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Lexicon :: Strong's G5399 - phobeō

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φοβέω
Transliteration
phobeō (Key)
Pronunciation
fob-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
95x in 26 unique form(s) TR
93x in 28 unique form(s) LXX
341x in 52 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:189,1272

Strong’s Definitions

φοβέω phobéō, fob-eh'-o; from G5401; to frighten, i.e. (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. revere:—be (+ sore) afraid, fear (exceedingly), reverence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 93x

The KJV translates Strong's G5399 in the following manner: fear (62x), be afraid (23x), be afraid of (5x), reverence (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 93x
The KJV translates Strong's G5399 in the following manner: fear (62x), be afraid (23x), be afraid of (5x), reverence (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

  1. to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away)

    1. to put to flight, to flee

    2. to fear, be afraid

      1. to be struck with fear, to be seized with alarm

        1. of those startled by strange sights or occurrences

        2. of those struck with amazement

      2. to fear, be afraid of one

      3. to fear (i.e. hesitate) to do something (for fear of harm)

    3. to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential obedience

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φοβέω phobéō, fob-eh'-o; from G5401; to frighten, i.e. (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. revere:—be (+ sore) afraid, fear (exceedingly), reverence.
STRONGS G5399:
φοβέω, φόβῳ: passive, present φοβοῦμαι; imperfect ἐφοβούμην; 1 aorist ἐφοβήθην; future φοβηθήσομαι; (φόβος); from Homer down; to terrify, frighten, Wis. 17:9; to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away). Passive:
1. to be put to flight, to flee (Homer).
2. to fear, be afraid; the Sept. very often for יָרֵא; absolutely to be struck with fear, to be seized with alarm: of those who fear harm or injury, Matthew 10:31; Matthew 14:30; Matthew 25:25; Mark 5:33, 36; Mark 10:32; Mark 16:8; Luke 8:50; Luke 12:7, 32; John 12:15; John 19:8; Acts 16:38; Acts 22:29; (Romans 13:4); Hebrews 13:6; 1 John 4:18; opposed to ὑψηλοφρονεῖν, Romans 11:20; of those startled by strange sights or occurrences, Matthew 14:27; Matthew 17:7; Matthew 28:5, 10; Mark 6:50; Luke 1:13, 30; Luke 2:10; Luke 9:34; (Luke 24:36 L in brackets); John 6:19, 20; Acts 18:9; Acts 27:24 (but in the last two passages perhaps the exhortation has a wider reference); Revelation 1:17; with σφόδρα added, Matthew 17:6; Matthew 27:54; of those struck with amazement, (Matthew 9:8 L T Tr WH); Mark 5:15; Luke 5:10; Luke 8:25, 35. with an accusative of the contents (cognate accusative) (see ἀγαπάω, under the end): φόβον μέγαν, literally, to 'fear a great fear,' fear exceedingly, Mark 4:41; Luke 2:9 (1 Macc. 10:8); φόβον αὐτῶν, the fear which they inspire (see φόβος, 1), 1 Peter 3:14 (Isaiah 8:12; τοῦ Τανταλου, to be filled with the same fear as Tantalus, Schol. ad Euripides, Or. 6); with the synonymous πτόησιν (which see), 1 Peter 3:6. τινα, to fear one, be afraid of one, lest he do harm, be displeased, etc.: Matthew 10:26; Matthew 14:5; Matthew 21:26, 46; Mark 11:18, 32 (cf. Buttmann, § 151, 11); Mark 12:12; Luke 19:21; Luke 20:19; Luke 22:2; John 9:22; Acts 5:26 (cf. Buttmann, § 139, 48; Winer's Grammar, 505 (471)); Acts 9:26; Romans 13:3; Galatians 2:12; τόν Θεόν, God, the judge and avenger, Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:5; Luke 23:40 (Exodus 1:17, 21; 1 Samuel 12:18); τί, to fear danger from something, Hebrews 11:23, 27; to fear (dread to undergo) some suffering, Revelation 2:10. in imitation of the Hebrew (מִן יָרֵא), followed by ἀπό τίνος (cf. Buttmann, § 147, 3): Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:4 (Jeremiah 1:8, 17; Jeremiah 10:2; Leviticus 26:2; 1 Macc. 2:62 1 Macc. 8:12; Judges 5:23), as in the Greek writings, φοβοῦμαι μή, to fear lest, with the subjunctive aorist: Acts (Acts 23:10 L T Tr WH); Acts 27:17; μήπως, lest perchance, Acts 27:29 (here L μήπω (which see 2), others μήπου (which see)); 2 Corinthians 11:3; 2 Corinthians 12:20; φοβηθῶμεν (equivalent to let us take anxious care) μήποτε τίς δοκῇ, lest anyone may seem (see δοκέω, 2 at the end), Hebrews 4:1; φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς, μήπως κεκοπίακα, Galatians 4:11 (see μήπως, 1 b.); φοβοῦμαι with an infinitive to fear (i. e. hesitate) to do something (for fear of harm), Matthew 1:20; Matthew 2:22; Mark 9:32; Luke 9:45 (for numerous examples in the Greek writings from Aeschylus down see Passow, under the word, 2, vol. ii., p. 2315{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, Buttmann, II. 4)).
3. to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential obedience: τινα, Mark 6:20; Ephesians 5:33; τόν Θεόν, used of his devout worshippers, Luke 1:50; Luke 18:2, 4; Acts 10:2, 22, 35; (Colossians 3:22 Rec.); 1 Peter 2:17; Revelation 14:7; Revelation 19:5; also τόν κύριον, Colossians 3:22 (G L T Tr WH); Revelation 15:4; τό ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ, Revelation 11:18 (Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 5:29; Deuteronomy 6:2, 13, 14; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 14:22(23); Proverbs 3:7; Psalm 33:10 (Ps. 34:10), and many other passages; very often in Sir., cf. Wahl, Clavis Apocr. V. T., under the word, at the end); οἱ φοβούμενοι τόν Θεόν specifically, of proselytes: Acts 13:16, 26 (see σέβω). Compare: ἐκφοβέω.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
1:17; 1:21
Leviticus
1; 26:2
Deuteronomy
4:10; 5:29; 6:2; 6:13; 6:14; 13:4; 14:22
Judges
5:23
1 Samuel
12:18
Psalms
33:10; 34:10
Proverbs
3:7
Isaiah
8:12
Jeremiah
1:8; 1:17; 10:2
Matthew
1:20; 2:22; 9:8; 10:26; 10:28; 10:28; 10:31; 14:5; 14:27; 14:30; 17:6; 17:7; 21:26; 21:46; 25:25; 27:54; 28:5; 28:10
Mark
4:41; 5:15; 5:33; 5:36; 6:20; 6:50; 9:32; 10:32; 11:18; 11:32; 12:12; 16:8
Luke
1:13; 1:30; 1:50; 2:9; 2:10; 5:10; 8:25; 8:35; 8:50; 9:34; 9:45; 12:4; 12:5; 12:7; 12:32; 18:2; 18:4; 19:21; 20:19; 22:2; 23:40; 24:36
John
6:19; 6:20; 9:22; 12:15; 19:8
Acts
5:26; 9:26; 10:2; 10:22; 10:35; 13:16; 13:26; 16:38; 18:9; 22:29; 23:10; 27:17; 27:24; 27:29
Romans
11:20; 13:3; 13:4
2 Corinthians
11:3; 12:20
Galatians
2:12; 4:11
Ephesians
5:33
Colossians
3:22; 3:22
Hebrews
4:1; 11:23; 11:27; 13:6
1 Peter
2:17; 3:6; 3:14
1 John
4:18
Revelation
1:17; 2:10; 11:18; 14:7; 15:4; 19:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5399 matches the Greek φοβέω (phobeō),
which occurs 95 times in 92 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:19 - Then, G3767 when they had rowed G1643 about G5613 [fn]three G1501 G4002 or G2228 four miles, G4712 they *saw G2334 Jesus G2424 walking G4043 on the sea G2281 and drawing G1096 near G1451 to the boat; G4143 and they were frightened. G5399

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:20 - But He *said G3004 to them, “It is I; [fn]do not be afraid.” G5399

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:22 - His parents G1118 said G3004 this G3778 because G3754 they were afraid G5399 of the Jews; G2453 for the Jews G2453 had already G2235 agreed G4934 that if G1437 anyone G5100 confessed G3670 Him to be [fn]Christ, G5547 he was to be put G656 out of the synagogue. G656

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:15 - “FEAR G5399 NOT, DAUGHTER G2364 OF ZION G4622; BEHOLD G2400, YOUR KING G935 IS COMING G2064, SEATED G2521 ON A DONKEY’S G3688 COLT G4454.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:8 - Therefore G3767 when G3753 Pilate G4091 heard G191 this G3778 statement, G3056 he was even more G3123 afraid; G5399

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:26 - Then G5119 the captain G4755 went G565 along G565 with the officers G5257 and proceeded to bring G71 them back without G3756 G3326 violence G970 (for they were afraid G5399 of the people, G2992 that they might be stoned). G3034

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:26 - When he came G3854 to Jerusalem, G2419 he was trying G3985 to associate G2853 with the disciples; G3101 [fn]but they were all G3956 afraid G5399 of him, not believing G4100 that he was a disciple. G3101

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:2 - a devout G2152 man G2152 and one who feared G5399 God G2316 with all G3956 his household, G3624 and gave G4160 many G4183 [fn]alms G1654 to the Jewish people G2992 and prayed G1189 to God G2316 continually. G1223 G3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - They said, G3004 “Cornelius, G2883 a centurion, G1543 a righteous G1342 and God-fearing G2316 man G435 well G3140 spoken G3140 of by the entire G3650 nation G1484 of the Jews, G2453 was divinely directed G5537 by a holy G40 angel G32 to send G3343 for you to come to his house G3624 and hear G191 [fn]a message G4487 from you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - but in every G3956 nation G1484 the man who [fn]fears G5399 Him and [fn]does G2038 what is right G1343 is welcome G1184 to Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:16 - Paul G3972 stood G450 up, and motioning G2678 with his hand G5495 said, G3004 “Men G435 of Israel, G2475 and you who fear G5399 God, G2316 listen: G191

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:26 - “Brethren, G435 G80 sons G5207 of Abraham’s G11 family, G1085 and those G3588 among G1722 you who fear G5399 God, G2316 to us the message G3056 of this G3778 salvation G4991 has been sent. G1821

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:38 - The policemen G4465 reported G518 these G3778 words G4487 to the chief G4755 magistrates. G4755 They were afraid G5399 when they heard G191 that they were Romans, G4514

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:9 - And the Lord G2962 said G3004 to Paul G3972 in the night G3571 by a vision, G3705 “Do not be afraid G5399 any longer, but go on speaking G2980 and do not be silent; G4623

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:29 - Therefore G3767 those G3588 who were about G3195 to examine G426 him immediately G2112 [fn]let G868 go G868 of him; and the [fn]commander G5506 also G2532 was afraid G5399 when he found G1921 out that he was a Roman, G4514 and because G3754 he had [fn]put G1210 him in chains. G1210

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - And as a great G4183 dissension G4714 was developing, G1096 the [fn]commander G5506 was afraid G5399 Paul G3972 would be torn G1288 to pieces G1288 by them and ordered G2753 the troops G4753 to go G2597 down G2597 and take G726 him away G726 from them by force, G726 and bring G71 him into the barracks. G3925

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - After they had hoisted G142 it up, they used G5530 [fn]supporting G996 cables G996 in undergirding G5269 the ship; G4143 and fearing G5399 that they might run G1601 aground G1601 on the shallows of Syrtis, G4950 they let G5465 down G5465 the [fn]sea G4632 anchor G4632 and in this G3779 way G3779 let themselves be driven G5342 along.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:24 - saying, G3004 ‘Do not be afraid, G5399 Paul; G3972 you must G1163 stand G3936 before G3936 Caesar; G2541 and behold, G2400 God G2316 has granted G5483 you all G3956 those G3588 who are sailing G4126 with you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - Fearing G5399 that we might run G1601 aground G1601 somewhere G4225 on the [fn]rocks, G5138 they cast G4496 four G5064 anchors G45 from the stern G4403 and [fn]wished G2172 for daybreak. G2250

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:20 - Quite G2573 right, G2573 they were broken G1575 off G1575 for their unbelief, G570 but you stand G2476 by your faith. G4102 Do not be conceited, G5426 G5308 but fear; G5399

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:3 - For rulers G758 are not a cause G5401 of fear G5401 for [fn]good G18 behavior, G2041 but for evil. G2556 Do you want G2309 to have G5399 no G3361 fear G5399 of authority? G1849 Do G4160 what G18 is good G18 and you will have G2192 praise G1868 from the same; G846

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - for it is a minister G1249 of God G2316 to you for good. G18 But if G1437 you do G4160 what G2556 is evil, G2556 be afraid; G5399 for it does not bear G5409 the sword G3162 for nothing; G1500 for it is a minister G1249 of God, G2316 an avenger G1558 who brings wrath G3709 on the one who practices G4238 evil. G2556

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:3 - But I am G5399 afraid G5399 that, as the serpent G3789 deceived G1818 Eve G2096 by his craftiness, G3834 your minds G3540 will be led G5351 astray G5351 from the simplicity G572 and purity G54 of devotion to Christ. G5547

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:20 - For I am G5399 afraid G5399 that perhaps G4458 when I come G2064 I may find G2147 you to be not what G3634 I wish G2309 and may be found G2147 by you to be not what G3634 you wish; G2309 that perhaps G4458 there will be strife, G2054 jealousy, G2205 angry G2372 tempers, G2372 disputes, G2052 slanders, G2636 gossip, G5587 arrogance, G5450 disturbances; G181

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - For prior G4253 to the coming G2064 of certain G5100 men G5100 from [fn]James, G2385 he used to eat G4906 with the Gentiles; G1484 but when G3753 they came, G2064 he began to withdraw G5288 and hold G873 himself G1438 aloof, G873 fearing G5399 [fn]the party of the circumcision. G4061

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:11 - I fear G5399 for you, that perhaps G4458 I have labored G2872 [fn]over G1519 you in vain. G1500

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:33 - Nevertheless, G4133 each G1538 individual G1520 among you also G2532 is to love G25 his own G1438 wife G1135 even as himself, G1438 and the wife G1135 must see to it that she [fn]respects G5399 her husband. G435

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:22 - Slaves, G1401 in all G3956 things G3956 obey G5219 those G3588 who are your masters G2962 [fn]on earth, G4561 not with [fn]external G3787 service, G3787 as those who G441 merely please G441 men, G441 but with sincerity G572 of heart, G2588 fearing G5399 the Lord. G2962

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1 - Therefore, G3767 let us fear G5399 if, G3379 while a promise G1860 remains G2641 of entering G1525 His rest, G2663 any G5100 one G5100 of you may seem G1380 to have come G5302 short G5302 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:23 - By faith G4102 Moses, G3475 when he was born, G1080 was hidden G2928 for three G5150 months G5150 by his parents, G3962 because G1360 they saw G3708 he was a beautiful G791 child; G3813 and they were not afraid G5399 of the king’s G935 edict. G1297

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:27 - By faith G4102 he left G2641 Egypt, G125 not fearing G5399 the wrath G2372 of the king; G935 for he endured, G2594 as seeing G3708 Him who is unseen. G517

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:6 - so G5620 that we confidently G2292 say, G3004
“THE LORD G2962 IS MY HELPER G998, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID G5399.
WHAT G5101 WILL MAN G444 DO G4160 TO ME?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:17 - Honor G5091 all G3956 people, G3956 love G25 the brotherhood, G81 fear G5399 God, G2316 honor G5091 the [fn]king. G935

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:6 - just G5613 as Sarah G4564 obeyed G5219 Abraham, G11 calling G2564 him lord, G2962 and you have become G1096 her children G5043 if you do G15 what is right G15 [fn]without G2532 G3361 being frightened G5399 by any G3367 fear. G4423

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:14 - But even G2532 if G1487 you should suffer G3958 for the sake G1223 of righteousness, G1343 you [fn]are blessed. G3107 AND DO NOT FEAR G5399 THEIR [fn]INTIMIDATION G5401, AND DO NOT BE TROUBLED G5015,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:18 - There is no G3756 fear G5401 in love; G26 but perfect G5046 love G26 casts G906 out fear, G5401 because G3754 fear G5401 [fn]involves G2192 punishment, G2851 and the one who fears G5399 is not perfected G5048 in love. G26

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:17 - When G3753 I saw G3708 Him, I fell G4098 at His feet G4228 like G5613 a dead G3498 man. G3498 And He placed G5087 His right G1188 hand G1188 on me, saying, G3004 “Do not be afraid; G5399 I am G1510 the first G4413 and the last, G2078

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10 - ‘Do not fear G5399 what G3739 you are about G3195 to suffer. G3958 Behold, G2400 the devil G1228 is about G3195 to cast G906 some of you into prison, G5438 so G2443 that you will be tested, G3985 and you will have G2192 tribulation G2347 for ten G1176 days. G2250 [fn]Be faithful G4103 until G891 death, G2288 and I will give G1325 you the crown G4735 of life. G2222

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:18 - “And the nations G1484 were enraged, G3710 and Your wrath G3709 came, G2064 and the time G2540 came for the dead G3498 to be judged, G2919 and the time to [fn]reward G3408 Your bond-servants G1401 the prophets G4396 and the [fn]saints G40 and those G3588 who fear G5399 Your name, G3686 the small G3398 and the great, G3173 and to destroy G1311 those G3588 who destroy G1311 the earth.” G1093

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:7 - and he said G3004 with a loud G3173 voice, G5456 “Fear G5399 God, G2316 and give G1325 Him glory, G1391 because G3754 the hour G5610 of His judgment G2920 has come; G2064 worship G4352 Him who made G4160 the heaven G3772 and the earth G1093 and sea G2281 and springs G4077 of waters.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:4 - “Who G5101 will not fear, G5399 O Lord, G2962 and glorify G1392 Your name? G3686
For You alone G3441 are holy; G3741
For ALL G3956 THE NATIONS G1484 WILL COME G2240 AND WORSHIP G4352 BEFORE G1799 YOU,
FOR YOUR [fn]RIGHTEOUS G1345 ACTS G1345 HAVE BEEN REVEALED G5319.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:5 - And a voice G5456 came G1831 from the throne, G2362 saying, G3004 “Give G134 praise G134 to our God, G2316 all G3956 you His bond-servants, G1401 you who fear G5399 Him, the small G3398 and the great.” G3173

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