STRONGS NUMBER H1204


Word Summary
baath: to fall upon, startle, terrify
Original Word: בָּעַת
Transliteration: baath
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-ath')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fall upon, startle, terrify
Meaning: to fall upon, startle, terrify
Strong's Concordance
affright, be make afraid, terrify, trouble

A primitive root; to fear -- affright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1204. baath

[בָּעַת‎] verb fall upon, startle, terrify (Arabic come or happen suddenly, Late Hebrew בָּעִת‎ Hiph`il startle; so Aramaic בְּעֵת‎ Pa`el Aph`el) —

Niph`al (late prose) Perfect נִבְעַת1 Chronicles 21:30, נִבְעָ֑תEsther 7:6; נִבְעַתִּיDaniel 8:17; — be terrified, absolute 8:17; with מפני1 Chronicles 21:30; Esther 7:6.

Pi`el (mostly in poetry) Perfect3feminine singular suffix בִּעֲתָ֑תְנִיIsaiah 21:4, וּבִעֲתַ֫תּוּ1 Samuel 16:14; 3plural suffix בִּעֲתֻהוּJob 18:11; Imperfect3feminine singular תְּבַעֵת13:11; suffix תְּבַעֲתַ֑נִּי9:34; 13:21, תְּבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ33:7; 2masculine singular suffix תְּבַעֲתַ֑נּי7:14; 3masculine plural suffix יְבַעֲתוּנִיPsalm 18:5 = יְבַעֲתֻנִי2 Samuel 22:5, יְבַעֲתֻהוּJob 3:5; 15:24; —

1 fall upon 1 Samuel 16:14-15, (only here in prose); overwhelm Job 3:5 (compare לקח3:6) 9:34; 13:11 ("" על נפל פחד‎) 13:21 (compare "") 15:24 ("" תקף‎) 18:11 ("" הפיץ‎) 33:7 ("" על כבד‎) Isaiah 21:4; assail Psalm 18:5 = 2 Samuel 22:5.

2 terrify Job 7:14 ("" חתת‎).