25 occurrences in 11 translations

'Dreadful' in the Bible

And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

Verse ConceptsGatesHeaven, God's HabitationAweRising EarlyMorning DevotionsTerror Of GodBethel The House Of GodHeavenly Vision

hear this: tomorrow about this time I will send a very heavy and dreadful hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

Verse ConceptsGod's Action TomorrowFoundations Of NationsUnique Things

The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled down in the whole territory, a very dreadful mass of them; never before were there such locusts as these, nor will there ever be again.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsUnique CreaturesMany Creatures

Why have you brought us up from Egypt only to bring us to this dreadful place? It is no place for grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink!"

Verse ConceptsFruitFig treeBlamePomegranatesAssembling At The DoorwayBringing Israel Out Of EgyptNo Water For PeopleOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

"Then we set out from Horeb and walked through that vast and dreadful desert, where you observed the road to the Amorite hill country. Just as the LORD our God ordained for us, we finally arrived at Kadesh-barnea.

Verse ConceptsMonotony

So this is what you have now become to me.When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.

Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeBeing Scaredfriendliness

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Verse ConceptsThose Who DestroyFear Is Due

So that they dwell in dreadful valleys,In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

Verse ConceptsRocksPeople In Caves

Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire;Fire and brimstone and a dreadful scorching wind will be the portion of their cup [of doom].

Verse ConceptsCups, Figurative UseBrimstoneDisastersCoal, Uses OfWorldly SnaresBurning PeopleSulphurPunishment of the The WickedResolving Conflict

Wonders in the land of Ham,Awesome things at the Red Sea.

Verse ConceptsComing To The Red Sea

Go up into the rocky cliffs, hide in the ground. Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord, from his royal splendor!

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfGod, Majesty OfGod, The LordRocksGlory Of GodCellarsStones For ProtectionHiding From GodTerror Of GodHoles In The Ground

They will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

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

so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

Verse ConceptsEarth, Judgment OfPeople In CavesTremblingTerror Of God

As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

Verse ConceptsEyes In ProphecyFear Of Other Things

I will bring terrors on you and you will be no more. Though you will be sought, yet you will never be found again,” says the Lord God.

Verse ConceptsendPeople Passing AwayNeverNot Findingterrorism

After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

Verse ConceptsIronFractions, One FourthTen ThingsStrength Of AnimalsHorns In AllegoryTeethStampingIron ObjectsResidueDifferent ThingsFourthFear And AnimalsFour Beasts Of Daniel

Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

Verse ConceptsBronzeBeastsBrassFractions, One FourthTeethStampingGrinding PeopleCosmic CreaturesMeaningIron ObjectsResidueDifferent ThingsFourthFear And AnimalsFour Beasts Of Daniel

And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

Verse ConceptsConfession, Examples OfCommitment, to GodSin ConfessedGod Is To Be FearedGod Keeps CovenantConfession of sinconfessing

And He has carried out completely His [threatening] words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers [the kings, princes, and judges] who ruled us, to bring on us a great tragedy; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything [so dreadful] like that which [He commanded and] was done to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsUnique EventsFaithful SayingsGod Harmed Them

It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army -- there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!

Verse ConceptsBlackLargenessDark DaysUnique EventsLarge Armies

The Lord raises His voicein the presence of His army.His camp is very large;Those who carry out His command are powerful.Indeed, the Day of the Lord is terrible and dreadful—who can endure it?

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLast DaysThunderOrderly ArmyThe Fact Of That DayEnduringGod As A WarriorGod SpeakingPeople AppalledSurvivalThe Presence Of GodarmyThunder Expressing God's Judgment

They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

Verse ConceptsFearing Other PeoplePeople In Righteousnessdignity

But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfDeception, Forbidden By GodReverence, And God's NatureVowsMaking VowsBlemished CreaturesThe Curse Of The LawGod CursingGod Is To Be Fearedcheatersclosure

Flashes of lightning followed, and voices, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake more dreadful than there had ever been since there was a man upon the earth--so terrible was it, and so great!

Verse ConceptsearthquakesLightningThunderCalamityUnique EventsRumblingBowl JudgmentsCatastrophic EventsThunder Expressing God's Judgment

Bible Theasaurus

Abominable (80 instances)
Atrocious (2 instances)
Awful (17 instances)
Cheerless (1 instance)
Dread (98 instances)
Dreaded (15 instances)
Dreadful (25 instances)
Fearful (88 instances)
Fearsome (5 instances)
Frightening (11 instances)
Horrendous (2 instances)
Horrific (2 instances)
Painful (42 instances)
Shocking (4 instances)
Terrible (200 instances)
Unspeakable (8 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּחל 
D@chal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

ירא 
Yare' 
Usage: 334

יראה 
Yir'ah 
Usage: 45

פּחד 
Pachad 
Usage: 49

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