pachad · dread, terror

What it means

pachad (פַּחַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “dread, terror”.

Sudden fear. "The Fear of Isaac" is a name for God: the one who is revered with awe.

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.

How it is translated

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

• dread ×40
• Terror ×6
• Fear ×2
• dreads ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×3
• 1 Samuel×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×4
• Esther×3
• Job×10
• Psalms×9
• Proverbs×4
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×5
• Jeremiah×4
• Lamentations×1

• Genesis 31:42

  Had not the Elohim of my father, the Elohim of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. Elohim has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and he rebuked you last night.”

• Genesis 31:53

  May the Elohim of Abraham and the Elohim of Nahor judge between us, the Elohim of their father.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

• Exodus 15:16

  Terror and dread fell upon them; by the greatness of your arm they were as still as a stone, until your people, YHWH, passed by, until the people whom you acquired passed by.

• Deuteronomy 2:25

  This day I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the face of the peoples under all the heavens, who will hear the report of you and tremble and be in anguish because of you.”

• Deuteronomy 11:25

  No man will stand before you; the dread of you and the terror of you YHWH your Elohim will put on the face of all the land on which you tread, as he has spoken to you.

• Deuteronomy 28:67

  In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening you will say, “If only it were morning!” because of the dread of your heart with which you will dread, and because of the sight of your eyes that you will see.

• 1 Samuel 11:7

  He took a yoke of oxen and cut it in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!” And the dread of YHWH fell upon the people, and they came out as one man.

• 1 Chronicles 14:17

  The name of David went out into all the lands, and YHWH put the dread of him on all the nations.

• 2 Chronicles 14:14

  They struck all the cities around Gerar, for the dread of YHWH was on them; and they plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them.

• 2 Chronicles 17:10

  The dread of YHWH was on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, and they did not fight against Jehoshaphat.

• 2 Chronicles 19:7

  And now, let the dread of YHWH be on you; take care and do it, for with YHWH our Elohim there is no injustice or partiality or taking of bribes.”

• 2 Chronicles 20:29

  The dread of Elohim was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that YHWH had fought against the enemies of Israel.

• Esther 8:17

  And in every province, and in every city, in the place where the word of the king and his law reached, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a banquet and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.

• Esther 9:2

  The Jews assembled in their cities in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to stretch out their hand against those who sought their harm; and no one stood before them, for the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.

• Esther 9:3

  And all the officials of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and those who did the king’s work, were supporting the Jews, for the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.

• Job 3:25

  For I dreaded a dread, and it came upon me, and what I feared comes to me.

• Job 4:14

  dread came upon me, and trembling, and it filled with dread all my bones.

• Job 13:11

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

• Job 15:21

  A sound of dreads is in his ears; in peace the devastator comes upon him.

• Job 21:9

  Their houses are at peace, without dread, and no rod of Eloah is upon them.

• Job 22:10

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

• Job 25:2

  “Dominion and dread are with him; he makes peace in his heights.

• Job 31:23

  For dread to me was the calamity of El, and because of his majesty I could not do it.

• Job 39:16

  She treats harshly her young as if they were not hers; in vain is her labor, without dread,

• Job 39:22

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

• Psalms 14:5

  There they were filled with dread, for Elohim is in the generation of the righteous.

• Psalms 31:11

  Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, and to my neighbors exceedingly, and a dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.

• Psalms 36:1

  For the director. Of the servant of YHWH, of David. A declaration of transgression to the wicked within my heart: there is no dread of Elohim before his eyes.

• Psalms 53:5

  There they were filled with dread where there was no dread, for Elohim scattered the bones of the one who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for Elohim despised them.

• Psalms 64:1

  For the director. A psalm of David. Hear, Elohim, my voice in my complaint; from the dread of the enemy guard my life.

• Psalms 91:5

  You will not fear the dread of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

• Psalms 105:38

  Egypt was glad when they went out, for the dread of them had fallen upon them.

• Psalms 119:120

  My flesh bristles from dread of you, and of your rules I am afraid.

• Proverbs 1:26

  I too will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,

• Proverbs 1:27

  when your dread comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

• Proverbs 1:33

  But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without dread of evil.”

• Proverbs 3:25

  Do not be afraid of sudden dread, or of the ruin of the wicked when it comes;

• Song of Songs 3:8

  All of them holding the sword, trained in war, each with his sword at his thigh because of dread in the nights.

• Isaiah 2:10

  Go into the rock and hide in the dust from before the dread of YHWH and from the majesty of his loftiness.

• Isaiah 2:19

  And they will go into the caves of the rocks and into the holes of the dust, from before the dread of YHWH and from the majesty of his loftiness, when he rises to terrify the earth.

And 9 more times.