75 occurrences in 12 translations

'Dismayed' in the Bible

He said to his brothers, "My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!" They were dismayed; they turned trembling one to another and said, "What in the world has God done to us?"

Heart, HumanHuman EmotionIndividuals TremblingWhat Does God Do?Indeterminate Sums Of MoneyOther Sad People

Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.

SilverEmptyingIndeterminate Sums Of Money

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

Suffering, Emotional Aspects OfGuilty FearThis Is MeLiving OnOthers Not AnsweringFear Of IndividualsIdentity

“Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed;The leaders of Moab, trembling grips them;All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

MeltingGroups Trembling

Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah the God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

Courage, In Facing EnemiesdiscouragementAssurance in the life of faithFear, Overcome ByConquestResisting Discouragement

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

Land, As A Divine GiftWarfare, Nature OfResisting DiscouragementGradual Conquest Of The LandThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.

Spiritual Warfare, As ConflictAnger Of God, Examples OfBraveryStrength Of PeopleBe Courageous!Be Strong!CourageBeing Scared

Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.

When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

doubtersPessimismFear, Caused ByFear Of Individuals

When Saul’s son Ish-bosheth heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his courage failed, and all Israel was dismayed.

discouragementLosing Courage

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

Colors, GreenPlantsTendernessWicked Described AsScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

Victory, As An Act Of GodBraveryResisting DiscouragementStrength Of People

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

Failture, God Will NeverBeing AfraiddiscouragementInexperienceBraveryGod's Help In DiscouragementStrength Of PeopleGod Not ForsakingCourageCourage And StrengthStaying Strong And Not Giving UpFinishing Strongfearlessfinishing

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

Courage, In Facing EnemiesdiscouragementListeningRescueVictory, As An Act Of GodstruggleBattlearmy

Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

Assurance in the life of faithFear, Overcome BystruggleBattletomorrowdeliverance

Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:

Courage, In Facing EnemiesdiscouragementBraveryResisting Discouragement

But now that this has happened to you,you have become exhausted.It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

FaintingTrouble, Causes Ofdiscouragement

“Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence;When I consider, I am terrified of Him.

Those Frightened Of God

“It is God who has made my heart faint,And the Almighty who has dismayed me,

Losing Courage

Job’s friends are dismayed and can no longer answer;words have left them.

People Being Silent

“He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;And he does not turn back from the sword.

Those Not Fearing

All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly dismayed;They shall turn back, they will suddenly be ashamed.

disgraceOvercoming EnemiesShame Will ComeBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

By your favor, LORD, you established me as a strong mountain; Then you hid your face, and I was dismayed.

Face Of GodTrouble, Causes OfGod HidingSeven Mountains

They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.

Peoples Who Fled

Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:

Disappointment

For we have been consumed by Your angerAnd by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

God's IndignationAnger Of God, Description

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;You take away their spirit, they expireAnd return to their dust.

Breath Of LifeFace Of GodChaosCreatures Returning To DustDeath Of CreaturesGod Hiding

“Be broken [in pieces], O peoples, and be shattered!Listen, all you [our enemies from the] far countries.Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered;Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered.

BattlesVoicesBattle Cries

and they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them ; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces'shall be faces of flame.

ChildbirthPunishment, Nature OfTravailLabour Pains

Those who work with flax will be dismayed;the combers and weavers will turn pale.

FlaxHope, Results Of Its AbsenceLinenSpinning And WeavingDespair

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

Africaexpectations

Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

Agony, Of BodyBodyPunishment, Nature OfLabour Pains

For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite him .

SceptreTerror Of God

For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.

NoiseShepherds, As Kings And LeadersStock Keeping

And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

FurnacesBanners, Literal UseBanner, Figurative UseJerusalem, Significance OfPeople As Rockszion

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

GrassPlantsTendernessMan As GrassScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

Fear, Of FuturePredicting The FutureGod Doing GoodGood Or BadDo Good!No Help In Other GodsThe FutureEverything Happening For A Reason

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my instruction in their hearts. Don't fear the insults of mortals, and don't be dismayed at their hateful words.

Justice, In Believers' LivesMorality, And RedemptionBeing ReprovedPay Attention To God!People In RighteousnessTaking The Law To Heart

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

ReadinessReady To SpeakSpeaking The Word God Gives

Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

AstrologySkySuperstitionHeathenOccultismFear, Of UnknownDivinationFruitless LearningSigns In The SkyEclipsecultureatheismalignment

Their nobles send their young people for water. They go to the cisterns, but they find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They're disappointed and dismayed, and they cover their heads in shame.

CisternsNoblesDry PlacesSeeking WaterShaming People

They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

VeilsShaming People

“Why are You like a man dismayed,Like a mighty man who cannot save?Yet You are in our midst, O Lord,And we are called by Your name;Do not forsake us!”

AbandonmentGod, The LordPower, God's SavingFeelings Of Rejection By GodAstonishmentPeople's Inability To SaveDo Not Forsake Us!Unable To SaveCalled By God's Namesurprises

Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Double Penalty

“The wind [of adversity] will carry away all your shepherds (rulers, statesmen),And your lovers (allies) will go into exile.Surely then you will be ashamed and humiliated and disgracedBecause of all your wickedness.

disgraceWindShame Of Bad Conduct

And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.

God, As ShepherdFeeding The FlockAll PeopleThose Not FearingMissing Someone

Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

discouragementPeace, Human Destruction OfServants Of The LordGod's Help In DiscouragementPromise of returnGood Things From Far Away

Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.

Love, Abuse OfPeoples Who FledFear Will Come

But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Peace, Human Destruction OfPromise of returnGod Saves The NeedyDo Not Fear For God Will Help

"As for you, my servant Jacob, don't be afraid, and Israel, don't be dismayed," declares the LORD, "for I am with you. Indeed, I'll make an end of all the nations where I scattered you; but I won't make an end of you! I'll discipline you justly, but I'll certainly not leave you unpunished."

ChastisementGod With YouAmericaDo Not Fear For God Will Help

Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

FortressesRuinsWoe To The WickedCapturing Cities

Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed.Wail and cry out!Declare by the Arnonthat Moab is destroyed.

Rivers And StreamsArnonRiver Arnon

The Lord spoke about Damascus. "The people of Hamath and Arpad will be dismayed because they have heard bad news. Their courage will melt away because of worry. Their hearts will not be able to rest.

NewsRestlessnessSeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesAnxiety And Feardamascusreassurance

For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

end

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and lift up a banner; publish, conceal not! Say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed: her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.

False GodsBabylon DestroyedFlagsCapturing Cities

A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

Folly, Examples OfGod's Attitude To Fools

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

BriersThornsMinisters, Way They Should TeachWicked Described AsScorpionsDo Not Fear Men

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

ForeheadsFlintMineralsRebellion, Of IsraelHardnessGod Hardening PeopleStone ItemsDo Not Fear Men

that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

WasteFamine ComingNo Water For PeopleSin Brings SicknessFamine Will Come

Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be heaped on rumor; they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law and guidance will be lost from the priest and [wise] counsel [will cease] from the elders.

Poverty, SpiritualPriests, Function In Ot TimesProphets, Role OfRumoursVisionsDisastersCataclysmSpiritual DestitutionNo VisionsProphecy Abolishedrumors

"""Because you've dismayed the heart of the righteous whom I never intended to dismay with lies, and because you've encouraged the wicked so that he wouldn't abandon his evil behavior and by doing so live,

Participation, In SinNot Turning AsideKeeping Oneself AlivePeople Encouraging Others

Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure.

Groups TremblingFear Of Other Things

‘Thus says the Lord God, “On the day when Assyria went down to Sheol (the place of the dead) I caused mourning; I closed the deep [subterranean waters] over it and restrained its rivers. And the many waters [that contributed to its prosperity] were held back; and I made [the heart of] Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away because of it.

Mourning DeathHarming TreesThe Fact Of Death

“Then Daniel, whose [Babylonian] name was Belteshazzar, was appalled and speechless for a while [because he was deeply concerned about the destiny of the king], and his thoughts alarmed him. The king said, ‘Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation frighten you.’ Belteshazzar answered, ‘My lord, may the dream be [meant] for those who hate you and its message for your enemies!

ConfusionThoughts Of The RighteousDreams InterpretedOvercoming EnemiesPeople Appalled

And I, Daniel, was overcome, and I became ill for [some] days, and I {performed} the business of the king, and I was dismayed over the vision and {I did not understand it}.

FaintingdiseasesAstonishmentUnintelligiblenessSick IndividualsPeople AppalledPeople Getting UpServing KingsIllnessgabriel

Be dismayed, you farmers! Cry aloud, you vintners, for the wheat and barley, because the harvest in your fields has been lost.

GrainHarvestOccupationsDestroying VineyardsPloughmenNot Reaping What You Sow

And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

Killing Will HappenOther Sad PeopleOvercoming Adversity

Bible Theasaurus

Aghast (3 instances)
Alarm (57 instances)
Appalled (32 instances)
Demoralize (1 instance)
Dismay (25 instances)
Dismayed (75 instances)
Shocked (25 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּהל 
Bahal 
Usage: 38

חת 
Chath 
Usage: 9

חתת 
Chathath 
Usage: 48

מחתּה 
M@chittah 
Usage: 11

שׁעה 
Sha`ah 
Usage: 15

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