חָרַד charad

Hebrew word for “to tremble” · Strong’s H2729 · used 39 times in 39 verses

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Meaning

1) to tremble, quake, move about, be afraid, be startled, be terrified;

How it is translated

Glosses given for charad in context, with how often each is used:

• trembled 11
• will be one who terrifies 7
• will tremble 5
• will be one who disturbs 4
• tremble 3
• routed 1
• will terrify 1
• have taken care 1
• trembles 1
• has trembled 1
• make tremble 1
• may tremble 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 19 (2), Ezekiel 26 (2), Hosea 11 (2), Genesis 27 (1), Genesis 42 (1), Leviticus 26 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), Judges 8 (1), Ruth 3 (1), 1 Samuel 13 (1)

Forms

• מחריד 12
• ויחרד 6
• ויחרדו 4
• יחרדו 4
• חרדו 3
• וחרדו 2
• להחריד 2
• החריד 1
• והחרדתי 1
• חרדת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with charad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 13
• חֲרָדָה charadah “trembling” 4
• רָבַץ ravats “to stretch” 3
• מַחֲנֶה machaneh “camp” 4
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 6
• בֶּטַח betach “security” 3
• מְאֹד meod “much” 4
• יָרֵא yare “to fear” 4
• שָׁאַן shaan “to rest” 2
• מַפֶּלֶת mappelet “carcass” 2
• נוּס nus “to flee” 3
• רֶגַע rega “moment” 2

Key verses

The verses using charad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 19:16 — And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet…
• Exodus 19:18 — And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole…
• Leviticus 26:6 — And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword…
• 1 Samuel 14:15 — And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it…
• Isaiah 32:11 — Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
• Jeremiah 30:10 — Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of…
• Jeremiah 46:27 — But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their…
• Ezekiel 26:16 — Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe…
• Hosea 11:10 — They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
• Amos 3:6 — Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
• Micah 4:4 — But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
• Zephaniah 3:13 — The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and…

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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.