chared · trembling, afraid

What it means

chared (חָרֵד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “trembling, afraid”.

Trembling with fear, afraid. Elsewhere, one who trembles with reverence at the word of God (Isaiah 66:2).

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. With fear, or with reverence at God's word.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• trembling ×2
• one who trembles ×1
• those who tremble ×1
• who trembled ×1
• you who tremble ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Judges×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• Ezra×2
• Isaiah×2

• Judges 7:3

  Now therefore, proclaim, please, in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is afraid and trembling, let him turn back and withdraw from Mount Gilead.’” Twenty-two thousand of the people turned back, and ten thousand remained.

• 1 Samuel 4:13

  He came, and there was Eli sitting on the seat beside the road, watching, for his heart was trembling for the ark of Elohim. And the man came to tell in the city, and all the city cried out.

• Ezra 9:4

  And to me gathered everyone who trembled at the words of the Elohim of Israel because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat appalled until the evening offering.

• Ezra 10:3

  So now let us make a covenant with our Elohim to send out all the wives and those born of them, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our Elohim; and let it be done according to the law.

• Isaiah 66:2

  And all these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares YHWH. But to this one I will look: to the afflicted and the stricken in spirit, and the one who trembles at my word.

• Isaiah 66:5

  Hear the word of YHWH, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you have said, who exclude you for the sake of my name: ‘Let YHWH be glorified, and let us see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”