H2866 H2866
terror, something dreadful; an object or situation that inspires overwhelming fear
This noun means 'terror' or 'dread,' appearing in Job 6:21 where Job accuses his friends: 'You see a terror and are afraid.' The term denotes a frightening sight or dreadful thing. Job's suffering has become so horrifying that his friends recoil in fear rather than offering help. The Hebrew includes wordplay, since the verb 'fear' shares the same root. The accusation is that his friends' fear of his calamity paralyzes their compassion.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Job 6:21 reads: 'You see a terror and are afraid' (or 'you see something dreadful and fear'). Job's condition—covered in sores, bereft of family, reduced to the ash heap—is so horrific his friends shrink back. The noun 'terror' identifies Job's suffering as the frightening object. Cross-language glosses—Spanish 'terror,' French and German transliterate—emphasize the dreadful sight that evokes fear. 1×
AR["هَوْلًا"]·ben["ত্রাস"]·DE["[חתת]"]·EN["terror"]·FR["חתת"]·heb["חתת"]·HI["भय"]·ID["kengerian"]·IT["terror"]·jav["kagegiran"]·KO["두려운-것-을"]·PT["terror"]·RU["ужас"]·ES["terror"]·SW["hofu"]·TR["korku"]·urd["خوفناک-چیز"]
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
† I. חֲתַת n.[m.] terror—only תִּרְאוּ ח׳ וַתִּירָ֑אוּ Jb 6:21 (> Baer תִּֽירְאוּ for תִּרְאוּ) ye see a terror, and fear (note paronomasia in Heb.; v. Di).