Quick Definition
to dread
Strong's Definition
to be startled (by a sudden alarm); hence, to fear in general
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be afraid, stand in awe, (be in) fear, make to shake.
TWOT Reference: 1756
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פָּחַד (pa.chad) — to dread. 1) to fear, tremble, revere, dread, be in awe or dread 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be in dread 1a2) to be in awe 1b) (Piel) to be in great dread 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to dread
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · פַּחַד · פַּחְדָּה
Unsteady | verb qal | ≈ חרד · רגז · רְעָדָה
to tremble = process by which humans tremble or shake, ◄ as a result of strong emotions of joy, awe, or fear
Unsteady | verb hif | ≈ רְעָדָה
to cause to tremble = causative process by which an emotion of strong fear and a concern for one's safety causes one's body to tremble or shake
Afraid | verb qal, verb pi | ≈ בהל · חָגָּא · יגר · ירא · ירה · פַּחַד
to be terrified, to be in awe of, to dread literally: to tremble; hence: = state in which humans experience a strong fear and a concern for their safety, usually accompanied by trembling
DEU 28:66 · DEU 28:67 · JOB 3:25 · JOB 23:15 · PSA 14:5 · PSA 27:1 · PSA 53:6 · PSA 78:53 · PSA 119:161 · PRO 3:24 · PRO 28:14 · ISA 12:2 · ISA 44:8 · ISA 44:11 · ISA 51:13 · JER 36:24
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פָּחַד vb. dread, be in dread, in awe Qal be in dread
be in awe
Pi. be in great dread
Hiph. filled my bones with dread
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