Know the Word.

Greek word

ptoéō

πτοέω

What it means

to scare

Where it comes from

probably akin to the alternate of píptō (πίπτω) (through the idea of causing to fall) or to pétomai (πέτομαι) (through that of causing to fly away)

How the King James translates it

  • terrified2
  • be1

Every place it appears 3