King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H928
Transliteration: behalah
Phonetic Spelling: (beh-haw-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: dismay, sudden terror or ruin
Meaning: dismay, sudden terror or ruin
Word Summary
behalah: dismay, sudden terror or ruin
Original Word: בֶּהָלָהTransliteration: behalah
Phonetic Spelling: (beh-haw-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: dismay, sudden terror or ruin
Meaning: dismay, sudden terror or ruin
Strong's Concordance
terror, trouble From bahal; panic, destruction -- terror, trouble.
see HEBREW bahal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H928. behalah
ֶבּהָלָה noun feminine dismay, sudden terror or ruin (compare Assyrian bêltu, terror, DlPr 32) — ׳בּ absolute Leviticus 26:16 2t.; plural וֶּבהָלוֺת Jeremiah 15:8; — sudden terror Leviticus 26:16 בּ עֲלֵיכֶם ׳וְהִפְקַדְתִּ֫י (appositives follow); compare Jeremiah 15:8; Isaiah 65:23 לַבֶּהָלָה יֵָֽלְדוּ לֹא, Psalm 78:33 בַּבֶּהָלָה וּשְׁנוֺתָם יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וַיְכַלבַּֿהֶבֶל and he ended their days in a breath, and their years in sudden terror.
בהם (Arabic , IV. shut, x. impeded in speech, tongue-tied; Ethiopic be dumb).