Terrify
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To make terrible.

2. (v. t.) To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.

Greek
4422. ptoeo -- to terrify
... to terrify. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ptoeo Phonetic Spelling:
(pto-eh'-o) Short Definition: I terrify, scare Definition: I terrify, scare, strike ...
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5399. phobeo -- to put to flight, to terrify, frighten
... to put to flight, to terrify, frighten. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phobeo
Phonetic Spelling: (fob-eh'-o) Short Definition: I fear, am terrified ...
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1629. ekphobeo -- to frighten away
... to frighten away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekphobeo Phonetic Spelling:
(ek-fob-eh'-o) Short Definition: I terrify exceedingly Definition: I ...
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4426. pturo -- to be frightened
... to be frightened. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pturo Phonetic Spelling:
(ptoo'-ro) Short Definition: I frighten, terrify Definition: I frighten, terrify ...
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2350. thorubeo -- to disturb
... to disturb. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: thorubeo Phonetic Spelling:
(thor-oo-beh'-o) Short Definition: I disturb greatly, terrify, strike with panic ...
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5141. tremo -- to tremble (esp. with fear)
... be afraid, tremble. Strengthened from a primary treo (to "dread", "terrify"); to
"tremble" or fear -- be afraid, trembling. (tremousa) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
1204. baath -- to fall upon, startle, terrify
... 1203, 1204. baath. 1205 . to fall upon, startle, terrify. Transliteration:
baath Phonetic Spelling: (baw-ath') Short Definition: terrify. Word Origin a prim ...
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926. bahal -- to disturb, terrify
... 925, 926. bahal. 927 . to disturb, terrify. Transliteration: bahal Phonetic
Spelling: (baw-hal') Short Definition: dismayed. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1089. balah -- to be troubled
... trouble. A primitive root (rather by transposition for bahal); to palpitate; hence,
(causatively) to terrify -- trouble. see HEBREW bahal. 1088, 1089. ...
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2865. chathath -- to be shattered or dismayed
... or (figuratively) by confusion and fear -- abolish, affright, be (make) afraid,
amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify. ...
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2729. charad -- to tremble, be terrified
... 2), frighten (3), frighten them away (1), make him afraid (1), make them afraid
(3), quaked (1), routed (1), startled (1), terrified (2), terrify (2), tremble ...
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5425. nathar -- to spring or start up
... A primitive root; to jump, ie Be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake
off, untie -- drive asunder, leap, (let) loose, X make, move, undo. ...
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927. behal -- to alarm, dismay
... in haste, trouble. (Aramaic) corresponding to bahal; to terrify, hasten -- in haste,
trouble. see HEBREW bahal. 926, 927. behal. 928 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Worship
... This is a very awful text; one of those which terrify us"or at least ought to terrify
us"and set us on asking ourselves seriously and honestly"'What do I ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/the good news of god/sermon vi worship.htm

Acts xvii. 32-34, xviii. 1
... But therefore it is that Paul having testified to them"not teaches now, but
testifies""having shaken his garments," to terrify them not by word only but by ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxxix acts xvii 32-34.htm

Concerning Theurgy, which Promises a Delusive Purification of the ...
... that that well-disposed Chald??an, who desired to purify his soul by theurgical rites,
found no superior deity who could either terrify the frightened gods ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 10 concerning theurgy which promises.htm

Martyrdom of Habib the Deacon.
... have patience with him, so that the bitter torments and punishments inflicted on
him may be the more abundant, and that through him I may terrify many others ...
/.../unknown/the decretals/ancient syriac documents martyrdom of.htm

The Thesis to be Proved
... its equity, justice and holiness, and afterwards to accuse them of sin, to urge
them to obedience, to convince them of their own weakness, to terrify them by a ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/i the thesis to be.htm

John vii. 25-27
... What then saith Christ? Ver.33. "Yet a little while am I with you." Having power
to bow and terrify His hearers, He uttereth words full of humility. ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily l john vii 25-27.htm

Father and Child
... who profess to belong to the Church, will tell you that God's method is, first to
terrify men by the threats of the law and the sight of their sins and the ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xxi father and child.htm

Letter of Martin Luther to Pope Leo X.
... But those who have hitherto endeavoured to terrify me with the majesty of your name
and authority, I have begun quite to despise and triumph over. ...
/.../luther/concerning christian liberty/letter of martin luther to.htm

The Birth of Saint George.
... Now, some time before the Princess was about to present her husband with a babe,
she dreamed a dream; it was enough to terrify her, for she dreamed that ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter one the birth of.htm

Books and Reading.
... souls whom we never saw, who lived, perhaps, thousands of miles away; and yet these,
in those little sheets of paper, speak to us, amuse us, terrify us, teach ...
/.../judy/questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/vi books and reading.htm

Thesaurus
Terrify (27 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Terrify (27 Occurrences). 2 Corinthians 10:9 that
I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters. ...
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Frighten (15 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm
or fright; to affright; to terrify. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Fray (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Fight, or (v.) To become ragged at the ends. 2. (vt) To frighten; to
terrify; to alarm. 3. (vt) To bear the expense of; to defray. ...
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Terrifying (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Terrify. Multi-Version
Concordance Terrifying (10 Occurrences). Hebrews 10:27 But ...
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Dare (19 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Defiance; challenge. 6. (vi) To lurk; to lie hid. 7. (vt) To terrify; to
daunt. 8. (n.) A small fish; the dace. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DARE. ...
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Excellency (53 Occurrences)
... into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And
because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth. ...
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Names (133 Occurrences)
... from which also are derived 'ayil, "ram," and 'elah, "terebinth"; it is then an
expanded plural form of 'el; others trace it to 'alah, "to terrify," and the ...
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Visions (43 Occurrences)
... RSV). Job 7:14 then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Isaiah ...
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Vindicate (18 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Psalms 10:18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who
is of the earth may terrify no more. (See NAS). Psalms 26:1 By David. ...
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Letters (51 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 10:9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by
my letters. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Resources
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Terrify (27 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 10:9
that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS)

1 Peter 3:6
Thus, for instance, Sarah obeyed Abraham, acknowledging his authority over her. And you have become Sarah's children if you do what is right and permit nothing whatever to terrify you.
(WEY RSV)

2 Samuel 17:2
I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him shall flee. I will strike the king only;
(See NAS)

2 Samuel 22:5
When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 32:18
And they cried with a loud voice in the Jews language unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 3:5
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 7:14
then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Job 9:34
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
(KJV WBS NAS RSV)

Job 13:11
Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you?
(See JPS DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 13:21
Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.
(YLT NAS RSV)

Job 13:25
Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
(DBY YLT)

Job 15:24
Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
(YLT NAS RSV)

Job 31:34
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
(KJV WBS)

Job 33:7
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.
(See NAS RSV)

Job 33:16
Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
(See NIV)

Psalms 2:5
Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
(WEB DBY NAS RSV)

Psalms 10:18
to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
(WEB DBY NIV)

Psalms 83:15
so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 2:19
And they shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall arise to terrify the earth.
(DBY YLT RSV)

Isaiah 2:21
to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the fissures of the cliffs, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall arise to terrify the earth.
(DBY YLT RSV)

Isaiah 7:6
Let us go up against Judah, troubling her, and forcing our way into her, and let us put up a king in her, even the son of Tabeel:
(See RSV)

Isaiah 47:12
Stand, I pray thee, in thy charms, And in the multitude of thy sorceries, In which thou hast laboured from thy youth, It may be thou art able to profit, It may be thou dost terrify!
(YLT)

Jeremiah 1:17
So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 49:37
And I have affrighted Elam before their enemies, And before those seeking their life, And I have brought in against them evil, The heat of Mine anger, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sent after them the sword, Till I have consumed them;
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 30:9
In that day men will go out quickly to take the news, causing fear in untroubled Ethiopia; and bitter pain will come on them as in the day of Egypt; for see, it is coming.
(See RSV)

Habakkuk 2:17
For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.
(See RSV NIV)

Zechariah 1:21
Then I asked, "What are these coming to do?" He said, "These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it."
(WEB ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

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