Ballahah בַּלָּהָה
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| בַּלָּהָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ballahah |
| Strong's number | H1091 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | terror |
| Occurrences | 10 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (5) |
Ballahah (Hebrew בַּלָּהָה, Strong's H1091) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “terror”. It occurs 10 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
terror, destruction, calamity, dreadful event
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | terrors (6), terror (3), trouble (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | terrors (6), horrible end (2), sudden terror (1), you an object of horror (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Ballahah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
- Job 18:14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
- Job 24:17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
- Job 27:20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
- Job 30:15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
Psalms
- Psalm 73:19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Isaiah
- Isaiah 17:14And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 26:21I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ezekiel 27:36The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
- Ezekiel 28:19All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).