H928 בֶּהָלָה (behâlâh) beh-haw-law'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

dismay

Strong's Definition

panic, destruction

Derivation: from H926 (בָּהַל);

KJV Usage: terror, trouble.

TWOT Reference: 207a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) dismay, sudden terror or ruin, alarm

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G640 G2671

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בֶּֽהָלָה (be.ha.lah) — dismay. dismay, sudden terror or ruin, alarm

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

בֶּהָלָה (H0928)

noun f · בהל

Afraid | ≈ הֶבֶל · עִיר · קַדַּחַת · שַׁחֶפֶת

anguish, terror, dismay = state in which humans experience a state of great fear combined with severe distress, often accompanied by physical symptoms, such as trembling and pain

LEV 26:16 · PSA 78:33 · ISA 65:23 · JER 15:8

Enio R. Mueller

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בֶּֽהָלָה n.f. dismay, sudden terror or ruin base

Bible Occurrences (4)

26:16

78:33

65:23

15:8

Leviticus 26:16

then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror -, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

Isaiah 65:23

They will not labor in vain [or] bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD — [they] and their descendants with them.

Jeremiah 15:8

I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring... a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.