חִתָּה
chittâh · H2847 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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terror
Causative action by which deities cause humans to lack inner strength and courage
ExamplesGenesis 35:5 As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 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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Near synonyms 3 words
- אֵימָה ʼêymâh · H367 · terror, dread, fierce anger
- Both denote intense fear or terror; אֵימָה is frequently used for overwhelming dread or terror, particularly in contexts of divine judgment or military threat, making it a natural synonym for חִתָּה.
- פַּחַד pachad · H6343 · trembling, terror, awe
- Common Hebrew term for fear and terror; can denote the object or state of terror, overlapping significantly with חִתָּה in semantic range.
- מוֹרָא môwrâʼ · H4172 · fear, awe, terror
- Denotes fear or terror, often inspired by a powerful or authoritative figure; semantically overlaps with חִתָּה as a term for the state or object of terror.
Contrasting words 2 words
- בֶּטַח beṭach · H983 · confident, unsuspecting, securely
- Terror and security are lexical opposites: where חִתָּה denotes fear and alarm, בֶּטַח denotes assurance and safety.
- שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm · H7965 · completely, wholly, peace
- Peace is the lexical opposite of terror; שָׁלוֹם denotes tranquility and safety, contrasting with the alarm and fear conveyed by חִתָּה.
In the other Testament 1 word
- φόβος phóbos · G5401 · fear, something to be feared
- Standard Greek equivalent for Hebrew terror/fear vocabulary; commonly used to translate חִתָּה and its cognate family in LXX contexts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Afraid002001002001
- חִתָּה denotes terror or dread, a state of overwhelming fear that seizes a person.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2847. chittah [חִתָּה] noun feminine terror — עַלהֶֿעָרִים אלהים חִתַּת Gen 35:5 a…
[חִתָּה] noun feminine terror — עַלהֶֿעָרִים אלהים חִתַּת Gen 35:5 a terror of (= from) God was upon the cities.
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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