בָּהַל bahal

Hebrew word for “to dismay” · Strong’s H926 · used 39 times in 39 verses

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Meaning

1) to disturb, alarm, terrify, hurry, be disturbed, be anxious, be afraid, be hurried, be nervous;

How it is translated

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

• terrified 10
• disturbed 4
• hastened 3
• hasty 3
• will be terrified 3
• terrifies 2
• terrify 1
• hurry i 1
• terrifying 1
• made haste 1
• have become dismayed 1
• has terrified 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 6 (3), Job 23 (2), Psalms 83 (2), Genesis 45 (1), Exodus 15 (1), Judges 20 (1), 1 Samuel 28 (1), 2 Samuel 4 (1), 2 Chronicles 26 (1), 2 Chronicles 32 (1)

Forms

• נבהלו 6
• נבהל 3
• ויבהלו 3
• תבהל 3
• ויבהל 2
• נבהלה 2
• ונבהלו 2
• ויבהלוהו 1
• ולבהלם 1
• לבהלני 1

Words used with it

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

• אָחַז achaz “to grasp” 4
• כֵּן ken “so” 6
• נָגַע naga “to touch” 4
• דָּחַף dachaph “to hasten” 2
• תָּמַהּ tamah “to astounded” 2
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 5
• צִיר tsir “envoy” 2
• אַל al “not” 4
• רָאָה raah “to see” 5
• מְאֹד meod “much” 3
• רָפָה raphah “to slacken” 2
• דָּבָר davar “word” 4

Key verses

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

• Exodus 15:15 — Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
• Psalms 2:5 — Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
• Psalms 6:2 — Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
• Psalms 6:10 — Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
• Psalms 30:7 — LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
• Psalms 90:7 — For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
• Psalms 104:29 — Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
• Ecclesiastes 5:2 — Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words…
• Ecclesiastes 7:9 — Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
• Isaiah 13:8 — And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another;…
• Isaiah 21:3 — Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was…
• Zephaniah 1:18 — Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his…

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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.