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Hebrew verb · H2729

חָרַד

charadkhaw-rad'

to tremble

39 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: chârad

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2729is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 20 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 25
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2729

to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)

The King James renders it: be (make) afraid, be careful, discomfit, fray (away), quake, tremble.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

charad is rendered "to tremble". It stands 39 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty books.

  • Six of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 27:33Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.

The first use

Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”

Genesis 27:33וַיֶּחֱרַ֨ד

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in twenty of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 19 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • terrifies7
  • disturbs4
  • and he trembled3
  • and it trembled3
  • and they trembled3
  • and they will tremble2
  • they tremble2
  • they trembled2
  • they will tremble2
  • and I will terrify1
  • and it will tremble1
  • and they may tremble1

and 8 more, 39 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

חָרַםcharamto devote/destroyUses52
חָרַףcharaphto tauntUses41
חָרַבcharabto dryUses40
חָרַץcharatsto decideUses11
חָרַרchararto scorchUses10
חָרַקcharaqto grindUses5
חָרַגcharagto quakeUses1
חָרַךְcharakto roastUses1

The words it stands beside

All 39, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

25 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • מַחֲרִֽיד׃7
  • וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד4
  • מַחֲרִ֑יד3
  • וַיֶּחֱרַ֨ד2
  • יֶחֱרָ֑דוּ2
  • מַחֲרִֽיד׃ ס2
  • הֶחֱרִֽיד׃1
  • וְהַֽחֲרַדְתִּ֣י1
  • וְחָרַ֣ד׀1
  • וְחָֽרְדוּ֙1
  • וְחָרְד֤וּ1
  • וְיֶחֶרְד֥וּ1

and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular12HVhrmsa
  • Hc/Vqw3ms6Hc/Vqw3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural4HVqi3mp
  • Hc/Vqw3mp3Hc/Vqw3mp
  • Hc/Vqq3cp2Hc/Vqq3cp
  • preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vhcc
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVqp3cp
  • Hc/Vhq1cs1Hc/Vhq1cs
  • Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
  • HC/Vqu3mp1HC/Vqu3mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms

Genesis

two uses
  • Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”

    Genesis 27:33

    • וַיֶּחֱרַ֨דvaiyecheradHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he trembled
  • “My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”

    Genesis 42:28

    • וַיֶּֽחֶרְד֞וּvaiyecherduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they trembled

Exodus

two uses
  • On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

    Exodus 19:16

    • וַיֶּחֱרַ֥דvaiyecheradHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it trembled
  • Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

    Exodus 19:18

    • וַיֶּחֱרַ֥דvaiyecheradHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it trembled

Leviticus

one use
  • And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.

    Leviticus 26:6

    • מַחֲרִ֑ידmacharidverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: terrifies

Deuteronomy

one use
  • Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

    Deuteronomy 28:26

    • מַחֲרִֽיד׃macharidverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: disturbs

Judges

one use
  • When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.

    Judges 8:12

    • הֶחֱרִֽיד׃hecheridverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he routed

Ruth

one use
  • At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!

    Ruth 3:8

    • וַיֶּחֱרַ֥דvaiyecheradHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he trembled

1 Samuel

five uses
  • Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.

    1 Samuel 13:7

    • חָרְד֥וּchareduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they trembled
  • Then terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.

    1 Samuel 14:15

    • חָרְד֖וּchareduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they trembled
  • So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”

    1 Samuel 16:4

    • וַיֶּחֶרְד֞וּvaiyecherduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they trembled
  • Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”

    1 Samuel 21:1

    • וַיֶּחֱרַ֨דvaiyecheradHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he trembled
  • When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.

    1 Samuel 28:5

    • וַיֶּחֱרַ֥דvaiyecheradHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it trembled

2 Samuel

one use
  • I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king

    2 Samuel 17:2

    • וְהַֽחֲרַדְתִּ֣יvehacharadtiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will terrify

1 Kings

one use
  • At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.

    1 Kings 1:49

    • וַיֶּֽחֶרְדוּ֙vaiyecherduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they trembled

2 Kings

one use
  • and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.

    2 Kings 4:13

    • חָרַ֣דְתְּ׀charadtverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have taken care

Job

two uses
  • You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

    Job 11:19

    • מַחֲרִ֑ידmacharidverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: disturbs
  • “At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.

    Job 37:1

    • יֶחֱרַ֣דyecheradverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it trembles

Isaiah

five uses
  • They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

    Isaiah 10:29

    • חָֽרְדָה֙charedahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has trembled
  • The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.

    Isaiah 17:2

    • מַחֲרִֽיד׃macharidverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: terrifies
  • In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.

    Isaiah 19:16

    • וְחָרַ֣ד׀vecharadHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will tremble
  • Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

    Isaiah 32:11

    • חִרְדוּ֙chirduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: tremble
  • The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.

    Isaiah 41:5

    • יֶחֱרָ֑דוּyecheraduverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they tremble

Jeremiah

three uses
  • The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.

    Jeremiah 7:33

    • מַחֲרִֽיד׃macharidverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: terrifies
  • As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.

    Jeremiah 30:10

    • מַחֲרִֽיד׃macharidverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: terrifies
  • But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.

    Jeremiah 46:27

    • מַחֲרִֽיד׃ סmacharidverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: terrifies

Ezekiel

six uses
  • All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.

    Ezekiel 26:16

    • וְחָֽרְדוּ֙vechareduHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will tremble
  • Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’

    Ezekiel 26:18

    • יֶחְרְד֣וּyechreduverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will tremble
  • On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.

    Ezekiel 30:9

    • לְהַחֲרִ֖ידlehacharidpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make tremble
  • I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’

    Ezekiel 32:10

    • וְחָרְד֤וּvechareduHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will tremble
  • They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.

    Ezekiel 34:28

    • מַחֲרִֽיד׃macharidverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: terrifies
  • They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.

    Ezekiel 39:26

    • מַחֲרִֽיד׃macharidverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: disturbs

Hosea

two uses
  • They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

    Hosea 11:10

    • וְיֶחֶרְד֥וּveyecherduHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may tremble
  • They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.

    Hosea 11:11

    • יֶחֶרְד֤וּyecherduverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will tremble

Amos

one use
  • If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

    Amos 3:6

    • יֶחֱרָ֑דוּyecheraduverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they tremble

Micah

one use
  • And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

    Micah 4:4

    • מַחֲרִ֑ידmacharidverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: terrifies

Nahum

one use
  • Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?

    Nahum 2:11

    • מַחֲרִֽיד׃macharidverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: disturbed

Zephaniah

one use
  • The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”

    Zephaniah 3:13

    • מַחֲרִֽיד׃ סmacharidverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: disturbs

Zechariah

one use
  • “What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

    Zechariah 1:21

    • לְהַחֲרִ֣ידlehacharidpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to terrify

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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