Definition

properly, vertigo, i.e. (figuratively) fear

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to revolve (compare H2287 (חָגַג));

Word family

• חָגַג châgag

How the KJV renders it

• terror

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.