בְּעָתָה
beata · terror
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1205 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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beata (בְּעָתָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “terror”.
Sudden dread.
How to say it
be·a·ta
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
- Fear that strikes suddenly.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 8:15
We hoped for peace, but there is no good; for a time of healing, and look, terror!
- Jeremiah 14:19
Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck us so that there is no healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there is no good; for a time of healing, and look, terror!