מָגוֹר
ma.gor
“terror”
Definition
a fright (objective or subjective)
or (Lamentations 2:22) מָגוּר; from H1481 (גּוּר) in the sense of fearing;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
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Occurrences
מָגוֹר appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
Their rock will pass away for fear,and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,”declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion,whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.
For I have heard the whispering of many:“Terror is on every side!Report him; let us report him!”All my trusted friendswatch for my fall:“Perhaps he will be deceivedso that we may prevail against himand take our vengeance upon him.”
Why am I seeing this?They are terrified,they are retreating;their warriors are defeated,they flee in haste without looking back;terror is on every side!”declares the LORD.
They will take their tents and flocks,their tent curtains and all their goods.They will take their camels for themselves.They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
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