Words the Bible translates as terrify
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ba'atבָּעַתto overwhelm with sudden terror: to fall upon a person with dread that seizes from outside
- ekphobeōἐκφοβέωto terrifynot studied yet
- 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
- qutsקוּץto be sick of someone or something: to feel a revulsion built up past the point of bearing it, whether it comes out as disgust or as dread
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