King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1204
Transliteration: baath
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-ath')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fall upon, startle, terrify
Meaning: to fall upon, startle, terrify
Word Summary
baath: to fall upon, startle, terrify
Original Word: בָּעַתTransliteration: baath
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-ath')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fall upon, startle, terrify
Meaning: to fall upon, startle, terrify
Strong's Concordance
affright, be make afraid, terrify, trouble A primitive root; to fear -- affright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1204. baath
[בָּעַת] verb fall upon, startle, terrify (Arabic come or happen suddenly, Late Hebrew בָּעִת Hiph`il startle; so Aramaic בְּעֵת Pa`el Aph`el) —
Niph`al (late prose) Perfect נִבְעַת 1 Chronicles 21:30, נִבְעָ֑ת Esther 7:6; נִבְעַתִּי Daniel 8:17; — be terrified, absolute 8:17; with מפני 1 Chronicles 21:30; Esther 7:6.
Pi`el (mostly in poetry) Perfect3feminine singular suffix בִּעֲתָ֑תְנִי Isaiah 21:4, וּבִעֲתַ֫תּוּ 1 Samuel 16:14; 3plural suffix בִּעֲתֻהוּ Job 18:11; Imperfect3feminine singular תְּבַעֵת 13:11; suffix תְּבַעֲתַ֑נִּי 9:34; 13:21, תְּבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ 33:7; 2masculine singular suffix תְּבַעֲתַ֑נּי 7:14; 3masculine plural suffix יְבַעֲתוּנִי Psalm 18:5 = יְבַעֲתֻנִי 2 Samuel 22:5, יְבַעֲתֻהוּ Job 3:5; 15:24; —
1 fall upon 1 Samuel 16:14-15, (only here in prose); overwhelm Job 3:5 (compare לקח 3:6) 9:34; 13:11 ("" על נפל פחד) 13:21 (compare "") 15:24 ("" תקף) 18:11 ("" הפיץ) 33:7 ("" על כבד) Isaiah 21:4; assail Psalm 18:5 = 2 Samuel 22:5.
2 terrify Job 7:14 ("" חתת).