Trembling
ἔντρομοςStrong’s G1790entromos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Entromos is the Greek word usually translated “terrified” and “trembling”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.”
Meaning
Usually translated “terrified” and “trembling”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- terrified 2
- trembling 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Hebrews 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἔντρομος entromos · trembling
ἔν-τρομος, -ον [in LXX: Da TH Dan.10:11 (רָעַד hi.); ἔ. γίγνεσθαι, Psa.18:7 77:18 (רַעַשׁ), Wis.17:10, 1Ma.13:2 * ;] trembling with fear (Pint.): Act.7:32 16:29, Heb.12:21 (ἔκτρ-, WH, mg.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “trembling” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TREM'BLING, participle present
tense Shaking, as with fear, cold or weakness; quaking; shivering.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.