Strong's Concordance zachal: afraid Original Word: זָחַלPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: zachal Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-khal') Short Definition: afraid Brown-Driver-Briggs I. [זָחַל] verb shrink back, crawl away (Aramaic זְחַל crawl (also drop, drip, of water: so Late Hebrew זָחַל), זָחֵיל worm; Syriac locust (as crawling); Arabic withdraw, retire to a distance (see Lane, Wetzst in DeHiob 2, 428), and Sabean זחֿל withdraw, humble oneself DHMZMG 1875, 610) — Qal only Participle plural construct זֹחֲלֵי Deuteronomy 32:24; Micah 7:17; — crawl, of reptiles (participle) זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר Deuteronomy 32:24 i.e. serpents (as poisonous), instruments of Yahweh's judgment on Israel; ארץ ׳ז Micah 7:17 id. (as crawling into the earth to hide), simile of nations in fear of ׳י. II. [זָחַל] verb fear, be afraid (Aramaic דְּחַל, ; compare Arabic rancour, malevolence; NöZMG. 1886, 741) — only Qal Perfect1singular זָחַלְתִּי Job 32:6 therefore I feared ("" וָאִירָא); > most, who derive from I. זָחַל = shrink away in fear, hold back (RV), compare ᵑ7 אִסְתְּמִּיתִי Fl ChWBii. 571. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance be afraid, serpent, worm A primitive root; to crawl; by implication, to fear -- be afraid, serpent, worm. Forms and Transliterations זָחַ֥לְתִּי זֹחֲלֵ֥י זחלי זחלתי כְּזֹחֲלֵ֣י כזחלי kə·zō·ḥă·lê kezochaLei kəzōḥălê zā·ḥal·tî zaChalti zāḥaltî zō·ḥă·lê zochaLei zōḥălêLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 21193 Occurrences kə·zō·ḥă·lê — 1 Occ. zā·ḥal·tî — 1 Occ. zō·ḥă·lê — 1 Occ. Deuteronomy 32:24 HEB: עִם־ חֲמַ֖ת זֹחֲלֵ֥י עָפָֽר׃ NAS: upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. KJV: upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. INT: With the venom of crawling of the dust Job 32:6 Micah 7:17 |