בָּעַתbâʻath
fall upon, startle, terrify
Pronunciation: baw-ath' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1204
Meanings
Niph`al: be terrified (1 Chronicles 21:30; Esther 7:6; Daniel 8:17)
Pi`el
1. fall upon, overwhelm, assail (1 Samuel 16:14; 1 Samuel 16:15; Job 3:5)
2. terrify (Job 7:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 16:14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had left Saul, and the Lord sent a tormenting spirit that filled him with depression and fear.
- 1 Samuel 16:15 Some of Saul’s servants said to him, “A tormenting spirit from God is troubling you.
- 2 Samuel 22:5 “The waves of death overwhelmed me; floods of destruction swept over me.
- 1 Chronicles 21:30 But David was not able to go there to inquire of God, because he was terrified by the drawn sword of the angel of the Lord.
- Esther 7:6 Esther replied, “This wicked Haman is our adversary and our enemy.” Haman grew pale with fright before the king and queen.
- Job 3:5 Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own. Let a black cloud overshadow it, and let the darkness terrify it.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).