Bahal means “amazed” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G926 — barys (“weighty”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H926 נִבְהֲל֖וּ is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. bahal (baw-hal') v. 1. to tremble inwardly (or palpitate) 2. (figuratively) to be (suddenly) alarmed or agitated It has 37 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include make, they, hastened, suddenly, and tremble. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
bahal (baw-hal') v. 1. to tremble inwardly (or palpitate) 2. (figuratively) to be (suddenly) alarmed or agitated 3. (causative) to make (suddenly) alarmed or agitated 4. (by implication) to hasten anx
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to dismay
Usage: 1) to disturb, alarm, terrify, hurry, be disturbed, be anxious, be afraid, be hurried, be nervous 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be disturbed, dismayed, terrified, anxious 1a2) to be in haste, be hasty 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make haste, act hastily, be hurried, be hastened 1b2) to dismay, terrify 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to hasten 1c2) hastened, hastily gained (part.) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to hasten, hurry, make haste 1d2) to dismay, terrify
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37 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
First 37 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H926.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
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Bahal (Strong's H926) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "amazed". bahal (baw-hal') v. 1. to tremble inwardly (or palpitate) 2. (figuratively) to be (suddenly) alarmed or agitated
This page currently indexes 37 linked usages for Strong's H926 across 16 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H926 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as make, they, hastened, suddenly, and tremble. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.