חִתָּה
chita · terror
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2847 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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chita (חִתָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “terror”.
Dread.
How to say it
chi·ta
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
- Panic sent by God that leaves people powerless.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 35:5
As they set out, the terror of Elohim came upon the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.