UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: מַעֲרָצָה · עָרוּץ · עָרִיץ

Sense 1: to be terrified

Semantic domains: Afraid (002001002001)

Definition: = process by which humans experience an extreme fear

Forms: vbqal-; vbhif-

Synonyms: חפז · חתת · ירא · קדשׁ · רכך

DEU 1:29: RV DEU 1:29 · LV DEU 1:29 · Read together DEU 1:29

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OET-RV DEU 1:29

29 “Then I told your parents, ‘Don’t be terrified or afraid of them.

OET-LV DEU 1:29

29 And_I _said to_you(pl) not you(pl)_must _be _terrified and_not you(pl)_must _be _afraid from_them.

DEU 7:21: RV DEU 7:21 · LV DEU 7:21 · Read together DEU 7:21

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OET-RV DEU 7:21

21 Don’t be afraid of those people, because your god Yahweh will be with you. He’s a powerful god that people are in awe of.

OET-LV DEU 7:21

21 Not you _must _be _terrified from_their_face/front if/because YHWH god _of_your is_in_midst _of_your a _god great and_awesome.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

DEU: RV DEU 1:29 · RV DEU 7:21 · RV DEU 20:3 · RV DEU 31:6 · LV DEU 1:29 · LV DEU 7:21 · LV DEU 20:3 · LV DEU 31:6 · Read together DEU 1:29 · Read together DEU 7:21 · Read together DEU 20:3 · Read together DEU 31:6

JOS: RV JOS 1:9 · LV JOS 1:9 · Read together JOS 1:9

JOB: RV JOB 31:34 · LV JOB 31:34 · Read together JOB 31:34

ISA: RV ISA 8:12–13 · RV ISA 29:23 · LV ISA 8:12–13 · LV ISA 29:23 · Read together ISA 8:12–13 · Read together ISA 29:23

Sense 2: to terrify, to cause terror

Semantic domains: Afraid (002001002001)

Definition: = causative process by which humans or deities inspire an extreme fear in (other) humans

Forms: vbqal-

JOB 13:25: RV JOB 13:25 · LV JOB 13:25 · Read together JOB 13:25

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OET-RV JOB 13:25

25 Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind?
⇔ ≈ Would you chase a dry stalk to punish it?

OET-LV JOB 13:25

25 A_leaf driven _about will _you _terrify and_DOM chaff dry will _you _pursue.

PSA 10:18: RV PSA 10:18 · LV PSA 10:18 · Read together PSA 10:18

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OET-RV PSA 10:18

18 to judge the orphan and oppressed,
⇔ so that mere humans will no longer be able to terrify them.

OET-LV PSA 10:18

18 To_vindicate the_fatherless and_the_oppressed not he _will _repeat again to_terrify humankind from the_earth/land.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

JOB: RV JOB 13:25 · LV JOB 13:25 · Read together JOB 13:25

PSA: RV PSA 10:18 · LV PSA 10:18 · Read together PSA 10:18

ISA: RV ISA 2:19 · RV ISA 2:21 · RV ISA 47:12 · LV ISA 2:19 · LV ISA 2:21 · LV ISA 47:12 · Read together ISA 2:19 · Read together ISA 2:21 · Read together ISA 47:12

Sense 3: terrible, dreadful

Semantic domains: Afraid (002001002001)

Definition: = state in which deities inspire an extreme fear in others

Forms: vbnif-ptcp

PSA 89:8: RV PSA 89:7 · LV PSA 89:8 · Read together PSA 89:7

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OET-RV PSA 89:7

7 He’s a god who is greatly honoured in the council of the holy ones
⇔ ≈ and is awesome among all who are around him.

OET-LV PSA 89:8

8  god is_awesome in_the_council _of the_holy_ones much and_he_is_to _be _feared above all _of those_around _of_him.

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

ערץ

Form 1

Sense 1: to be terrified

Sense 2: to terrify, to cause terror

Sense 3: terrible, dreadful