זַעֲוָהzaʻăvâh
agitation, maltreatment
Pronunciation: zah-av-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2189
Meanings
a trembling, object of trembling, terror, fright (Deuteronomy 28:25; Isaiah 28:19; Jeremiah 15:4; Ezekiel 23:46; Jeremiah 29:18)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 28:25 “The Lord will cause you to be defeated by your enemies. You will attack your enemies from one direction, but you will scatter from them in seven! You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
- 2 Chronicles 29:8 “That is why the Lord’s anger has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem. He has made them an object of dread, horror, and ridicule, as you can see with your own eyes.
- Jeremiah 15:4 Because of the wicked things Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem, I will make my people an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Jeremiah 24:9 I will make them an object of horror and a symbol of evil to every nation on earth. They will be disgraced and mocked, taunted and cursed, wherever I scatter them.
- Jeremiah 29:18 Yes, I will pursue them with war, famine, and disease, and I will scatter them around the world. In every nation where I send them, I will make them an object of damnation, horror, contempt, and mockery.
- Jeremiah 34:17 “Therefore, this is what the Lord says: Since you have not obeyed me by setting your countrymen free, I will set you free to be destroyed by war, disease, and famine. You will be an object of horror to all the nations of the earth.
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).