עָרַץ
ʻârats · aw-rats'
to awe or (intransitive) to dread; hence, to harass
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to awe or (intransitive) to dread; hence, to harass
- to awe or (intransitive) to dread
- hence, to harass
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be affrighted (afraid, dread, feared, terrified), break, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, shake terribly.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › to pursue the straight path
To see and know of the head, the highest that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָרַץ 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to shake terribly2 · 13%
- unto you, dread1 · 7%
- thou shalt not be affrighted1 · 7%
- neither be ye terrified1 · 7%
- not, nor be afraid1 · 7%
- be not afraid1 · 7%
- wilt thou break1 · 7%
- did i fear1 · 7%
- oppress1 · 7%
- to be feared1 · 7%
- nor be afraid1 · 7%
- and let him be your dread1 · 7%
- and shall fear1 · 7%
- if so be thou mayest prevail1 · 7%
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.