מָגוֹרmâgôwr
fear, terror (Psalms 31:14; Jeremiah 20:3; Lamentations 2:22; Isaiah 31:9; Jeremiah 20:4)
Pronunciation: maw-gore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4032
Same root
- גּוּרgûwr · H1481properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)
- מְגוֹרַהmᵉgôwrah · H4034affright
- מְגוּרָהmᵉgûwrâh · H4035a fright; also a granary
- מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיבMâgôwr miç-Çâbîyb · H4036Magor-mis-Sabib, a symbolic name of Pashur
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 31:13 I have heard the many rumors about me, and I am surrounded by terror. My enemies conspire against me, plotting to take my life.
- Isaiah 31:9 Even the strongest will quake with terror, and princes will flee when they see your battle flags,” says the Lord, whose fire burns in Zion, whose flame blazes from Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 6:25 Don’t go out to the fields! Don’t travel on the roads! The enemy’s sword is everywhere and terrorizes us at every turn!
- Jeremiah 20:4 For this is what the Lord says: ‘I will send terror upon you and all your friends, and you will watch as they are slaughtered by the swords of the enemy. I will hand the people of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will take them captive to Babylon or run them through with the sword.
- Jeremiah 20:10 I have heard the many rumors about me. They call me “The Man Who Lives in Terror.” They threaten, “If you say anything, we will report it.” Even my old friends are watching me, waiting for a fatal slip. “He will trap himself,” they say, “and then we will get our revenge on him.”
- Jeremiah 46:5 But what do I see? The Egyptian army flees in terror. The bravest of its fighting men run without a backward glance. They are terrorized at every turn,” says the Lord.
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).