Horror
זַעֲוָהStrong’s H2189zaavah (za-a-vah)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zaavah is the Hebrew word usually translated “into a terror” and “terror”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.”
Meaning
- A horror, trembling, object of terror or trembling
How it's translated
- into a terror 5
- a terror 1
- to terror 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 4
- Deuteronomy 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Ezekiel 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Chronicles 29:8Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
- Jeremiah 15:4And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 24:9And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
- Jeremiah 29:18And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
- Jeremiah 34:17Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Ezekiel 23:46For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
Hebrew dictionary
זַעֲוָה zaavah · horror
a horror, trembling, object of terror or trembling
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “horror” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HOR'ROR, noun
[Latin from horreo, to shake or shiver, or to set up the bristles, to be rough.]
- A shaking, shivering or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever.
- An excessive degree of fear, or a painful emotion which makes a person tremble; terror; a shuddering with fear; but appropriately, terror or a sensation approaching it, accompanied with hatred or detestation. horror is often a passion compounded of fear and hatred or disgust.“A horror of great darkness fell on Abram” Genesis 15:12“Horror hath taken hold on me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law” Psalms 119:53
- That which may excite horror or dread; gloom; dreariness.
- Dreadful thoughts.
All definitions
- Distressing scenes; as the horrors of war or famine.
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.