tromos denotes trembling, whether accompanying fearful response or marking a serious posture in receiving and obeying.

The attested use denotes trembling: it accompanies fear in reception and obedience, and it also describes the reaction that seizes those fleeing the grave.

1. Trembling in fear or serious response · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 2:3, the dative singular form occurs in the speaker's coming “in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.” The genitive singular form appears with fear where people receive someone obediently in 2 Corinthians 7:15, where slaves are told to obey in Ephesians 6:5, and where believers are told to work out salvation in Philippians 2:12; in Mark 16:8, the nominative singular form is part of what had seized those fleeing the grave, alongside amazement and fear.

   1 Corinthians 2:32 Corinthians 7:15Ephesians 6:5Mark 16:8Philippians 2:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “trembling” in every cited verse, pairing it with “fear” in four contexts and with “amazement” in Mark 16:8. These pairings show the clauses' presentation rather than a separate rendering for each grammatical form.