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Dreadful

עָרוּץStrong’s H6178

aruts (a-ruts)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Aruts is the Hebrew word usually translated “on slope of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.”
Job 30:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. Dreadful
  2. (CLBL) chasm, ravine, steep slope
How it's translated
  • on slope of 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

    עָרוּץ aruts · dreadful

    1) dreadful 2) (CLBL) chasm, ravine, steep slope

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “dreadful” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    DREADFUL, adjective

    1. Impressing great fear; terrible; formidable; as a dreadful storm, or dreadful night.“The great and dreadful day of the Lord” Malachi 4:5
    2. Awful; venerable.“How dreadful is this place” Genesis 28:17

    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.