Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
terror
Usage: terror, destruction, calamity, dreadful event
Strong's Number
H1091
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
10
Books
4
Strong's H1091 Quick Answer
Strong's H1091 בַּלָּהָה (ballahah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ballahah (bal-law-haw') n-f. 1. alarm 2. (hence) destruction It has 10 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include terrors, terror, and trouble. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- ballahah (bal-law-haw') n-f. 1. alarm 2. (hence) destruction
- Usage
- 10 linked usages
- Books
- 4 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- terrors, terror, and trouble
Meaning and Definition
ballahah (bal-law-haw') n-f. 1. alarm 2. (hence) destruction [from H1089] KJV: terror, trouble. Root(s): H1089
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1091. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H1091 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ballahah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
How Strong's H1091 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 10 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H1091 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H1091 in the Old Testament
10 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Usage Excerpts
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1091.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1091, grouped by book.
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Strong's H1091 FAQ
What does ballahah (בַּלָּהָה) mean?
Ballahah (Strong's H1091) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "terror". ballahah (bal-law-haw') n-f. 1. alarm 2. (hence) destruction
How many times is ballahah (בַּלָּהָה) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H1091 across 4 books.
Where can I study ballahah (בַּלָּהָה) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1091 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate ballahah (בַּלָּהָה)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as terrors, terror, and trouble. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.