Trembling
חָרֵדStrong’s H2730chared (cha-red)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chared is the Hebrew word usually translated “trembling” and “o trembling”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.”
Meaning
- Trembling, fearful, afraid
How it's translated
- trembling 2
- and trembling 1
- and the trembling 1
- and a trembling 1
- o trembling 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 2
- Isaiah 2
- Judges 1
- 1 Samuel 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 4:13And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
- Ezra 9:4Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
- Ezra 10:3Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
- Isaiah 66:2For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
- Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
Hebrew dictionary
חָרֵד chared · trembling
trembling, fearful, afraid
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “trembling” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TREM'BLING, participle present
tense Shaking, as with fear, cold or weakness; quaking; shivering.
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.