H4034 H4034
terror, fear, dread (thing feared)
A noun meaning terror, fear, or dread—specifically the thing that is dreaded or the object of fear. Psalm 34:4 speaks of deliverance from 'all my fears/terrors.' Proverbs 10:24 warns that 'the dread of the wicked' (what the wicked person fears) will come upon them. The term emphasizes not just the emotion of fear but the concrete threat or danger that produces fear.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Refers to terror, fear, or dread as the object of fearing—the thing dreaded. Has three biblical occurrences with slight form variations: (1) Psalm 34:4—'from all my fears' God delivered; (2) Proverbs 10:24—'the dread of the wicked' (what they fear) overtakes them; (3) Isaiah 66:4—'I will bring their fears upon them' (things they dreaded). The term emphasizes the concrete object of terror rather than just the emotional state. Feminine forms with unusual vowel pointing reflect textual peculiarities. 2×
AR["خَوْفُ", "مَخاوِفي"]·ben["আমার-ভয়", "ভয়"]·DE["[מגורת]", "mein-fürchtet"]·EN["my-fears", "the-dread-of"]·FR["de-terreur", "מגורת"]·heb["מגורותי-י", "מגורת"]·HI["भय", "भयों-मेरे"]·ID["Ketakutan"]·IT["[מגורותי]", "il-dread-di"]·jav["ajrih-kula", "kagila-gila-saking"]·KO["나-의-두려움-에서", "두려움-은"]·PT["Medo-de", "meus-temores"]·RU["страх", "страхов-моих"]·ES["mis-temores", "temor-de"]·SW["hofu-ya", "hofu-zangu"]·TR["korkulan", "korkularımdan"]·urd["خوف", "میرے-خوفوں"]
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
† [מְגוֹרָה] n.f. fear, terror—cstr. מְגוֹרַת Pr 10:24; pl. sf. מְגוּרוֹתַי ψ 34:5, מְגוּרֹתָם Is 66:4 (on these forms with וּ cf. Ges§ 27. 3. R. 1. & 85, 48);—terror (= thing dreaded) ψ 34:5 Pr 10:24; Is 66:4.