baat · terrify, frighten

What it means

baat (בָּעַת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “terrify, frighten”.

To terrify, to startle suddenly, to fill with dread.

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 suddenly fill with fear.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• terrify ×3
• terrify me ×3
• was terrified ×3
• terrified me ×2
• terrify him ×2
• has overwhelmed me ×1
• terrified him ×1
• terrifying you ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×2
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Esther×1
• Job×8
• Psalms×1
• Isaiah×1
• Daniel×1

• 1 Samuel 16:14

  The spirit of YHWH departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from YHWH terrified him.

• 1 Samuel 16:15

  The servants of Saul said to him, “Look, please, an evil spirit of Elohim is terrifying you.

• 2 Samuel 22:5

  For the waves of death encompassed me; the torrents of wickedness terrified me.

• 1 Chronicles 21:30

  but David could not go before it to consult Elohim, for he was terrified because of the sword of the angel of YHWH.

• Esther 7:6

  And Esther said, “A man, an adversary and an enemy: Haman, this evil man!” And Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

• Job 3:5

  May darkness and the shadow of death claim it; may a cloud settle on it; may the darkenings of the day terrify it.

• Job 7:14

  then you scare me with dreams and with visions you terrify me,

• Job 9:34

  Let him remove from upon me his rod, and let his terror not terrify me.

• Job 13:11

  Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall on you?

• Job 13:21

  put your palm far from upon me, and let your terror not terrify me.

• Job 15:24

  Anguish and distress terrify him; they overpower him like a king ready for the assault.

• Job 18:11

  All around terrors terrify him, and chase him at his heels.

• Job 33:7

  Look, terror of me will not terrify you, and my burden upon you will not be heavy.

• Psalms 18:4

  The cords of death encompassed me, and the torrents of perversity terrified me.

• Isaiah 21:4

  My heart goes astray; horror has overwhelmed me; the twilight of my desire he has made for me into trembling.

• Daniel 8:17

  And he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was terrified and fell on my face; and he said to me, “Understand, son of man, that the vision is for the time of the end.”