פַּחַדpachad

dread

Pronunciation: pakh'-ad · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6343

Meanings

1. dread (Isaiah 2:10; Isaiah 2:19; Isaiah 2:21)

2. = object of dread (Psalms 31:12; Psalms 36:2; Job 31:23)

3. as designation of deity (Genesis 31:42; Genesis 31:53)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 49 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 31:42 In fact, if the God of my father had not been on my side—the God of Abraham and the fearsome God of Isaac—you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen your abuse and my hard work. That is why he appeared to you last night and rebuked you!”
  • Genesis 31:53 I call on the God of our ancestors—the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor—to serve as a judge between us.” So Jacob took an oath before the fearsome God of his father, Isaac, to respect the boundary line.
  • Exodus 15:16 terror and dread fall upon them. The power of your arm makes them lifeless as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people you purchased pass by.
  • Deuteronomy 2:25 Beginning today I will make people throughout the earth terrified because of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear.’”
  • Deuteronomy 11:25 No one will be able to stand against you, for the Lord your God will cause the people to fear and dread you, as he promised, wherever you go in the whole land.
  • 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.
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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).