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בָּעַת
bâʻath · Hebrew · Strong's H1204 · 16 occurrences
The KJV renders 29 different Hebrew and Greek words as “trouble”
What it means
to fear
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
affright, be afraid, terrify, trouble
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“trouble”
also renders parenochléō (G3926), tyrbázō (G5182), tarássō (G5015), throéō (G2360), thlíbō (G2346), thlîpsis (G2347), skýllō (G4660), anastatóō (G387), enochléō (G1776), diatarássō (G1298), ʼănaç (H598), bâhal (H926), bᵉhal (H927), ballâhâh (H1091), bᵉʻâthâh (H1205), dâlach (H1804), châmar (H2560), ṭôrach (H2960), mᵉhûwmâh (H4103), ʻâvâh (H5753), ʻâkar (H5916), ʻâmâl (H5999), ʻŏnîy (H6040), tsârâh (H6869), râgaz (H7264), rôgez (H7267), raʻ (H7451), râʻam (H7481)
“be afraid”
Where it appears
16 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
1 Chronicles 21:30 HVNp3ms1 Samuel 16:14 HC/Vpp3fs/Sp3ms1 Samuel 16:15 HVprmsc/Sp2ms2 Samuel 22:5 HVpi3mp/Sp1csDaniel 8:17 HVNp1csEsther 7:6 HVNp3msIsaiah 21:4 HVpp3fs/Sp1csJob 3:5 HVpi3mp/Sp3msJob 7:14 HVpi2ms/Sp1csJob 9:34 HVpj3fs/Sp1csJob 13:11 HVpi3fsJob 13:21 HVpj3fs/Sp1csJob 15:24 HVpi3mp/Sp3msJob 18:11 HVpp3cp/Sp3msJob 33:7 HVpi3fs/Sp2msPsalm 18:4 HVpi3mp/Sp1cs
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.