דְּחַל
dᵉchal · deh-khal'
to slink, i.e. (by implication) to fear, or (causatively) be formidable
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H2119 (זָחַל);
to slink, i.e. (by implication) to fear, or (causatively) be formidable
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: make afraid, dreadful, fear, terrible.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads
The doorway, the way in that works to separate and protect of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דְּחַל 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- dreadful2 · 33%
- thereof was terrible1 · 17%
- which made me afraid1 · 17%
- and feared1 · 17%
- and fear1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
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.