1. trembling, horror, object of terror — A feminine noun denoting a trembling or shuddering, and by metonymy the object that causes such terror; an object of horror or dread. Found with both spellings זְוָעָה and the transposed form זַעֲוָה. Used exclusively in prophetic contexts of divine judgment, where nations or peoples are made 'an object of horror' to surrounding kingdoms: Isa 28:19 'it will be sheer terror to understand the message'; Jer 15:4; 24:9; 29:18; 34:17 nations given as לְזוָֹעָה 'for a horror / an object of trembling' among the kingdoms of the earth; 2 Chr 29:8 Israel itself becoming 'an object of horror.' All occurrences (including Ketiv/Qere variants) express a single semantic concept of terror-inducing dread or the state of being an object of horrified trembling. 6×
AR["[رُعْبًا]","[لِرُعْبٍ]","[لِـ-رَعْدَةٍ]","رُعْبًا","☐"]·ben["[কম্পনের]","[ত্রাসে]","[ভয়ের-কারণ]","ভয়"]·DE["Entsetzen","[לזועה]"]·EN["[K]","[a-horror]","[as-terror]","[ketiv]","to-understand"]·FR["[לזועה]","effroi"]·heb["זוועה","ל-[לזועה]","ל-זוועה","ל-זועה","לזוועה"]·HI["-","[काँपने]","[कांपने-को]","काँपने","काँपने-के-लिए","दहशत"]·ID["[k]","[kegentaran]","[menjadi-kengerian]","[untuk-kengerian]","kegentaran"]·IT["[לזועה]","terrore"]·jav["[]","[kanggé-gègèran]","[ketiv]","ketiv","medeni"]·KO["[두려움]","[두려움을]","[떨림으로]","[떨림이-되게]","경악-으로","두려움이"]·PT["[Qere:","[para-horror]","[por-horror]","para-horror","terror"]·RU["[кетив]","[ужасом]","ужас"]·ES["[para-horror]","[para-terror]","[por-espanto]","terror"]·SW["[hofu]","[kitu-cha-hofu]","[kuwa-hofu]","[kwa-hofu]","[tetemeko]","hofu"]·TR["[K]","[dehşete]","[korku]","[tıtıremeye]","dehset"]·urd["[دہشت]","دہشت","کانپنے-کے-لیے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זְוָעָה and, by transpos., זַעֲוָה (Di Dt 28:25 cf. Sta§ 192 a) n.f. a trembling, i.e. object of trembling, terror: זְוָעָה Is 28:19, also Kt Je 15:4 + 4 times; זַעֲוָה Dt 28:25 Ez 23:46 (also Qr Je 15:4 + 4 times);—object of trembling, terror, fright; וְהָיִיתָ לְזַעֲוָה Dt 28:25 and thou shalt become a terror to all (לְכֹל) the kingdoms of the earth; וּנְתַתִּים לְז׳ וגו׳ Je 15:4; 29:18;…