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Greek

4423. ptoesis -- a fluttering, excitement, hence terror
... hence terror. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ptoesis Phonetic Spelling:
(pto'-ay-sis) Short Definition: terror, consternation Definition: terror ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8541. timmahon -- bewilderment
... Word Origin from tamah Definition bewilderment NASB Word Usage bewilderment (2).
astonishment. From tamahh; consternation -- astonishment. see HEBREW tamahh. ...
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8047. shammah -- waste, horror
... ruin, desolation, waste. From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation --
astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing. see HEBREW shamem. ...
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4288. mechittah -- terror, destruction, ruin
... From chathah; properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly)
consternation -- destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror. see HEBREW chathah. ...
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8539. tamah -- to be astounded or dumbfounded
... be amazed, be astonished, marvelously, wonder. A primitive root; to be in consternation
-- be amazed, be astonished, marvel(-lously), wonder. 8538, 8539. ...
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8074. shamem -- to be desolated or appalled
... desolated or appalled NASB Word Usage appalled (13), astonished (8), astounded
(1), become desolate (1), causes horror (1), causing consternation (1), desolate ...
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Library

The World's Consternation at the Sudden and Secret Removal of the ...
... Chapter Nine The Worldward Results of the Redeemer's Return 1. The World's
Consternation at the sudden and secret Removal of the Church. ...
/.../pink/the redeemers return/1 the worlds consternation at.htm

Death.
... Suppose one man should die quietly, another should die suddenly, and a third should
die under great consternation of spirit; no man can judge of their eternal ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xxiv death.htm

Concerning Fear.
... Book II. Chapter XV."Concerning Fear. Fear is divided into six varieties: viz.,
shrinking [1825] , shame, disgrace, consternation, panic, anxiety [1826] . ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xv concerning fear.htm

At Court
... Mazarin's astonishment and disgust when he heard that Vincent de Paul had been
appointed one of the number were as great as Vincent's own consternation. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/forbes/life of st vincent de paul/chapter 8 at court.htm

Account Given by the Heretics of the Formation of Achamoth; Origin ...
... her, she would be filled with joy, and laugh; then, again, she would be struck with
terror; or, at other times, would sink into consternation and bewilderment. ...
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The Burning of Athens.
... apply to the oracle."Response of the oracle."The prodigy in the temple."Discomfiture
of the Persians."The spirit warriors."Consternation at Athens ...
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The Signs of Pentecost.
... And we concede that the purpose of the signs was realized in the perplexity and
consternation which they caused in the hearts of those present. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxvii the signs of pentecost.htm

Concerning the Seditions at Jerusalem and what Terrible Miseries ...
... The citizens themselves were under a terrible consternation and fear; nor had they
any opportunity of taking counsel, and of changing their conduct; nor were ...
/.../chapter 1 concerning the seditions.htm

Letter cxlvii. To Sabinianus.
... I am filled with consternation and a shiver runs through me, soul and body, when
I try to set before your eyes the deed that you have done. ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter cxlvii to sabinianus.htm

A Great Household
... Although the prospect of such a post filled the humble parish priest with
consternation, he owed too much to de Berulle to refuse. ...
/.../forbes/life of st vincent de paul/chapter 3 a great household.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Terror combined with amazement; dismay.

Thesaurus

Consternation (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Terror combined with amazement; dismay.
Multi-Version Concordance Consternation (8 Occurrences). 1 ...
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Josiah (51 Occurrences)
... of Yahweh," that is, in the temple proper; which book, when Shaphan read therefrom
to the king, caused the latter to rend his robe in dismay and consternation. ...
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Quarries (4 Occurrences)
... fracture," more often "destruction" (eg Proverbs 16:18), from shabhar, "to break."
The form shebarim is also found in Job 41:25, "consternation," the King ...
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Ekron (20 Occurrences)
... Zephaniah declares that it shall be rooted up (2:4), and Zechariah speaks of its
consternation at the fall of Tyre (9:5, 7). From the Assyrian records we learn ...
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Ekronite (1 Occurrence)
... Zephaniah declares that it shall be rooted up (2:4), and Zechariah speaks of its
consternation at the fall of Tyre (9:5, 7). From the Assyrian records we learn ...
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Daniel (74 Occurrences)
... He made known and also interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream; and many years afterwards,
when he was now an old man, amid the alarm and consternation of the ...
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Despair (23 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Job 41:25 When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason
of consternation they are beside themselves. (See JPS). ...
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Dismay (16 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling
terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation. 5 ...
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Pain (172 Occurrences)
... in Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3 Daniel 10:16, and translated "pangs" or "sorrows." In
other passages where we have the same comparison of consternation in the ...
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Byword (14 Occurrences)
... bi'-wurd: shammah = "consternation," "astonishment," "waste," "wonderful language,"
"object of remark" (Deuteronomy 28:37 1 Kings 9:7 2 Chronicles 7:20); mashal ...
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Bible Concordance

Consternation (8 Occurrences)

1 Peter 3:6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation.
(DBY)

Deuteronomy 7:23 But Jehovah thy God will give them up before thee, and will confound them with great consternation, until they are destroyed.
(DBY)

2 Chronicles 32:18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech to the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to fill them with consternation; that they might take the city.
(WBS)

Esther 3:15 The couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the fortress. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was in consternation.
(DBY)

Job 41:25 When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
(ASV DBY)

Psalms 48:5 They saw, so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation:
(DBY)

Psalms 116:11 I said in my haste, "All men are liars."
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Consternation

Related Terms

Josiah (51 Occurrences)

Quarries (4 Occurrences)

Ekron (20 Occurrences)

Ekronite (1 Occurrence)

Daniel (74 Occurrences)

Despair (23 Occurrences)

Dismay (16 Occurrences)

Pain (172 Occurrences)

Byword (14 Occurrences)