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Dread
What Bible dictionaries say about “Dread”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Dread - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
DREAD, n. Dred. [L., to dread; fearful; to tremble. The primary sense is probably to tremble, or to shrink.]
1. Great fear, or apprehension of evil or danger. It expresses more than fear, and less than terror or fright. It is an uneasiness or alarm excited by expected pain, loss or other evil. We speak of the dread of evil; the dread of suffering; the dread of the divine displeasure. It differs from terror also in being less sudden or more continued.
2. Awe; fear united with respect.
3. Terror.
Shall not his dread fall on you. Job 13.
4. The cause of fear; the person or the thing dreaded.
Let him be your dread. Isa 8.
DREAD, a.
1. Exciting great fear or apprehension.
2. Terrible; frightful.
3. Awful; venerable in the highest degree; as dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.
DREAD, v.t. To fear in a great degree; as, to dread the approach of a storm.
DREAD, v.i. To be in great fear.
Dread not, neither be afraid of them. Deu 1.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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Terrify - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
TER'RIFY, v.t. [L. terror and facio, to make.]
To frighten; to alarm or shock with fear.
They were terrified and affrighted. Luke 24.
When ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified. Luke 21. Job 7.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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Terror - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
TER'ROR, n. [L. terror, from terreo, to frighten.]
1. Extreme fear; violent dread; fright; fear that agitates the body and mind.
The sword without, and terror within. Deu 32.
The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. Job 6.
2. That which may excite dread; the cause of extreme fear.
Rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Rom 13.
Those enormous terrors of the Nile.
3. In Scripture, the sudden judgments of God are called terrors.Psa 73.
4. The threatenings of wicked men, or evil apprehended from them. 1 Pet 3.
5. Awful majesty, calculated to impress fear. 2 Cor 5.
6. Death is emphatically styled the king of terrors.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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Definition
The term “terror” refers to a feeling of extreme or intense fear. To “terrify” someone means to cause that person to feel very afraid.
- A “terror” is something or someone that causes great fear or dread. An example of a terror could be an attacking enemy army or a plague or disease that is widespread, killing many people.
- These terrors can be described as “terrifying.” This term could be translated as “fear-causing” or “terror-producing.”
- The judgment of God will someday cause terror in unrepentant people who reject his grace.
- The “terror of Yahweh” could be translated as “the terrifying presence of Yahweh” or “the dreaded judgment of Yahweh” or “when Yahweh causes great fear.”
- Ways to translate “terror” could also include “extreme fear” or “deep dread.”
(See also: adversary, fear, judge, plague, Yahweh)
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