פָּחַדpâchad

dread, be in dread, in awe

Pronunciation: paw-kkad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6342

Meanings

Qal

1. be in dread (Deuteronomy 28:66; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 33:14)

2. be in awe (Isaiah 60:5)

Pi`el: be in great dread (Isaiah 51:13; Proverbs 28:14)

Hiph`il: filled, with dread. (Job 4:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 25 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 28:66 Your life will constantly hang in the balance. You will live night and day in fear, unsure if you will survive.
  • Deuteronomy 28:67 In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were night!’ And in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’ For you will be terrified by the awful horrors you see around you.
  • Job 3:25 What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true.
  • Job 4:14 Fear gripped me, and my bones trembled.
  • Job 23:15 No wonder I am so terrified in his presence. When I think of it, terror grips me.
  • Psalms 14:5 Terror will grip them, for God is with those who obey him.
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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).