Definition

properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• abolish
• affright
• be (make) afraid
• amaze
• beat down
• discourage
• (cause to) dismay
• go down
• scare
• terrify

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

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.