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G5425

φρίσσω

phrissōG:V

to shudder

φρίσσω (Att.. -ττω, and so 4Ma.14:9 4Mac 17:7) [in LXX: Job.4:15 ( pi.), etc. ;] __1. to be rough, bristle. __2. to shiver, shudder, tremble, from fear: Jas.2:19 (see Hort, in l).† (AS)

The KJV translates G5425 in the following manner:

tremble (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

φρίσσω — phríssō

φρίσσω; very often in Greek writings from Homer down; to be rough, Latinhorreo, horresco, i. e.

1. to bristle, stiffen, stand up: ἔφριξαν μου τρίχες, Job 4:15 the Sept.; with ὀρθαί added, Hesiod, Works, 510; ὀρθάς... φρισσει τρίχας (cognate accusative of the part affected), Hesiod scut. 391; with cold, διά τό ψῦχος, Plutarch, quaest. nat. 13, 2, p. 915 b.

2. to shudder, to be struck with extreme fear, to be horrified: absolutely, Jas 2:19; 4Ma 14:9; like the Latinhorreo, horresco, construction with an accusative of the object exciting the fear, Homer, Iliad 11,383, and often.

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