Strong's Hebrew · H1670

H1670 dᵉʼâbâh

דְּאָבָה

deh-aw-baw'

dismay

Looking for Greek G1670 helkýō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H1670. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

dᵉʼâbâh appears once in Scripture, in Job 41:22. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

properly, pining; by analogy, fear

In the King James Version

sorrow.

Derivation

from H1669 (דָּאַב);

Appears 1 time in Scripture

Job 41:22

“Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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