To tremble
זוּעַStrong’s H2111zua (zu-a)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zua is the Hebrew word usually translated “trembled”, “when they will tremble” and “make tremble you”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.”
Meaning
- To tremble, quiver, quake, be in terror(Qal) to tremble, quake · (Pilpel)
How it's translated
- he trembled 1
- when they will tremble 1
- make tremble you 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 1
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Habakkuk 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ecclesiastes 12:3In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
- Habakkuk 2:7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Hebrew dictionary
זוּעַ zua · to tremble
1) to tremble, quiver, quake, be in terror 1a) (Qal) to tremble, quake 1b) (Pilpel) 1b1) to shake violently 1b2) to cause to tremble Aramaic equivalent: zu.a (זוּעַ "to tremble" H2112)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tremble” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TREM'BLE, verb intransitive
[Latin tremo.]
- To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder.
- To shake; to quiver; to totter.
- To quaver; to shake, as sound; as when we say, the voice trembles.
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.