חָרֵד
chârêd · khaw-rade'
fearful; also reverential
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2729 (חָרַד);
fearful; also reverential
- fearful
- also, reverential
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: afraid, trembling.
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 חָרֵד 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.
- and afraid1 · 17%
- trembled1 · 17%
- unto me every one that trembled1 · 17%
- and of those that tremble1 · 17%
- and trembleth1 · 17%
- ye that tremble1 · 17%
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.