KJV dictionary & concordance
Impressing great fear; terrible; formidable.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 28:17
Complete exact-word concordance
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place? this is none other, but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen.
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
A dreadfull sound is in his eares; in prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
1611 marginal noteHebr. a sound of feares.
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
As for their rings, they were so high, that they were dreadful, and their rings were full of eyes round about them foure.
1611 marginal noteOr, strakes.
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadfull and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great yron teeth: it deuoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feete of it, and it was diuers from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten hornes.
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diuerse from al the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of yron, and his nailes of brasse, which deuoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feete,
1611 marginal noteCald. from all those.
And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
And I prayed vnto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said; O LORD, the great and dreadfull God, keeping the couenant, and mercy to them that loue him, and to them that keepe his Commandements:
1611 marginal noteNehe.1.5. deut.7.9.
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
They are terrible and dreadfull: their iudgement and their dignity shal proceed of themselues.
1611 marginal noteOr, from them shall proceed the iudgement of these, and the captiuity of these.
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
But cursed be the deceiuer, which hath in his flocke a male, and voweth and sacrificeth vnto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hostes, and my name is dreadfull among the heathen.
1611 marginal noteHeb. in whose flocke is.
¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
¶ Beholde, I will send you Eliiah the Prophet, before the comming of the great and dreadfull day of the LORD.
1611 marginal noteMatth.11, 14. luke 1.17. mark. 9.11.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Impressing great fear; terrible; formidable.
