Horror
שִׁמָּמוֹןStrong’s H8078shimmamon (shim-ma-mon)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shimmamon is the Hebrew word usually translated “horror”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:”
Meaning
- Horror, dismay, appalment
How it's translated
- and in horror 1
- in horror 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 2
1 book in all.
Hebrew dictionary
שִׁמָּמוֹן shimmamon · horror
horror, dismay, appalment
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.