בָּעַת
bâʻath · baw-ath'
to fear
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to fear
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: affright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to see and know › the mark, the covenant sign
The house, what is within that works to see and know of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּעַת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- made me afraid2 · 13%
- terrify2 · 13%
- shall make him afraid2 · 13%
- troubled1 · 6%
- troubleth1 · 6%
- for he was afraid1 · 6%
- was afraid1 · 6%
- and terrifiest1 · 6%
- make you afraid1 · 6%
- make me afraid1 · 6%
- shall not make thee afraid1 · 6%
- affrighted1 · 6%
- i was afraid1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.