STRONGS NUMBER H1763


Word Summary
dechal: to fear
Original Word: דְּחַל
Transliteration: dechal
Phonetic Spelling: (deh-khal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fear
Meaning: to slink, to fear, be formidable
Strong's Concordance
make afraid, dreadful, fear, terrible

(Aramaic) corresponding to zachal; to slink, i.e. (by implication) to fear, or (causatively) be formidable -- make afraid, dreadful, fear, terrible.

see HEBREW zachal

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1763. dechal

[דְּחַל‎] verb fear (so ᵑ7‎ Syriac; Biblical Hebrew II. זָחַל‎]; —

Pe`al Participle active plural דָּֽחְלִיןDaniel 5:19, with מִןקֳֿדָם‎ of king, 6:27, id. of God; passive דְּחִילterrible 2:31, feminine דְּחִילָה7:7, 19.

Pa`el Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וִידֵחֲלִנַּנִיDaniel 4:2 the dream made me afraid.