חָגָא
châgâʼ · H2283 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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terror
Something that inspires fear in other people
ExamplesIsaiah 19:17 The land of Judah will become a cause of shame to Egypt; everyone to whom it is mentioned will be in great fear because of the plan of the LORD of armies which He is making against them.
How it’s used In 1 role
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1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 2
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Near synonyms 2 words
- פַּחַד pachad · H6343 · trembling, terror, awe
- Common Hebrew noun for fear/dread/terror; widely used across biblical texts as a near-synonym for terror concepts.
- אֵימָה ʼêymâh · H367 · terror, dread, fierce anger
- Hebrew noun specifically denoting terror or dread, often used in contexts of overwhelming fear.
Contrasting words 2 words
- בֶּטַח beṭach · H983 · confident, unsuspecting, securely
- Hebrew noun denoting security/safety; lexical opposite of terror as the state of being free from fear or danger.
- שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm · H7965 · completely, wholly, peace
- Hebrew noun for peace/well-being; represents the opposite psychological and existential state from terror.
In the other Testament 2 words
- φόβος phóbos · G5401 · fear, something to be feared
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew terror/fear concepts; φόβος encompasses the semantic range of fear and terror as an abstract noun.
- τρόμος trómos · G5156 · to tremble, trembling, to quiver
- Greek noun denoting trembling/terror, often paired with φόβος; captures the visceral aspect of terror.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Afraid002001002001
- חָגָא denotes terror, as Judah becomes an object of terror to Egypt because of the LORD's planned judgment.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2283. chagga חָגָּא noun [feminine] reeling (Aramaism for חגה Ew§ 173 b, by copyist's…
חָגָּא noun [feminine] reeling (Aramaism for חגה Ew§ 173 b, by copyist's error Di) — ׳לח וְהָֽיְתָהל֗֗֗מצרים Isa 19:17 and the land of Judah shall become to Egypt a reeling, i.e. Egypt shall reel in terror at the sight of it (|| יִפְחָ֑ד; this meaning may either be from an original sense of חגג, or = be excited as at a חָג, compare חנג 3).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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