Definition

to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• be (make) affrighted (afraid
• amazed
• dismayed
• rash)
• (be
• get
• make) haste(-n
• -y
• -ily)
• (give) speedy(-ily)
• thrust out
• trouble
• vex

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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