Usually translated as
hasty, trouble, haste, hastily, speedy, speedily, vex, be, affrighted, hasten, thrust out
Occurrences
Bâhal occurs 38 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Chronicles (3), Esther (3), Job (5), Psalms (10), Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes (3), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (1), Zephaniah (1)
- Genesis 45:3 — And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled (נִבְהֲל֖וּ) at his presence.
- Exodus 15:15 — Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed (נִבְהֲלוּ֙); the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
- Judges 20:41 — And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed (וַיִּבָּהֵ֖ל): for they saw that evil was come upon them.
- 1 Samuel 28:21 — And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled (נִבְהַ֣ל), and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
- 2 Samuel 4:1 — And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled (נִבְהָֽלוּ).
- 2 Chronicles 26:20 — And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out (וַיַּבְהִל֖וּהוּ) from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
- 2 Chronicles 32:18 — Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble (וּֽלְבַהֲלָ֑ם) them; that they might take the city.
- 2 Chronicles 35:21 — But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste (לְבַֽהֲלֵ֑נִי): forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
- Esther 2:9 — And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily (וַ֠יְבַהֵל) gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
- Esther 6:14 — And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted (וַיַּבְהִ֙לוּ֙) to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
- Esther 8:14 — So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened (מְבֹהָלִ֥ים) and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
- Job 4:5 — But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled (וַתִּבָּהֵֽל).
- Job 21:6 — Even when I remember I am afraid (וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּי), and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
- Job 22:10 — Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth (וִֽ֝יבַהֶלְךָ) thee;
- Job 23:15 — Therefore am I troubled (אֶבָּהֵ֑ל) at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
- Job 23:16 — For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth (הִבְהִילָֽנִי) me:
- Psalms 2:5 — Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex (יְבַהֲלֵֽמוֹ) them in his sore displeasure.
- Psalms 6:2 — Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed (נִבְהֲל֣וּ).
- Psalms 6:3 — My soul is also sore vexed (נִבְהֲלָ֣ה): but thou, O LORD, how long?
- Psalms 6:10 — Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed (וְיִבָּהֲל֣וּ): let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
- Psalms 30:7 — LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled (נִבְהָֽל).
- Psalms 48:5 — They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled (נִבְהֲל֥וּ), and hasted away.
- Psalms 83:15 — So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid (תְבַהֲלֵֽם) with thy storm.
- Psalms 83:17 — Let them be confounded and troubled (וְיִבָּהֲל֥וּ) for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
- Psalms 90:7 — For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled (נִבְהָֽלְנוּ).
- Psalms 104:29 — Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled (יִֽבָּהֵ֫ל֥וּן): thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
- Proverbs 20:21 — An inheritance may be gotten hastily (מְבֹהֶ֣לֶת) at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
- Proverbs 28:22 — He that hasteth (נִֽבֳהָ֥ל) to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 — Be not rash (תְּבַהֵ֨ל) with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9 — Be not hasty (תְּבַהֵ֥ל) in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
- Ecclesiastes 8:3 — Be not hasty (תִּבָּהֵ֤ל) to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
- Isaiah 13:8 — And they shall be afraid (וְֽנִבְהָ֓לוּ): pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
- Isaiah 21:3 — Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed (נִבְהַ֖לְתִּי) at the seeing of it.
- Jeremiah 51:32 — And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are (נִבְהָֽלוּ) affrighted.
- Ezekiel 7:27 — The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled (תִּבָּהַ֑לְנָה): I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 26:18 — Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled (וְנִבְהֲל֛וּ) at thy departure.
- Daniel 11:44 — But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble (יְבַהֲלֻ֔הוּ) him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
- Zephaniah 1:18 — Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy (נִבְהָלָה֙) riddance of all them that dwell in the land.