Strong's Lexicon

H1763

H1763 — דְּחַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

AramaicdchalverbOccurrences: 6TWOT: 2672

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1763
Word:	דְּחַל
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	(Aramaic) corresponding to H2119
Language:	Aramaic
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	dchal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	deh-khal'
Meaning:	1. to slink 2. (by implication) to fear, or (causatively) be formidable
KJV Renderings:	make afraid, dreadful, fear, terrible.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9439

[דְּחַל] verb fear (so ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew II. זָחַל ]; —

Pe`al Participle active plural דָּֽחְלִין Dan 5:19, with מִןקֳֿדָם of king, Dan 6:27, id. of God; passive דְּחִיל terrible Dan 2:31, feminine דְּחִילָה Dan 7:7; Dan 7:19.

Pa`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וִידֵחֲלִנַּנִי Dan 4:2 the dream made me afraid.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דחל (d’ghal)

Daniel 3:19

KJV: Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.full: Chaldee, filled

EHCC: trembled and feared before him: