ἀκοῦσαι a terror to hear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Ps.35.1*}