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Terror [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Extreme fear; violent dread; fright; fear that agitates the body and mind.

2. The sword without, and terror within. Deuteronomy 32:25 .

3. The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. Job 6:4 .

4. That which may excite dread; the cause of extreme fear.

5. Rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Romans 13:3 .

6. Those enormous terrors of the Nile.

7. In Scripture, the sudden judgments of God are called terrors. Psalms 73:19 .

8. The threatenings of wicked men, or evil apprehended from them. 1 Peter 3:14 .

9. Awful majesty, calculated to impress fear. 2 Corinthians 5:11 .

10. Death is emphatically styled the king of terrors.

Terror [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.

2. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.

Terrorism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.

2. The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.

Terrorist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

Terrorize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

Terrorless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Free from terror.

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Genesis 15:12

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

Genesis 35:5

And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

Exodus 15:16

Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

Exodus 23:27

I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

Leviticus 26:16

I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

Deuteronomy 4:34

Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

Deuteronomy 26:8

And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:

Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.

Deuteronomy 32:25

The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

Deuteronomy 34:12

And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.

and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

Joshua 2:9

And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.

1 Samuel 11:7

And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they turned out as one man.

1 Samuel 14:15

And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.

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 Kings 1:49

And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.

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

2 Chronicles 14:14

And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.

2 Chronicles 29:8

Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you can see with your own eyes.

Esther 7:6

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Job 6:21

For now ye are no thing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.

Job 9:34

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

Job 13:21

Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.