דְּחַלdᵉchal
fear
Pronunciation: deh-khal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1763
Meanings
Pe`al: active, id. (Daniel 5:19; Daniel 6:27; Daniel 2:31)
Pa`el: made me afraid. (Daniel 4:2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 2:31 “In your vision, Your Majesty, you saw standing before you a huge, shining statue of a man. It was a frightening sight.
- Daniel 4:5 But one night I had a dream that frightened me; I saw visions that terrified me as I lay in my bed.
- Daniel 5:19 He made him so great that people of all races and nations and languages trembled before him in fear. He killed those he wanted to kill and spared those he wanted to spare. He honored those he wanted to honor and disgraced those he wanted to disgrace.
- Daniel 6:26 “I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, and he will endure forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his rule will never end.
- Daniel 7:7 Then in my vision that night, I saw a fourth beast—terrifying, dreadful, and very strong. It devoured and crushed its victims with huge iron teeth and trampled their remains beneath its feet. It was different from any of the other beasts, and it had ten horns.
- Daniel 7:19 Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, the one so different from the others and so terrifying. It had devoured and crushed its victims with iron teeth and bronze claws, trampling their remains beneath its feet.
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).