Behalah בֶּֽהָלָה
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| בֶּֽהָלָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | behalah |
| Strong's number | H928 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | dismay |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Leviticus (1) |
Behalah (Hebrew בֶּֽהָלָה, Strong's H928) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “dismay”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
dismay, sudden terror or ruin, alarm
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | trouble (2), terror (1), terrors (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sudden terror (2), doomed to disaster (1), dismay (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Behalah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 26:16I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
Psalms
- Psalm 78:33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 65:23They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD— they and their descendants with them.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 15:8Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
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).