BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7321
ru.a — to shout
1) to shout, raise a sound, cry out, give a blast 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to shout a war-cry or alarm of battle 1a2) to sound a signal for war or march 1a3) to shout in triumph (over enemies) 1a4) to shout in applause 1a5) to shout (with religious impulse) 1a6) to cry out in distress 1b) (Polal) to utter a shout 1c) (Hithpolel) 1c1) to shout in triumph 1c2) to shout for joy 2) (Niphal) destroyed
39 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H926
ba.hal — to dismay
1) to disturb, alarm, terrify, hurry, be disturbed, be anxious, be afraid, be hurried, be nervous 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be disturbed, dismayed, terrified, anxious 1a2) to be in haste, be hasty 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make haste, act hastily, be hurried, be hastened 1b2) to dismay, terrify 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to hasten 1c2) hastened, hastily gained (part.) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to hasten, hurry, make haste 1d2) to dismay, terrify
37 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8643
te.ru.ah — shout
1) alarm, signal, sound of tempest, shout, shout or blast of war or alarm or joy 1a) alarm of war, war-cry, battle-cry 1b) blast (for march) 1c) shout of joy (with religious impulse) 1d) shout of joy (in general)
32 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H927
be.hal — to dismay
1) (Pual) to frighten, alarm, dismay 2) (Ithpa'al) to hurry, hasten 3) (Ithpa'al) alarmed (part.)
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2648
cha.phaz — to hurry
1) to hurry, flee, hasten, fear, be terrified 1a) (Qal) to be in a hurry, be alarmed 1b) (Niphal) to be in a hurry
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1587
ge.mar.yah — Gemariah
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.29.3; son of: Hilkiah (H2518H); brother of: Azariah (H5838L) § Gemariah = "Jehovah has accomplished" 1) the son of Shaphan the scribe and father of Michaiah; one of the nobles of Judah who had a chamber in the temple from which Baruch read Jeremiah's alarming prophecy to all the people 2) the son of Hilkiah who bore Jeremiah's letter to the captive Jews
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7292
ra.hav — to be assertive
1) to behave proudly, act stormily or boisterously or arrogantly 1a) (Qal) to act insolently, storm against, beset, importune 1b) (Hiphil) to disturb, alarm, awe, confuse, make bold or proud
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H928
be.ha.lah — dismay
dismay, sudden terror or ruin, alarm
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2360
throeō — to alarm
θροέω, -ῶ (θρόος, a noise, tumult), [in LXX: Sng.5:4 (הָמָה * ;] in cl., 1. to cry aloud, make an outcry. 2. to utter aloud. 3. In NT (and LXX), pass., to be troubled, as by an alarm: Mat.24:6, Mrk.13:7, Luk.24:37 (WH, mg.), 2Th.2:2 (cf. Kennedy, Sources, 126).† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1161
bi.u.tim — terror
terrors, alarms (occasioned by God)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8429
te.vah — be startled
(P'al) to be startled, be alarmed
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6786
deidō — be in awe
1. to fear , absolute, (Homer), etc.; followed by a preposition, δ. περί τινι to be alarmed, anxious about . ., (Iliad by Homer), attic; ἀμφί τινι, περί τινος, ὑπέρ τινος (Iliad by Homer):—;followed by a relative clause with μή . ., Lat. vereor ne . ., I fear it is . ., followed by subjunctive; rarely by indicative, δείδω μὴ νημερτέα εἶπεν (Odyssey by Homer); δ. μὴ οὐ . ., Lat. vereor ut . ., I fear it is not . ., followed by subjunctive, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 2. with infinitive to fear to do , (Iliad by Homer) 3. with accusative to fear, dread , (Homer), etc. 4. τὸ δεδιός, one's fearing , = δέος, (Thucydides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8138
kōdōn — a bell
a bell , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;in fortified towns an officer went round at night with a bell to challenge the sentries, and see that they were awake, (Thucydides); ὡς κώδωνα ἐξαψάμενος like one with an alarm-bell in his hand, (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8979
ptēssō — to alarm
1. to frighten, scare, alarm , Lat. terrere, (Iliad by Homer) 2. intransitive to crouch or cower down for fear (compare πτώσσω), properly of animals, (Sophocles Tragicus); of men, (Pindar), attic; πτ. βωμὸν ὕπο (Euripides); also with accusative loci, πτ. βωμόν to flee cowering to the altar, (Euripides) 3. to crouch like a wild beast ready to spring, (Euripides);—;so of men in ambush, ὑπὸ τεύχεσι πεπτηῶτες (Odyssey by Homer) 4. with accusative rei, to crouch for fear of , ἀπειλάς (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A particular quivering sound of the silver trumpets to give warning to the Hebrews on their journey through the wilderness (Num. 10:5, 6), a call to arms, or a war-note (Jer. 4:19; 49:2; Zeph. 1:16).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
