Lexicon
ἔντρομος
entromos
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G:A Greek

trembling

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Entromos describes a person visibly shaken with fear or terror in the scenes where it occurs.

The attested use describes a person shaken by fear: Moses is unable to look in Acts 7:32 and speaks of being terrified in Hebrews 12:21, while a man falls before Paul and Silas in Acts 16:29.

Senses in use

  1. Shaken with fear or terror · dominant

    The nominative singular masculine form occurs of persons in fear-filled scenes. In Acts 7:32 the APB renders Moses as trembling and not daring to look; in Hebrews 12:21 it renders Moses saying, "I am terrified and trembling"; and in Acts 16:29 it renders a man who rushed in and fell before Paul and Silas as trembling.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "trembling" in Acts 7:32 and Acts 16:29, and pairs it with "terrified" in Hebrews 12:21. These phrases confirm the fearful setting rather than isolate a fixed English equivalent.

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