12 occurrences

'Terrify' in the Bible

They shouted it loudly in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, so that they might take the city [without a long siege].

Verse ConceptsLanguages

“Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own;Let a cloud settle upon it;Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).

Verse ConceptsBlacknessBlackGod Is JustColors, BlackEclipse

Then You frighten me with dreamsAnd terrify me through visions,

Verse ConceptsDreams, Examples OfThose Frightened Of God

“Let Him take His rod away from me,And let not the dread and fear of Him terrify me.

Verse ConceptsStriking People With A StaffThose Frightened Of God

Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering,And let not the dread of You terrify me.

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

“Distress and anxiety terrify him,They overpower him like a king ready for battle.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedFear Will ComeOvercoming AdversityBeing Overwhelmedpressure

To vindicate and obtain justice for the fatherless and the oppressed,So that man who is of the earth will no longer terrify them.

Verse ConceptsThose Not Fearingoppressionrehabilitationvindicationterrorism

By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forGod, Righteousness OfGod AnsweredGod Doing RightDoing RightBelief In GodGod My Salvation

So pursue them with Your tempestAnd terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.

Verse ConceptsStormsHurricanesGod Controls Storms

“Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it; and let us breach its wall and tear it apart [each of us taking a portion] and set up the son of Tabeel over it as its [puppet] king,”

Verse ConceptsSchismsMaking Kingsharassment

On that day [swift] messengers will go from Me in ships to frighten the careless and unsuspecting Ethiopians, and there will be anguish and trembling in them as in the day of [judgment for] Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”

Verse ConceptsComplacencySeafaringSea Travel

“For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you;The destruction of the animals will terrify youOn account of human bloodshed and the violence done to the land,To the city and all its inhabitants.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofDestruction Of All CreaturesPursuing ViolenceFear Of Other ThingsReady To Kill

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Terrify (40 instances)
Terrorize (7 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐκφοβέω 
Ekphobeo 
Usage: 1

πτοέω 
Ptoeo 
Usage: 1

πτύρω 
Pturo 
Usage: 1