To fear
דְּחַלStrong’s H1763dechal (de-chal)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dechal is the Aramaic word usually translated “terrible”, “fearing” and “it made afraid me”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.”
Meaning
- To fear(P'al) · (Pael) to cause to be afraid, make afraid
How it's translated
- terrible 2
- and fearing 2
- and it made afraid me 1
- fearful 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 6
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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 5:19In contextAnd for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
- Daniel 6:26In contextI make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
- Daniel 7:7In contextAfter this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
- Daniel 7:19In contextThen I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
Aramaic dictionary
דְּחַל dechal · to fear
1) to fear 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to fear 1a2) terrible (pass participle) 1b) (Pael) to cause to be afraid, make afraid
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fear” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FEAR, noun
[See the Verb.]
- A painful emotion or passion excited by an expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger. fear expresses less apprehension than dread, and dread less than terror and fright.
- Anxiety; solicitude.
- The cause of fear
- The object of fear“Except the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me” Genesis 31:42
All definitions and other forms of “fear”
- Something set or hung up to terrify wild animals, by its color or noise. Isaiah 24:17Jeremiah 48:43
- In scripture, fear is used to express a filial or a slavish passion.“I will put my fear in their hearts” Jeremiah 32:40
- The worship of God.“I will teach you the fear of the Lord” Psalms 34:11
- The law and word of God.“The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever” Psalms 19:9
- Reverence; respect; due regard.“Render to all their dues; fear to whom fear” Romans 13:7
FEAR, verb transitive
[Latin vereor.]
- To feel a painful apprehension of some impending evil; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotions of alarm or solicitude.
- To reverence; to have a reverential awe; to venerate.“This do, and live:for I fear God” Genesis 42:18
- To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach by fear or by a scarecrow. [This seems to be the primary meaning, but now obsolete.]
FEAR, verb intransitive
To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
- “But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtility, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ” 2 Corinthians 11:3
FEAR, noun
A companion. [Not in use. See Peer.]
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.