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ἐκφοβ-έω

ekphobeo

alarm, to cause alarm, fright

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Where it lives

Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k
Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 2 · 2.9/10k
Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k
Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Job 2 · 1.5/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκφοβ-έω · ekphob-eō — LSJ

alarm, to cause alarm, fright, with, fear greatly

alarm, φρένας A. Pers. 606, cf. Pl. Grg. 483c, etc.; τὸ ἐκφοβῆσαι so as to cause alarm, Th. 2.87; ἐ. τινὰ ἐκ δεμνίων E. Or. 312; ἐ. τινά τι fright one with a thing, Th. 6.11:—Pass., fear greatly, c. acc., S. El. 276; ὡς . . ib. 1426; ὑπέρ τινος Id. OT 989.

In the wild

ἐκφοβεῖ · ekphobei Aeschylus, Persians 606
ἐκφοβῇ · ekphobēi Epictetus, Discourses 3.22 (DIORISIS sentence 5106)
ἐκφόβει · ekphobei Epictetus, Discourses 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 6844)
ἐκφοβοῖεν · ekphoboien Euripides, Orestes *)ore/sths (DIORISIS sentence 171)
κἀκφοβοῦν · kakphoboun Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 202)
ἐκφοβεῖν · ekphobein New Testament, 2 Corinthians 10.8 (DIORISIS sentence 167)

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Where it came from

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