חִתִּית H2851
Terror or dread inspired by mighty nations and warriors; used exclusively in Ezekiel's oracles against the nations.
A feminine noun confined entirely to Ezekiel, appearing in the oracle against Tyre (Ezek 26:17) and the great lament over fallen warriors in Sheol (Ezek 32:23-32). The recurring phrase 'they spread their terror in the land of the living' echoes like a funeral refrain through chapter 32, applied to Assyria, Elam, Meshech-Tubal, Edom, and the Sidonians in turn. The word captures the dread that once radiated from these empires — a terror now silenced in the grave. German 'Entsetzen' and French 'terreur' both render the visceral shock the word conveys. Its restriction to Ezekiel gives it the flavor of specialized prophetic vocabulary.
Senses
1. terror, dread — Terror or dread that mighty kingdoms and warriors once inspired among the living, now extinguished in death. Used exclusively in Ezekiel's oracles: Tyre once caused terror on the seas (Ezek 26:17), and the phrase 'they spread their terror in the land of the living' repeats as a solemn refrain through the Sheol descent poem of Ezekiel 32:23-32, applied to Assyria, Elam, Meshech-Tubal, Edom, and Sidon. The objective genitive construction (their terror = terror they caused) is characteristic. German 'Entsetzen' and French 'terreur' capture the visceral dread this word denotes. 9×
AR["بِرُعْبِهِمْ","رُعْبًا","رُعْبَ","رُعْبَهُ","رُعْبَهُمْ","رُعْبُهُمْ","رُعْبِي"]·ben["(আমার-ত্রাস)","[তার-ত্রাস]","তাদের-ত্রাস","তাদের-ত্রাসে","তাদের-ভয়","ত্রাস"]·DE["Entsetzen"]·EN["[ketiv]","in-their-terror","my-terror","terror","terror-of","their-terror"]·FR["terreur"]·heb["[חתיתו]","ב-חיתיתם","חיתית","חיתיתי","חיתיתם","חתיתם"]·HI["उनका-भय","को-उनका-भय","को-उनके-भय","जीवितों","भय","में-उनके-भय","में-भूमि"]·ID["dengan-kengerian-mereka","kengerian","kengerian-Ku","kengerian-mereka"]·IT["terrore"]·jav["(giris-Kawula)","[girisipun]","ajrih-piyambakipun-sedaya","giris","girisipun","ing-girisipun"]·KO["공포를","공포이라","그들의-공포가","그들의-공포를","그의-공포를","나의-공포를","두려움을-그들의","에-그들의-공포에서"]·PT["(terror-meu)","[terror-dele]","com-terror-deles","seu-terror","terror","terror-de","terror-deles"]·RU["в-страхе-своём","страх","страх-Мой","страх-свой"]·ES["(mi-terror)","[su-terror]","por-su-terror","su-terror","terror","terror-de"]·SW["[ketiv]","hofu-ya","hofu-yangu","hofu-yao","kwa-hofu-yao"]·TR["(korkumu)","[korkusunu]","korku","korkuları","korkularında","korkularını"]·urd["(میری-دہشت)","[اُس-کی-دہشت]","اُن-کی-دہشت","اپنی-دہشت","اپنی-دہشت-میں","دہشت","دہشت-اپنی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
חִתִּית n.f. terror, only Ezek.; abs. ח׳ Ez 32:23, but Co reads חִתִּיתָם (with 𝔊 and v 24, 26); cstr. id. 32:27; sf. חתיתו 32:32 Kt (> חִתִּיתִי Qr); חִתִּיתָם 32:24 + 2 times + 26:17 (read חִתִּיתָהּ, with 𝔊 Ew Co, see VB, 32:30 (read חַתִּים, v. ii. חת);—terror, caused by powerful cities, nations, kings, etc.: usually c. sf. as obj. genit. Ez 26:17 (of Tyre); elsewhere only Ez 32: v 27 (ח׳…