Bible Encyclopedia: Fright

Jump to: Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms

Greek

5401. phobos -- panic flight, fear, the causing of fear, terror
... fear, terror. From a primary phebomai (to be put in fear); alarm or fright -- be
afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror. (phoboi) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5401.htm - 7k

Strong's Hebrew

4035. megurah -- a storehouse, granary
... barn, fear. Feminine of magowr or of maguwr; a fright; also a granary -- barn, fear.
see HEBREW magowr. see HEBREW maguwr. 4034, 4035. megurah. 4036 . ...
/hebrew/4035.htm - 6k

367. emah -- terror, dread
... Or (shortened) remah {ay-maw'}; from the same as 'ayom; fright; concrete, an idol
(as a bugbear) -- dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror. ...
/hebrew/367.htm - 6k

4032. magor -- fear, terror
... Or (Lam. 2:22) maguwr {maw-goor'}; from guwr in the sense of fearing; a fright
(objective or subjective) -- fear, terror. Compare Magowr mic-Cabiyb. ...
/hebrew/4032.htm - 6k

3420. yeraqon -- mildew, paleness, lividness
... greenish, yellow. From yereq; paleness, whether of persons (from fright), or of
plants (from drought) -- greenish, yellow. see HEBREW yereq. 3419, 3420. ...
/hebrew/3420.htm - 6k

Library

Answer to Mr. W's Sixth Objection.
... impossible, but the passionate screams of the feminine by-standers might fright
her into fits, that bore the appearance of death; otherwise, why did Jesus turn ...
/.../section vi answer to mr.htm

Israel at the Red Sea
... Pharoah hears of it; he comes upon them, to overcome them; and they stand in terrible
fright and jeopardy of them, to overcome them; and they stand in terrible ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/israel at the red sea.htm

On Extreme Unction and Holy Orders
... If, however, these persons were so frightened that there was danger of
their dying from the fright, they could then be anointed. ...
/.../kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 25 on extreme unction.htm

Hymns of Wales.
... since the "Battle of the Hallelujahs""near Chirk on the border, nine miles from
Wrexham"when the invading Danes were driven from the field in fright by the ...
/.../brown/the story of the hymns and tunes/chapter xi hymns of wales.htm

The Cause and Cure of Earthquakes
... The destruction did not so much as give time for fright; for, at one and the same
instant, the noise, the shock, and the ruin were perceived. ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 129 the cause and.htm

The Arrest
... So the fright of their Master's arrest, coming so suddenly on the prayerless and
unprepared disciples, undid, for the time, what their years of intercourse ...
/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter i the arrest.htm

Yea, Though I Walk in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Will ...
... The timid, terrified animals become wild with fright, and are scattered, running
this way and that, until the shepherd calls and bids them collect together. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/callan/the shepherd of my soul/vii yea though i walk.htm

The Rich Man and Lazarus
... whether in the body or out of the body, can bring one soul "from darkness to light,
and from the power of Satan unto God." It might very possibly fright him to ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 112 the rich man.htm

Troubles in Paris
... Du Corneau [sic] avowed afterwards that he was quaking with fright; but Vincent,
though wet to the skin, scarcely seemed to notice that all was not as usual ...
/.../forbes/life of st vincent de paul/chapter 10 troubles in paris.htm

Of Detraction.
... The finer his line is spun, the less shadow it casts, and is less apt to fright
us from the hook: and though there be much odds between a talent of lead and a ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section iv of detraction.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

2. (n.) Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.

3. (n.) To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare.

Thesaurus

Fright (3 Occurrences)
...Fright (3 Occurrences). ... through the fright of thy heart wherewith thou shalt be in
terror, and through the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. (DBY). ...
/f/fright.htm - 7k

Panic (22 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear
or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. 3. (n.) A sudden ...
/p/panic.htm - 12k

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 ...
/f/frighten.htm - 10k

Terror (137 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Extreme fear; fear that agitates body
and mind; violent dread; fright. 2. (n.) That which excites ...
/t/terror.htm - 37k

Scare (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. 2. (n.) Fright; esp.,
sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. ...
/s/scare.htm - 7k

Friendship (13 Occurrences)

/f/friendship.htm - 13k

Upset (9 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to
make ill; as, the fright upset her. 6. (vi) To become upset. ...
/u/upset.htm - 9k

Westerns (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Westerns (1 Occurrence). Job 18:20 At this day westerns
have been astonished And easterns have taken fright. (YLT). ...
/w/westerns.htm - 6k

Idol (56 Occurrences)
... (3.) `Emah, "terror," in allusion to the hideous form of idols (Jeremiah 50:38).
(4.) Miphletzeth, "a fright;" "horror" (1 Kings 15:13; 2 Chronicles 15:16). ...
/i/idol.htm - 29k

Frightful (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking;
as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. ...
/f/frightful.htm - 7k

Bible Concordance

Fright (3 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 28:67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would that it were even! and in the evening thou shalt say, Would that it were morning! through the fright of thy heart wherewith thou shalt be in terror, and through the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
(DBY)

Job 18:20 Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Job 21:6 Even when I remember I am affrighted, and horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.
(Root in JPS DBY YLT)

Subtopics

Fright

Related Terms

Panic (22 Occurrences)

Frighten (15 Occurrences)

Terror (137 Occurrences)

Scare (3 Occurrences)

Friendship (13 Occurrences)

Upset (9 Occurrences)

Westerns (1 Occurrence)