To dismay
בְּהַלStrong’s H0927behal (be-hal)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Behal is the Aramaic word usually translated “alarmed me”, “haste” and “alarmed him”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.”
Meaning
- (Pual) to frighten, alarm, dismay
- (Ithpa'al) to hurry, hasten
- (Ithpa'al) alarmed (part.)
How it's translated
- they alarmed me 3
- in haste 2
- they alarmed him 2
- it alarm you 1
- alarmed 1
- they alarm you 1
- and in haste 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 10
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 3:24In contextThen Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
- Daniel 4:5In contextI saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
- Daniel 4:19In contextThen Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
- Daniel 5:6In contextThen the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
- Daniel 5:9In contextThen was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
- Daniel 5:10In contextNow the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
Aramaic dictionary
בְּהַל behal · to dismay
1) (Pual) to frighten, alarm, dismay 2) (Ithpa'al) to hurry, hasten 3) (Ithpa'al) alarmed (part.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dismay” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISMAY, verb transitive
To deprive of that strength or firmness of mind which constitutes courage; to discourage; to dishearten; to sink or depress the spirits or resolution; hence, to affright or terrify.
- “Be strong, and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed” Joshua 1:9
All definitions and other forms of “dismay”
DISMAY, noun
Fall or loss of courage; a sinking of the spirits; depression; dejection; a yielding to fear; that loss of firmness which is effected by fear or terror; fear impressed; terror felt.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.