דְּאָגָהdᵉʼâgâh
anxiety, anxious care (Joshua 22:24; Proverbs 12:25; Jeremiah 49:23; Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 12:19)
Pronunciation: deh-aw-gaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1674
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 22:24 “The truth is, we have built this altar because we fear that in the future your descendants will say to ours, ‘What right do you have to worship the Lord, the God of Israel?
- Proverbs 12:25 Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.
- Jeremiah 49:23 This message was given concerning Damascus. This is what the Lord says: “The towns of Hamath and Arpad are struck with fear, for they have heard the news of their destruction. Their hearts are troubled like a wild sea in a raging storm.
- Ezekiel 4:16 Then he told me, “Son of man, I will make food very scarce in Jerusalem. It will be weighed out with great care and eaten fearfully. The water will be rationed out drop by drop, and the people will drink it with dismay.
- Ezekiel 12:18 “Son of man, tremble as you eat your food. Shake with fear as you drink your water.
- Ezekiel 12:19 Tell the people, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says concerning those living in Israel and Jerusalem: They will eat their food with trembling and sip their water in despair, for their land will be stripped bare because of their violence.
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).