Word

בָּעַת

bâʻath · H1204 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences

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Meanings

to torment, to overwhelm

Causative process by which a creature or object causes someone else to be in deep distress

Examples
1 Samuel 16:14 Now the Spirit of the LORD left Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrified him.
Job 3:5 “May darkness and black gloom claim it; May a cloud settle on it; May the blackness of the day terrify it.
1 Samuel 16:15 Saul’s servants then said to him, “Behold now, an evil spirit from God is terrifying you.
to be terrified

Process by which someone experiences an overwhelming fear

Examples
1 Chronicles 21:30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was terrified by the sword of the angel of the LORD.
Esther 7:6 And Esther said, “A foe and an enemy is this wicked Haman!” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.
Daniel 8:17 So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and fell on my face; and he said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

16 occurrences in 13 groups

אֵימָהterror 3
Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

13 occurrences in 4 groups

נִיme 6
וֹhim 4
ךָּyou 2
כֶםyou 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

מִןfrom+ חִזָּיוֹןvision 1
מִןfrom+ פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
בin/on/with+ בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1

With adverbsAdverbs

4 occurrences in 3 groups

אַלnot, do not 2
לֹאnot 1
סָבִיבround about, around, on every side 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Unsafe002003003022: בָּעַת describes bringing someone into a state of danger or distress through fright, as in 2 Samuel 22:5's "the floods of destruction terrified me" (יְבַעֲתֻנִי), the terror tied to an overwhelming, life-threatening onslaught.
Afraid002001002001: The verb most directly names the emotional experience of being terrified, as in 1 Samuel 16:14's account that "an evil spirit from the LORD terrified him" (וּבִעֲתַתּוּ), describing Saul's inner state of dread.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

בָּעַתbâʻath · H1204בִּעוּתִים biʻûwthîym · H1161 · terror · 2×בְּעָתָה bᵉʻâthâh · H1205 · terror · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1204. baath [בָּעַת] verb fall upon, startle, terrify (Arabic come or happen suddenly,…

H1204. baath
[בָּעַת] verb fall upon, startle, terrify (Arabic come or happen suddenly, Late Hebrew בָּעִת Hiph`il startle; so Aramaic בְּעֵת Pa`el Aph`el) —
Niph`al (late prose) Perfect נִבְעַת 1Ch 21:30, נִבְעָ֑ת Est 7:6; נִבְעַתִּי Dan 8:17; — be terrified, absolute Dan 8:17; with מפני 1Ch 21:30; Est 7:6.
Pi`el (mostly in poetry) Perfect3feminine singular suffix בִּעֲתָ֑תְנִי Isa 21:4, וּבִעֲתַ֫תּוּ 1Sa 16:14; 1Sa 16:3plural suffix בִּעֲתֻהוּ Job 18:11; Imperfect3feminine singular תְּבַעֵת Job 13:11; suffix תְּבַעֲתַ֑נִּי Job 9:34; Job 13:21, תְּבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ Job 33:7; Job 33:2masculine singular suffix תְּבַעֲתַ֑נּי Job 7:14; Job 7:3masculine plural suffix יְבַעֲתוּנִי Psa 18:5 = יְבַעֲתֻנִי 2Sa 22:5, יְבַעֲתֻהוּ Job 3:5; Job 15:24; —
1 fall upon 1Sa 16:14-15, (only here in prose); overwhelm Job 3:5 (compare לקח Job 3:6) Job 9:34; Job 13:11 (|| על נפל פחד) Job 13:21 (compare ||) Job 15:24 (|| תקף) Job 18:11 (|| הפיץ) Job 33:7 (|| על כבד) Isa 21:4; assail Psa 18:5 = 2Sa 22:5.
2 terrify Job 7:14 (|| חתת).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Afraid3 occurrences Unsafe13 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0