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חָתַת

chatat · be dismayed, be shattered

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2865 · appears 51 times in the Bible

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What it means

chatat (חָתַת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be dismayed, be shattered”.

Be shattered, be dismayed: lose courage from fear; also to break.

How to say it

cha·tat

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 lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
  2. To be broken in pieces, undone by a blow.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

To be shattered, above all inwardly: to be dismayed, to lose courage from fear, to be terrified. In the causative form, to terrify another or to shatter him. From the same root are חַת and חִתָּה, ‘dread’ and ‘terror’.

Historical and cultural background

The formula “Do not fear or be dismayed” goes with the charges: from Moses to Israel and to Joshua (Deuteronomy 1:21; 31:8), and from David to Solomon (1 Chronicles 28:20).

How we translate it

“Be dismayed” or “dismayed” 30 times, above all in the words of encouragement (“Do not fear or be dismayed”), together with ערץ, ‘be terrified’. When it is the terror of a defeated people it reads “dismayed” or “terrified” (“were terrified”, 2 Kings 19:26), and when something breaks, “be shattered” (Isaiah 8:9) or “you have shattered” (Isaiah 9:4). In Jeremiah 14:4, of the dry ground, “is cracked”.

How it is translated

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

  • be dismayed ×20
  • dismayed ×10
  • be shattered ×5
  • be terrified ×3
  • terrified ×3
  • I will dismay ×2
  • were terrified ×2
  • are shattered ×1
  • cracked ×1
  • stood in awe ×1
  • others ×3

Related words

Words that come from it

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

Where it appears

  • Deuteronomy 1:21

    See, YHWH your Elohim has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

  • Deuteronomy 31:8

    And YHWH, he is the one who goes before you; he will be with you; he will not let go of you or forsake you. Do not fear and do not be dismayed.”

  • Joshua 1:9

    Have I not commanded you? Be strong and firm. Do not be terrified or dismayed, for YHWH your Elohim is with you wherever you go.”

  • Joshua 8:1

    YHWH said to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed. Take with you all the people of war, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.

  • Joshua 10:25

    And Joshua said to them, “Do not fear or be dismayed; be strong and firm, for thus YHWH will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.”

  • 1 Samuel 17:11

    Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

  • 2 Kings 19:26

    Their inhabitants, lacking strength, were terrified and put to shame; they were grass of the field and green of new grass, grass on the roofs, scorched before it grows up.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:13

    Then you will prosper, if you are careful to do the statutes and the rules that YHWH commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and firm; do not fear and do not be dismayed.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:20

    David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and firm, and do it; do not fear and do not be dismayed, for YHWH Elohim, my Elohim, is with you. He will not let go of you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of YHWH is finished.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:15

    and he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says YHWH to you: ‘You, do not be afraid and do not be dismayed before this great multitude, for the war is not yours, but Elohim’s.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:17

    It is not for you to fight in this; present yourselves, stand and see the salvation of YHWH with you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed; tomorrow go out before them, and YHWH will be with you.’”

  • 2 Chronicles 32:7

    “Be strong and firm; do not fear or be dismayed before the king of Assyria or before all the multitude that is with him, for with us there are more than with him.

  • Job 7:14

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

  • Job 31:34

    because I dreaded the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and did not go out of the door…

  • Job 32:15

    They are dismayed; they do not answer anymore; words have moved away from them.

  • Job 39:22

    He laughs at dread and is not dismayed, and does not turn back from the sword.

  • Isaiah 8:9

    Raise an uproar, peoples, and be shattered; and listen, all distant places of the earth: gird yourselves, and be shattered; gird yourselves, and be shattered.

  • Isaiah 9:4

    For the yoke of its burden and the staff of its shoulder, the rod of its oppressor, you have shattered as on the day of Midian.

  • Isaiah 20:5

    And they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and because of Egypt, their beauty.

  • Isaiah 30:31

    For at the voice of YHWH Assyria will be shattered; with the rod he will strike.

  • Isaiah 31:4

    For thus YHWH said to me: “As the lion growls, and the young lion, over its prey, when a full band of shepherds is called out against it, at their voice it is not terrified, and at their tumult it is not abashed, so YHWH Tsevaot will come down to wage war upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.

  • Isaiah 31:9

    And his crag will pass away because of terror, and his princes will be dismayed at the banner, declares YHWH, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

  • Isaiah 37:27

    Their inhabitants, lacking strength, were terrified and put to shame; they were grass of the field and green of new grass, grass on the roofs, and a sown field before it grows up.

  • Isaiah 51:6

    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens like smoke will vanish, and the earth like a garment will wear out, and its inhabitants likewise will die; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be shattered.

  • Isaiah 51:7

    Listen to me, you who know righteousness, people with my instruction in their heart: do not fear the reproach of mortals, and at their insults do not be dismayed.

  • Jeremiah 1:17

    But you, gird up your loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them.

  • Jeremiah 8:9

    The wise are put to shame, dismayed and caught; look, the word of YHWH they have rejected, and what wisdom is in them?

  • Jeremiah 10:2

    Thus says YHWH: “The way of the nations do not learn, and at the signs of the heavens do not be terrified, for the nations are terrified at them.

  • Jeremiah 14:4

    Because the ground is cracked, for there has been no rain in the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

  • Jeremiah 17:18

    Let my persecutors be put to shame, but let not me be put to shame; let them be terrified, but let not me be terrified; bring upon them the day of evil, and with double breaking break them.

  • Jeremiah 23:4

    And I will raise up over them shepherds, and they will shepherd them, and they will no longer fear, nor be dismayed, nor will any be missing, declares YHWH.

  • Jeremiah 30:10

    And you, do not fear, my servant Jacob, declares YHWH, and do not be dismayed, Israel; for look, I am saving you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity; and Jacob will return and be quiet and at ease, and there will be no one to make him afraid.

  • Jeremiah 46:27

    But you, do not fear, my servant Jacob, and do not be dismayed, Israel; for look, I am saving you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity; and Jacob will return, and be quiet and at ease, and there will be no one to make him afraid.

  • Jeremiah 48:1

    Concerning Moab. Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, Elohim of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it has been devastated! Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is captured; the high refuge is put to shame and dismayed.

  • Jeremiah 48:20

    Moab is put to shame, for it is dismayed; wail and cry out! Declare in the Arnon that Moab is devastated.

  • Jeremiah 48:39

    How it is dismayed! Wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! And Moab will become a laughingstock and a terror to all who are around him.

  • Jeremiah 49:37

    And I will dismay Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their life; and I will bring upon them evil, the burning of my anger, declares YHWH; and I will send after them the sword until I have consumed them.

  • Jeremiah 50:2

    Declare among the nations and proclaim, and lift up a banner; proclaim, do not conceal it; say, “Babylon is captured, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her idols are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.”

  • Jeremiah 50:36

    A sword against the babblers, and they will become fools! A sword against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed!

  • Jeremiah 51:56

    For the devastator has come upon her, upon Babylon, and her mighty men are captured, their bows are shattered; for El of recompenses is YHWH; he will surely repay.

And 11 more times.