To terrify
בָּעַתStrong’s H1204baat (ba-at)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Baat is the Hebrew word usually translated “overwhelmed me”, “was terrified” and “it terrify me”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.”
Meaning
- To terrify, startle, fall upon, dismay, be overtaken by sudden terror(Niphal) to be terrified · (Piel)
How it's translated
- they overwhelmed me 2
- he was terrified 2
- it terrify me 2
- they terrify him 2
- and it terrified him 1
- terrifying you 1
- let them terrify it 1
- you will terrify me 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 8
- 1 Samuel 2
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Esther 1
- Psalms 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 16:14But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
- 1 Samuel 16:15And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
- 2 Samuel 22:5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
- 1 Chronicles 21:30But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
- Esther 7:6And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
- Job 3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Hebrew dictionary
בָּעַת baat · to terrify
1) to terrify, startle, fall upon, dismay, be overtaken by sudden terror 1a) (Niphal) to be terrified 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to fall upon, overwhelm 1b2) to terrify
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “terrify” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TER'RIFY, verb transitive
[Latin terror and facio, to make.]
- “They were terrified and affrighted” Luke 24:37“When ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified” Luke 21:9
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.