Quick Definition
to dismay
Strong's Definition
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), (give) speedy(-ily), thrust out, trouble, vex.
TWOT Reference: 207
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּהַל (ba.hal) — to dismay. 1) to disturb, alarm, terrify, hurry, be disturbed, be anxious, be afraid, be hurried, be nervous 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be disturbed, dismayed, terrified, anxious 1a2) to be in haste, be hasty 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make haste, act hastily, be hurried, be hastened 1b2) to dismay, terrify 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to hasten 1c2) hastened, hastily gained (part.) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to hasten, hurry, make haste 1d2) to dismay, terrify
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · בֶּהָלָה
Urge | verb nif, verb pi, verb hif, verb hit | ≈ מהר
to be quick, to be hasty, to be rash, sudden = action by which humans or divine beings act quickly
EST 6:14 · PRO 28:22 · ECC 5:1 · ECC 7:9 · ECC 8:3 · DAN 2:25 · DAN 3:24 · DAN 6:20 · ZEP 1:18
Urge | verb pi, verb pu'al
to make (someone) hurry = action by which humans or divine beings cause (other) humans to act quickly
Urge | verb pi, verb pu'al
to speed up = action by which humans cause something to happen without delay
Move | verb hif
to hurry (someone) out = action by which humans cause someone else to move quickly from a certain location
verb · בֶּהָלָה
Afraid | verb nif, verb hit | ≈ אבל · אֻמְלַל · בושׁ · חֵבֶל · חפז · חרד · יָדַיִם רפה · לאה · מוג · עוה · פחד · פַּלָּצוּת · צִיר · רַעַד · שְׁמָמָה · תמהּ
to be in anguish, to be dismayed = state in which humans experience a great fear combined with severe distress, often accompanied by physical symptoms, such trembling and pain
GEN 45:3 · EXO 15:15 · JDG 20:41 · 1SA 28:21 · 2SA 4:1 · JOB 4:5 · JOB 21:6 · JOB 23:15 · PSA 6:3 · PSA 6:4 · PSA 6:11 · PSA 30:8 · PSA 48:6 · ECC 8:3 · ECC 8:3 · ISA 13:8 · ISA 21:3 · JER 51:32 · EZK 7:27 · EZK 26:18 · DAN 5:9
Afraid | verb pi, verb hif, verb nif | ≈ בושׁ · חפר · ירא · רפה יָדַיִם · כלה · רדף · רכך לֵב
to terrify, to dismay = action by which humans, divine beings, or certain events cause (other) humans to experience a state of great fear combined with severe distress, often accompanied by physical symptoms, such as trembling and pain
2CH 32:18 · EZR 4:4 · JOB 22:10 · JOB 23:16 · PSA 2:5 · PSA 83:16 · PSA 83:18 · PSA 90:7 · PSA 104:29 · DAN 4:2 · DAN 4:16 · DAN 4:16 · DAN 5:6 · DAN 5:10 · DAN 7:15 · DAN 7:28 · DAN 11:44
1 ECC 8:3 LXX "μὴ σπουδάσῃς" NIV "Do not be in a hurry" NJPS "don't rush" NJB "be in no hurry" REB "do not rush into it" = [1] | RSV "be not dismayed" NRSV "Do not be terrified" = [2] 2 ZEP 1:18 RSV NIV GNT "sudden" = [1] | NJPS NRSV "terrible" = [2] | REB "sudden and terrible" = [1][2] 3 PRO 20:21 MT-K מבחלת | MT-Q מְבֹהֶלֶת 4 EZR 4:4 MT-K מבלהים | MT-Q מְבַהֲלִים
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[בָּהַל] vb. Niph. be disturbed, dismayed, terrified
be in haste, hasty
Pi. dismay, terrify
hasten, make haste, act hastily
Pu. hastened; hastily gained
Hiph. dismay, terrify
(late) hasten, hurry
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