פַּ֫חַד
pa.chad
“dread”
Definition
a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
from H6342 (פָּחַד);
- terror, dread 1a) dread 1b) object of dread
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
פַּ֫חַד appears 43 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And David’s fame went out into every land, and the LORD caused all nations to fear him.
In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
They will flee to caverns in the rocksand crevices in the cliffs,away from the terror of the LORDand from the splendor of His majesty,when He rises to shake the earth.
Sounds of terror fill his ears;in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
fear and trembling came over meand made all my bones shudder.
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