בָּהַל
bâhal · baw-hal'
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
- to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated
- by implication, to hasten anxiously
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) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), (give) speedy(-ily), thrust out, trouble, vex.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- 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 house, what is within › to reveal, behold › authority, the one who leads
The house, what is within that works to reveal, behold of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּהַל 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 · 39 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and troubled2 · 7%
- troubleth2 · 7%
- vexed2 · 7%
- be not hasty2 · 7%
- shall be troubled2 · 7%
- him; for they were troubled1 · 3%
- shall be amazed1 · 3%
- were amazed1 · 3%
- troubled1 · 3%
- were troubled1 · 3%
- and they thrust him out1 · 3%
- them, and to trouble1 · 3%
- me to make haste1 · 3%
- and he speedily1 · 3%
- and hasted1 · 3%
- being hastened1 · 3%
- thee, and thou art troubled1 · 3%
- i am afraid1 · 3%
- therefore am i troubled1 · 3%
- and vex1 · 3%
- are vexed1 · 3%
- and i was troubled1 · 3%
- they were troubled1 · 3%
- and make them afraid1 · 3%
- are we troubled1 · 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.