bahal · be terrified, dismayed

What it means

bahal (בָּהַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be terrified, dismayed”.

Be terrified, suddenly alarmed; hurry in alarm.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To be struck with dread, or frighten others.
2. To move with haste, sometimes without thinking.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• dismayed ×12
• terrified ×7
• be hasty ×3
• hurried ×3
• I am troubled ×2
• dismay them ×2
• terrifying ×2
• They rushed him ×1
• gained in haste ×1
• has troubled me ×1
• others ×5

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×1
• Judges×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• 2 Chronicles×3
• Ezra×1
• Esther×3
• Job×5
• Psalms×10
• Proverbs×2
• Ecclesiastes×3
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×2
• Daniel×1
• Zephaniah×1

• Genesis 45:3

  Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were terrified before him.

• Exodus 15:15

  Then the chieftains of Edom were dismayed; the mighty of Moab, trembling seized them; all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

• Judges 20:41

  And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified, for they saw that the evil had reached them.

• 1 Samuel 28:21

  The woman came to Saul and saw that he was very terrified, and she said to him, “Look, your servant has listened to your voice; I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words that you spoke to me.

• 2 Samuel 4:1

  When the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his hands went limp, and all Israel was dismayed.

• 2 Chronicles 26:20

  Azariah the head priest and all the priests turned toward him, and look, he was leprous on his forehead. They rushed him out of there, and he himself also hurried to go out, because YHWH had struck him.

• 2 Chronicles 32:18

  They called out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and to terrify them, so that they might capture the city.

• 2 Chronicles 35:21

  But he sent messengers to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I am not coming against you today, but against the house with which I am at war; and Elohim has told me to hurry. Stop opposing Elohim, who is with me, so that he does not destroy you.”

• Ezra 4:4

  Then the people of the land were weakening the hands of the people of Judah and terrifying them from building,

• Esther 2:9

  And the young woman seemed good in his eyes, and she won loyal love before him; and he hurried to give her her ointments and her portions, and the seven young women chosen to be given to her from the king’s house; and he moved her and her young women to the best part of the house of the women.

• Esther 6:14

  They were still speaking with him when the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had made.

• Esther 8:14

  The couriers, riding the royal steeds, went out hurried and urged on by the word of the king; and the law was given in Susa, the fortress.

• Job 4:5

  But now it comes to you, and you are weary; it touches you, and you are dismayed.

• Job 21:6

  When I remember, I am troubled, and trembling seizes my flesh.

• Job 22:10

  Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden dread troubles you;

• Job 23:15

  Therefore I am troubled before his face; I consider, and I dread him.

• Job 23:16

  El has softened my heart, and Shaddai has troubled me.

• Psalms 2:5

  Then he will speak to them in his anger, and with his burning wrath he will dismay them:

• Psalms 6:2

  Show me favor, YHWH, for I am languishing; heal me, YHWH, for my bones are dismayed.

• Psalms 6:3

  And my soul is greatly dismayed; but you, YHWH, how long?

• Psalms 6:10

  All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly dismayed; they will turn back, they will be ashamed in an instant.

• Psalms 30:7

  YHWH, by your favor you set firm my mountain with strength; you hid your face; I was dismayed.

• Psalms 48:5

  They saw; so they were astonished; they were dismayed; they hurried away.

• Psalms 83:15

  so pursue them with your tempest, and with your storm dismay them.

• Psalms 83:17

  Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever, and let them be abashed and perish,

• Psalms 90:7

  For we are consumed by your anger, and by your fury we are dismayed.

• Psalms 104:29

  You hide your face, they are dismayed; you take away their breath, they expire, and to their dust they return.

• Proverbs 20:21

  An inheritance gained in haste at the beginning, its end will not be blessed.

• Proverbs 28:22

  A man evil of eye hurries after wealth, and does not know that want will come upon him.

• Ecclesiastes 5:2

  Do not be hasty with your mouth, and let your heart not hurry to bring out a word before Elohim; for Elohim is in the heavens and you on the earth; therefore let your words be few.

• Ecclesiastes 7:9

  Do not be hasty in your spirit to be vexed, for vexation rests in the bosom of the senseless.

• Ecclesiastes 8:3

  Do not be hasty to go from his presence; do not stand in a bad matter, for all that he pleases he will do.

• Isaiah 13:8

  And they will be terrified; pangs and pains will seize them; like a woman giving birth they will writhe; each at his neighbor will stare in amazement; faces of flames are their faces.

• Isaiah 21:3

  Therefore my loins are filled with trembling; pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman giving birth; I am bent over at hearing, I am terrified at seeing.

• Jeremiah 51:32

  and the fords are seized, and the marshes they have burned with fire, and the men of war are terrified.

• Ezekiel 7:27

  The king will mourn, and the chief will be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land will be terrified; according to their way I will deal with them, and by their judgments I will judge them; and they will know that I am YHWH.”

• Ezekiel 26:18

  Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall, and the coastlands that are in the sea are dismayed at your departure.’

• Daniel 11:44

  But reports from the east and from the north will terrify him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy and to devote to destruction many.

• Zephaniah 1:18

  Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of YHWH; and by the fire of his jealousy all the earth will be devoured; for an extermination, yes, a terrifying one, he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.