64 occurrences

'Terror' in the Bible

The fear and terror of you will be in every living creature on the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed under your authority.

Verse ConceptsAnimalsAnimal LifeFearResponsibility, For God's WorldBirds, Features OfMan's DominionMan's FunctionFear And AnimalsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodRelation Of Animals To ManThe RainbowRainbow

As the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell on Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.

Verse ConceptsNightSleep, PhysicalSunsetsOvertaken By DarknessThose Frightened Of GodEclipseSolar Eclipse

When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

Verse ConceptsDivine Protection, Examples OfTerror Of Godterrorism

and terror and dread will fall on them.They will be as still as a stonebecause of Your powerful armuntil Your people pass by, Lord,until the people whom You purchased pass by.

Verse ConceptsMarketsPassing ThroughPurchasingTypes Of ChristArm Of GodMotionlessnessStaying PutPeople As Rocksgreatnessterrorism

“I will cause the people ahead of you to feel terror and throw into confusion all the nations you come to. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in retreat.

Verse ConceptsConfusionenemies, of Israel and JudahTurning One's BackPuzzlementTerror Of Godterrorism

then I will do this to you: I will bring terror on you—wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Affected BydiseasesdisabilitiesVisionPunishment Of the WickedFeverThreateningsSowing In VainEyes HarmedUseless LabourFear Will ComeDepressionSpilling Your Seed On The Groundterrorism

Outside, the sword will take their children,and inside, there will be terror;the young man and the young woman will be killed,the infant and the gray-haired man.

Verse ConceptsGreyFear Of EnemiesGod's Sword

He took a team of oxen, cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the land of Israel by messengers who said, “This is what will be done to the ox of anyone who doesn’t march behind Saul and Samuel.” As a result, the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out united.

Verse ConceptsGesturesHeraldKnivesAnimals Cut In PiecesUnified PeopleTerror Of God

Terror spread through the Philistine camp and the open fields to all the troops. Even the garrison and the raiding parties were terrified. The earth shook, and terror spread from God.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesTremblingGroups Trembling

Then they attacked all the cities around Gerar because the terror of the Lord was on them. They also plundered all the cities, since there was a great deal of plunder in them.

Verse ConceptsVillagesTerror Of God

The terror of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so they didn’t fight against Jehoshaphat.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsReverence, And Social BehaviourTerror Of God

And now, may the terror of the Lord be on you. Watch what you do, for there is no injustice or partiality or taking bribes with the Lord our God.”

Verse ConceptsFavouritismBribery, Is SinAcceptance Of BribesGod, Justice OfGod, Impartiality OfReverence, And Social BehaviourMagistrates

The terror of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that Yahweh had fought against the enemies of Israel.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsRescueReverence, And God's NatureTerror Of GodGod's InterventionFearing GodBeing Scared

Therefore, the wrath of the Lord was on Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you see with your own eyes.

In each of King Ahasuerus’s provinces the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who intended to harm them. Not a single person could withstand them; terror of them fell on every nationality.

Verse ConceptsFearing Other People

I would still live in terror of all my pains.I know You will not acquit me.

Verse ConceptsFear Of Other Things

Let Him take His rod away from meso His terror will no longer frighten me.

Verse ConceptsStriking People With A StaffThose Frightened Of God

remove Your hand from me,and do not let Your terror frighten me.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandGod's Hands In OppositionThose Frightened Of God

Do you make him leap like a locust?His proud snorting fills one with terror.

Verse ConceptsNosesCreatures JumpingNeighing And Braying

All my enemies will be ashamed and shake with terror;they will turn back and suddenly be disgraced.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceOvercoming EnemiesShame Will ComeBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

Put terror in them, Lord;let the nations know they are only men.Selah

Verse ConceptsTerror Of GodMere MenPsalm Interjectionsterrorism

I have heard the gossip of many;terror is on every side.When they conspired against me,they plotted to take my life.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAliancesTrapCharacter AssassinationPlottingAttempting To Kill MeFear Will Cometerrorism

They looked and froze with fear;they fled in terror.

Verse ConceptsPeoples Who Fled

Then they will be filled with terrorterror like no other—because God will scatterthe bones of those who besiege you.You will put them to shame,for God has rejected them.

Verse ConceptsBones BrokenGuilty FearBonesTerror Of GodBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.God, hear my voice when I complain.Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

Verse ConceptsComplaintsHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!Mental AbuseProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacks

when terror strikes you like a stormand your calamity comes like a whirlwind,when trouble and stress overcome you.

Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsSudden DestructionPeople AppalledHurricanesOvercoming AdversityBeing OverwhelmedThe Storms Of Life

All of them are skilled with swordsand trained in warfare.Each has his sword at his sideto guard against the terror of the night.

People will go into caves in the rocksand holes in the ground,away from the terror of the Lordand from His majestic splendor,when He rises to terrify the earth.

Verse ConceptsCavesGuilty FearPeople In CavesTremblingPeoples Who FledTerror Of GodHoles In The GroundThe Earthhidingtrying

They will go into the caves of the rocksand the crevices in the cliffs,away from the terror of the Lordand from His majestic splendor,when He rises to terrify the earth.

Verse ConceptsEarth, Judgment OfPeople In CavesTremblingTerror Of God

In the evening—sudden terror!Before morning—it is gone!This is the fate of those who plunder usand the lot of those who ravage us.

Verse ConceptsMorningAt Morning And EveningFear Will Cometerrorism

An oracle against the desert by the sea:Like storms that pass over the Negev,it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.

Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsVisions From God

My heart staggers;horror terrifies me.He has turned my last glimmer of hopeinto sheer terror.

Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionHeart, HumanSleeplessnessStumblingFear, Of UnknownUnrestTwilightIndividuals Trembling

Whoever flees at the sound of panicwill fall into a pit,and whoever escapes from the pitwill be caught in a trap.For the windows are opened from heaven,and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Verse ConceptsClimbingEarth's FoundationWindows Of HeavenMoving UpwardsPeople Falling From A HeightGod TrappingFear Will Come

Every time it passes through,it will carry you away;it will pass through every morning—every day and every night.Only terror will cause youto understand the message.

Verse ConceptsEvery MorningFearing God's Wordterrorism

Your mind will meditate on the past terror:“Where is the accountant?Where is the tribute collector?Where is the one who spied out our defenses?”

Verse ConceptsCensusOfficersCounting BuildingsFear Will Cometerrorismaccounting

So take your stand with your spellsand your many sorceries,which you have wearied yourself with from your youth.Perhaps you will be able to succeed;perhaps you will inspire terror!

Verse ConceptsBabylonAstrologyMagiciansSorcerymagic

and you will be establishedon a foundation of righteousness.You will be far from oppression,you will certainly not be afraid;you will be far from terror,it will certainly not come near you.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialCivic RighteousnessDistinctives Of RighteousnessFreed From FearDepressionFear And WorryWorrying About The Futurefairnessoppressioncredibilityterrorism

Don’t go out to the fields;don’t walk on the road.For the enemy has a sword;terror is on every side.

Verse ConceptsRoadsAmbushWar As God's JudgmentGoing OutsideFear Will Come

Have You completely rejected Judah?Do You detest Zion?Why do You strike uswith no hope of healing for us?We hoped for peace,but there was nothing good;for a time of healing,but there was only terror.

Verse ConceptsHealingHope, In GodHope, Nature OfPeace, Human Search ForZion, As A SymbolSmitten CheeksFear Will ComeGod Hating PeopleNo HealingNo PeaceHope And Healing

Don’t become a terror to me.You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

Verse ConceptsTerror Of GodProtection And Safetyterrorism

for this is what the Lord says, ‘I am about to make you a terror to both yourself and those you love. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will deport them to Babylon and put them to the sword.

Verse ConceptsSpectatorsExile In ProspectMade A HorrorGod Will Cause Defeatrelentlessterrorism

For I have heard the gossip of many people,“Terror is on every side!Report him; let’s report him!”Everyone I trusted watches for my fall.“Perhaps he will be deceivedso that we might prevail against himand take our vengeance on him.”

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessPeace, Human Destruction OfPersecution, Forms OfSympathyWaitingWatchfulness, Of BelieversWatching To EntrapDefamationDeceiving OneselfFear Will ComeFriends FailingMan AvengingUnder One's BreathRevengeterrorism

Yes, this is what the Lord says:We have heard a cry of terror,of dread—there is no peace.

Verse ConceptsPeople AppalledNo Peaceterrorismwholeness

You brought Your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, Power OfHand Of GodStrength, DivineStrength Of GodTerror Of GodSigns And Wonders Before ChristGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

As to the terror you cause,your presumptuous heart has deceived you.You who live in the clefts of the rock,you who occupy the mountain summit,though you elevate your nest like the eagle,even from there I will bring you down.This is the Lord’s declaration.

Verse ConceptsNestsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedHumiliationEaglesPride, Results OfRocksSelf DeceptionPride, Results InBirds, Types Of BirdsDeceiving Oneself

They will take their tents and their flocksalong with their tent curtains and all their equipment.They will take their camels for themselves.They will call out to them:Terror is on every side!

Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeTaking Possessions

“This is what the Lord God says: Summon an assembly against them and consign them to terror and plunder.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingPeople OpposedPeople Appalled

Then they will lament for you and say of you:How you have perished, city of renown,you who were populated from the seas!She who was powerful on the sea,she and all of her inhabitantsinflicted their terror.

Verse ConceptsMarinersFearing Other People

Her graves are set in the deepest regions of the Pit,and her company is all around her burial place.All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terrorin the land of the living.

Verse ConceptsGoing Down To The PitFearing Other PeopleLife And Death

Elam is therewith all her hordes around her grave.All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down to the underworld uncircumcised,who once spread their terrorin the land of the living.They bear their disgracewith those who descend to the Pit.

Verse ConceptsdepthDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathShame Has Come

Among the slainthey prepare a resting place for Elamwith all her hordes.Her graves are all around her.All of them are uncircumcised,slain by the sword,although their terror was once spreadin the land of the living.They bear their disgracewith those who descend to the Pit.They are placed among the slain.

Verse ConceptsDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathState Of The DeadShame Has Come

Meshech and Tubal are there,with all their hordes.Their graves are all around them.All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword,although their terror was once spreadin the land of the living.

Verse ConceptsDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleLife And Death

They do not lie downwith the fallen warriors of the uncircumcised,who went down to Sheolwith their weapons of war,whose swords were placed under their heads.The punishment for their sinsrested on their bones,although the terror of these warriorswas once in the land of the living.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForHell, Punishment OfWeaponsFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathState Of The Dead

All the leaders of the northand all the Sidonians are there.They went down in shame with the slain,despite the terror their strength inspired.They lie down uncircumcisedwith those slain by the sword.They bear their disgracewith those who descend to the Pit.

Verse ConceptsShameGoing Down To The PitDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleShame Has Come

Only I, Daniel, saw the vision. The men who were with me did not see it, but a great terror fell on them, and they ran and hid.

Verse ConceptsActing AloneGroups TremblingThose Who Saw VisionsNo VisionsNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsHiding From GodBeing Overwhelmed

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have its approval.

Verse ConceptsCommendationRulersSecurityTaxationMagistratesFear Is DueFearDoing The Right ThingBeing ScaredRespecting Authoritybehaviorterrorism

Bible Theasaurus

Affright (5 instances)
Panic (58 instances)
Scourge (23 instances)
Terror (183 instances)
Threat (12 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ירא 
Yare' 
Usage: 334

עריץ 
`ariyts 
Usage: 20

אים 
'ayom 
Usage: 3

אמה אימה 
'eymah 
Usage: 17

אמתּני 
'emtaniy (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

בּהלה 
Behalah 
Usage: 4

בּלּהה 
Ballahah 
Usage: 10

בּעוּתים 
Bi`uwthiym 
Usage: 2

בּעת 
Ba`ath 
Usage: 16

דּחל 
D@chal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

זלעפה זלעפה 
Zal`aphah 
Usage: 3

חגא 
Chaga' 
Usage: 1

חתּה 
Chittah 
Usage: 1

חתּית 
Chittiyth 
Usage: 10

חתת 
Chathath 
Usage: 48

מגוּר מגור 
Magowr 
Usage: 8

מגר 
Magar 
Usage: 2

מורה מרא מורא 
Mowra' 
Usage: 12

מחתּה 
M@chittah 
Usage: 11

מסלּה 
M@cillah 
Usage: 27

מערצה 
Ma`aratsah 
Usage: 1

ערץ 
`arats 
Usage: 15

פּחד 
Pachad 
Usage: 49

תּפלצת 
Tiphletseth 
Usage: 1

ἐκφοβέω 
Ekphobeo 
Usage: 1

ἐπίγειος 
Epigeios 
Usage: 6

πτοέω 
Ptoeo 
Usage: 1

πτύρω 
Pturo 
Usage: 1

φοβερός 
Phoberos 
Usage: 3

φόβος 
Phobos 
fear , terror ,
Usage: 46

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