Word

דְּחַל

dᵉchal · H1763 · Aramaic · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

to fear

State in which humans experience a strong fear of certain humans or deities

Examples
Daniel 5:19 “Now because of the greatness which He granted him, all the peoples, nations, and populations of all languages trembled and feared in his presence; whomever he wished, he killed, and whomever he wished, he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated, and whomever he wished he humbled.
Daniel 6:26 “I issue a decree that in all the realm of my kingdom people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; For He is the living God and enduring forever, And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed, And His dominion will be forever.
frightening, terrifying

State in which objects or events inspire a strong fear in others

Examples
Daniel 2:31 “You, O king, were watching and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary radiance, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome.
Daniel 7:7 “After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
Daniel 7:19 “Then I desired to know the exact meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze, and which devoured, crushed, and trampled down the remainder with its feet,
to frighten, to terrify

Causative process by which events cause a strong fear in humans

Examples
Daniel 4:5 “I saw a dream and it startled me; and these appearances as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.

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

5 occurrences in 4 groups

Not stated (participle) 2
עַםpeople 1
רֵוform 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

נִיme 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

מִןfrom+ רְבוּgreatness 1
בin/on/with+ שׇׁלְטָןdominion 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

חֵיוָאbeast 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 1 entry

Afraid002001002001: Daniel 5:19 says of Nebuchadnezzar's grandeur, “because of the greatness which He granted him, all the peoples, nations, and populations of all languages trembled and feared in his presence.”

Word family 2 words

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

זָחַל zâchal · H2119 · to creep, to be timid, to be shy · 3×דְּחַלdᵉchal · H1763

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1763. dechal [דְּחַל] verb fear (so ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew II. זָחַל]; — Pe`al…

H1763. dechal
[דְּחַל] verb fear (so ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew II. זָחַל]; —
Pe`al Participle active plural דָּֽחְלִין Dan 5:19, with מִןקֳֿדָם of king, Dan 6:27, id. of God; passive דְּחִיל terrible Dan 2:31, feminine דְּחִילָה Dan 7:7, Dan 7:19.
Pa`el Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וִידֵחֲלִנַּנִי Dan 4:2 the dream made me afraid.

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Afraid6 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