Dismay
דְּאָבָהStrong’s H1670deavah (de-a-vah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Deavah is the Hebrew word usually translated “dismay”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.”
Meaning
- Faintness, dismay, failure of mental energy
How it's translated
- dismay 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
דְּאָבָה deavah · dismay
faintness, dismay, failure of mental energy
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.