'Dread' in the Bible
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
You shall not dread them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.
For {I was in dread} from [being in] the presence of the anger and the wrath [with] which Yahweh was angry with you [so as] to destroy you, but Yahweh listened to me also {at that time}.
There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
and shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel: you are advancing today to battle against your enemies. Do not lack courage. Do not be afraid, or panic, or tremble [in terror] before them,
And he shall bring back upon you all the diseases of Egypt [concerning] which {you were in dread} {because of them}.
Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be in dread night and day, never certain of survival.
In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread you will have in your heart and because of what you will see.
Be strong and be courageous; you should not be afraid, and you {should not be in dread from their presence}, for Yahweh your God [is] the [one] going with you; he will not leave you alone and he will not forsake you."
“They sacrificed to demons who were not God,To gods whom they have not known,New gods who came lately,Whom your fathers did not dread.
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Apprehension (3 instances)
- Awful (17 instances)
- Dire (2 instances)
- Dread (98 instances)
- Dreaded (15 instances)
- Dreadful (25 instances)
- Fear (1025 instances)
- Fearful (88 instances)
- Fearsome (5 instances)
- Fright (10 instances)
- Frightening (11 instances)
- Horrendous (2 instances)
- Horrific (2 instances)
- Terrible (200 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
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