בָּעַת baat
Hebrew word for “to terrify” · Strong’s H1204 · used 16 times in 16 verses
Meaning
1) to terrify, startle, fall upon, dismay, be overtaken by sudden terror;
How it is translated
Glosses given for baat in context, with how often each is used:
- terrified 4
- terrify 4
- overwhelmed 2
- will terrify 2
- terrifying 1
- them terrify 1
- will it terrify 1
- has overwhelmed 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job | 8 | 1.0 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Esther | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Daniel | 1 | 0.2 |
Chapters where it is used most
1 Samuel 16 (2), Job 13 (2), 2 Samuel 22 (1), 1 Chronicles 21 (1), Esther 7 (1), Job 3 (1), Job 7 (1), Job 9 (1), Job 15 (1), Job 18 (1)
Forms
- תבעתני 3
- נבעת 2
- יבעתהו 2
- ובעתתו 1
- מבעתך 1
- יבעתני 1
- תבעת 1
- בעתהו 1
- תבעתך 1
- יבעתוני 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with baat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אֵימָה emah “terror” 3
- אָפַף aphaph “to surround” 2
- בְּלִיַּעַל beliyyaal “Belial” 2
- רַע ra “bad” 3
- צַר tsar “enemy” 2
- נַחַל nachal “torrent” 2
- מָוֶת mavet “death” 2
- סוּר sur “to turn aside” 2
- שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 2
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 2
- אַל al “not” 2
Key verses
The verses using baat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 16:14 — But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
- 2 Samuel 22:5 — When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
- 1 Chronicles 21:30 — But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
- Esther 7:6 — And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
- Job 3:5 — Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
- Job 9:34 — Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
- Job 13:11 — Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
- Job 13:21 — Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
- Job 18:11 — Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
- Psalms 18:4 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
- Isaiah 21:4 — My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
- Daniel 8:17 — So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.