חָרַד
chârad · khaw-rad'
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
- to shudder with terror
- hence, to fear
- also, to hasten (with anxiety)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be (make) afraid, be careful, discomfit, fray (away), quake, tremble.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › the doorway, the way in
To separate and protect of the head, the highest of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָרַד 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
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- trembled4 · 11%
- and none shall make them afraid4 · 11%
- was afraid2 · 6%
- were afraid2 · 6%
- tremble2 · 6%
- and none shall make him afraid2 · 6%
- and none made them afraid2 · 6%
- them, and they were afraid1 · 3%
- quaked1 · 3%
- and none shall make you afraid1 · 3%
- and no man shall fray them away1 · 3%
- and discomfited1 · 3%
- him trembling1 · 3%
- they also trembled1 · 3%
- and will make him afraid1 · 3%
- now unto her, behold, thou hast been careful1 · 3%
- and none shall make thee afraid1 · 3%
- trembleth1 · 3%
- is afraid1 · 3%
- and it shall be afraid1 · 3%
- and none shall fray them away1 · 3%
- and shall tremble1 · 3%
- afraid1 · 3%
- and they shall tremble1 · 3%
- shall tremble1 · 3%
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.