Words the Bible translates as dismay
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- bahalבָּהַלto be overwhelmed by sudden terror, or to strike that terror into someone
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- to hurry, act in haste, or do something rashly
- ba'atבָּעַתto overwhelm with sudden terror: to fall upon a person with dread that seizes from outside
- behalבְּהַלto alarm: to strike someone with sudden dread that throws the mind into fearful confusion
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- to act in alarmed haste: to move hurriedly under the press of urgency or fright
- meḥittahמְחִתָּהruin: the shattering collapse that overtakes a person, a people, or a place, or the dread of one
- behalahבֶּהָלָהdismaynot studied yet
- de'avahדְּאָבָהdismaynot studied yet
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