Psalms 55:5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
†Fearefulnesse and trembling are come vpon me, and horrour hath ouerwhelmed me.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. couered me.
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- Psalms 119:120Rank 2 from verse 5
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14And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
14And Dauid said vnto all his seruants that were with him at Ierusalem, Arise, and let vs flee; for wee shall not else escape from Absalom: make speede to depart, lest hee ouertake vs suddenly, and †bring euill vpon vs, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
- Ezekiel 7:18Rank 5 from verse 5
18They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
18*They shall also girde themselues with sackcloth, and horrour shall couer them, and shame shall be vpon all faces, and baldnesse vpon all their heads.
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15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
15I am afflicted and ready to die, from my youth vp: while I suffer thy terrours, I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth ouer me: thy terrours haue cut me off.
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Psalms 55:5
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fearfulness
A state of fear, dread, or terror.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Shaking or quaking through fear, awe, weakness, or distress.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Great fear, dread, or terrified sorrow.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
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overwhelmed
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of overwhelm, meaning to overpower or bear down.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
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4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrours of death are fallen vpon me.
5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
5†Fearefulnesse and trembling are come vpon me, and horrour hath ouerwhelmed me.
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