pachad · be in dread, tremble

What it means

pachad (פָּחַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be in dread, tremble”.

With fear.

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 tremble with fear before something that threatens.
2. To tremble in reverence before YHWH and his words.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• dread ×9
• be in dread ×8
• they were filled ×2
• I dreaded ×1
• afraid ×1
• they will come trembling ×1
• they will fear ×1
• who fears ×1
• will tremble ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Deuteronomy×2
• Job×3
• Psalms×5
• Proverbs×2
• Isaiah×8
• Jeremiah×3
• Hosea×1
• Micah×1

• Deuteronomy 28:66

  And your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be in dread night and day, and you will not be sure of your life.

• 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.

• 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 23:15

  Therefore I am troubled before his face; I consider, and I dread him.

• Psalms 14:5

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

• Psalms 27:1

  Of David. YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? YHWH is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be in dread?

• 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 78:53

  And he led them in safety, and they were not in dread; but their enemies the sea covered.

• Psalms 119:161

  Princes have pursued me without cause, but of your words my heart stands in dread.

• Proverbs 3:24

  If you lie down, you will not be in dread; and you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

• Proverbs 28:14

  Happy is the man who fears always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.

• Isaiah 12:2

  Look, El is my salvation; I will trust and will not be in dread; for my strength and my song is Yah YHWH, and he has become my salvation.”

• Isaiah 19:16

  On that day Egypt will be like women, and will tremble and be in dread before the waving of the hand of YHWH Tsevaot which he is waving over it.

• Isaiah 19:17

  And the ground of Judah will become a terror to Egypt; everyone to whom one mentions it will be in dread because of the plan of YHWH Tsevaot which he is planning against it.

• Isaiah 33:14

  Sinners in Zion are in dread; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can reside with the devouring fire? Who among us can reside with eternal burnings?”

• Isaiah 44:8

  Do not be in dread, and do not be afraid; have I not long ago made you hear and declared it? And you are my witnesses. Is there an Eloah besides me? There is no Rock; I know none.”

• Isaiah 44:11

  Look, all his companions will be put to shame, and the craftsmen, they are from among human beings; let them gather, all of them, let them stand up; they will be in dread, they will be put to shame together.

• Isaiah 51:13

  And you have forgotten YHWH your Maker, who stretches out the heavens and founds the earth, and you dread continually, all the day, before the fury of the oppressor, when he sets himself to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?

• Isaiah 60:5

  Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and grow wide, for the multitude of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.

• Jeremiah 33:9

  And it will be to me a name of joy, a praise and a beauty before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good that I am doing for them; and they will fear and tremble because of all the good and because of all the peace that I am bringing about for it.

• Jeremiah 36:16

  And it happened, when they heard all the words, that they turned in dread, each one to his companion, and they said to Baruch, “We must surely tell the king all these words.”

• Jeremiah 36:24

  And they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the king or any of his servants who heard all these words.

• Hosea 3:5

  Afterward the children of Israel will return and seek YHWH their Elohim and David their king, and they will come trembling to YHWH and to his goodness in the end of days.

• Micah 7:17

  They will lick dust like the serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they will come trembling out of their enclosures; before YHWH our Elohim they will tremble in dread, and they will be afraid of you.