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בַּלָּהָה H1091
H1091 is the Hebrew word בַּלָּהָה, transliterated ballâhâh and said bal-law-haw'. The King James Version most often renders it terrors.
What it means
alarm; hence, destruction.
Where it comes from
from H1089 (בָּלַהּ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 8 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: terror, trouble.
Verses using בַּלָּהָה
All 8 verses, quoted in full.
Job 18:11 · KJV
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Job 24:17 · KJV
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.
Job 27:20 · KJV
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Job 30:15 · KJV
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Isaiah 17:14 · KJV
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.
Ezekiel 26:21 · KJV
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.
Ezekiel 27:36 · KJV
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
Ezekiel 28:19 · KJV
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.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1091 mean?
H1091 is the Hebrew word בַּלָּהָה (ballâhâh), meaning alarm; hence, destruction.
How is H1091 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it terrors (4 times), terror (3 times), trouble (1 time).
How many times does H1091 appear in the Bible?
בַּלָּהָה (ballâhâh) is tagged in 8 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1091 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1089 (בָּלַהּ).
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