ʻârats — H6206

Definition

verb

to awe or (intransitive) to dread; hence, to harass

1. to tremble, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, break, be terrified, cause to tremble
1. (Qal)
1. to cause to tremble, terrify
2. to tremble, feel dread
2. (Niphal) to be awesome, be terrible
3. (Hiphil)
1. to regard or treat with awe, regard or treat as awful
2. to inspire with awe, terrify

Usually translated as

dread, fear, shake terribly, break, oppress, prevail, be affrighted

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• deiliáō (G1168)
• ekklínō (G1578)
• endoxázō (G1740)
• eulabéomai (G2125)
• thraúō (G2352)
• megalauchéō (G3166)
• ptoéō (G4422)
• tarássō (G5015)
• phobéō (G5399)

Occurrences

ʻârats occurs 15 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (1), Job (2), Psalms (2), Isaiah (6)

• Deuteronomy 1:29 — Then I said unto you, Dread (תַֽעַרְצ֥וּן) not, neither be afraid of them.
• Deuteronomy 7:21 — Thou shalt not be (תַעֲרֹ֖ץ) affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
• Deuteronomy 20:3 — And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified (תַּֽעַרְצ֖וּ) because of them;
• Deuteronomy 31:6 — Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid (תַּעַרְצ֖וּ) of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
• Joshua 1:9 — Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid (תַּעֲרֹ֖ץ), neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
• Job 13:25 — Wilt thou break (תַּעֲר֑וֹץ) a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
• Job 31:34 — Did I fear (אֶֽעֱר֨וֹץ) a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
• Psalms 10:18 — To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress (לַעֲרֹ֥ץ).
• Psalms 89:7 — God is greatly to be feared (נַ֭עֲרָץ) in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
• Isaiah 2:19 — And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly (לַעֲרֹ֥ץ) the earth.
• Isaiah 2:21 — To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly (לַעֲרֹ֥ץ) the earth.
• Isaiah 8:12 — Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid (תַעֲרִֽיצוּ).
• Isaiah 8:13 — Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread (מַֽעֲרִֽצְכֶֽם).
• Isaiah 29:23 — But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear (יַעֲרִֽיצוּ) the God of Israel.
• Isaiah 47:12 — Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail (תַּעֲרֽוֹצִי).