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1 Kings 1:49

“And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חָרַדchârad · khaw-rad'
H2729 · Hebrew

Definition: to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: be (make) afraid, be careful, discomfit, fray (away), quake, tremble.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יֶּֽחֶרְדוּ֙ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp
Usage: Occurs 39 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 27:33 Genesis 42:28 Exodus 19:16 Exodus 19:18 Leviticus 26:6

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָרַד here.

Verse 48 Verse 50

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.