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Job 15:24

“Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בָּעַתbâʻath · baw-ath'
H1204 · Hebrew
Definition
to fear
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
affright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.
Grammar
  • יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻ — verb Piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
  • הוּ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HVpi3mp/Sp3ms
Usage
Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 16:141 Samuel 16:152 Samuel 22:51 Chronicles 21:30Esther 7:6

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 בָּעַת here.

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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.