דְּחַל
dechal · fear; be terrible
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H1763 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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dechal (דְּחַל) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “fear; be terrible”.
To fear, to be afraid; also to be dreadful, to cause fear (Aramaic).
How to say it
de·chal
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
- Cause dread; be in awe; alarming.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- terrifying ×3
- fearing ×2
- it made me afraid ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Daniel 2:31
You, O king, were looking, and look, a great image was there, that image was large and its brightness extraordinary; it stood before you, and its appearance was terrifying.
- Daniel 4:5
I saw a dream, and it made me afraid; and the imaginings on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
- Daniel 5:19
and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him; whom he wished he killed, and whom he wished he kept alive, and whom he wished he raised up, and whom he wished he brought low.
- Daniel 6:26
From before me a decree is made that in all the dominion of my kingdom people are to be trembling and fearing before the Elah of Daniel, for he is the living Elah, and enduring forever; and his kingdom is one that will not be destroyed, and his dominion is to the end.
- Daniel 7:7
After this I was looking in the visions of the night, and look, a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong; and it had great teeth of iron; it devoured and crushed, and the rest it trampled with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
- Daniel 7:19
Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all of them, exceedingly terrifying, whose teeth were of iron and its claws of bronze, which devoured, crushed, and trampled the rest with its feet;