Bible dictionaries
Affright
What Bible dictionaries say about “Affright”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Affright - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
AFFRI'GHT, v.t. affri'te. [See Fright.]
To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to terrify or alarm. It expresses a stronger impression than fear or apprehend, and perhaps less than terror.
AFFRI'GHT, n. Sudden or great fear; terror; also, the cause of terror; a frightful object.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
a-frit': Designates a state of terror occasioned by some unexpected and startling occurrence; not as strong as "amazed," which refers more to the stupor resulting from fright. In the New Testament most frequently for emphobos (Lu 24:37; Ac 10:4; Re 11:13). The Revised Version (British and American) uses it also for pturomenoi of Php 1:28, a word "properly used of scared horses" (Ellicott).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915