Bible word study

Bahal (Strong’s H926): Meaning in the Bible

Bahal (בָּהַל) is the Hebrew word numbered H926 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously. In the King James Bible it is translated be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be.

• Original wordבָּהַל
• Transliterationbâhal
• Pronunciationbaw-hal'
• Part of speechverb (v)
• Strong’s numberH926
• LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Bahal appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Bahal (H926) stands behind 39 English renderings in 39 verses across 17 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Psalms (10), Job (5), 2 Chronicles (3).

How the King James Bible renders Bahal, by count

• troubled13 of 39 (33 percent)
• afraid3 of 39 (8 percent)
• vexed3 of 39 (8 percent)
• amazed2 of 39 (5 percent)
• hasty2 of 39 (5 percent)
• trouble2 of 39 (5 percent)

Three places to read Bahal

• Genesis 45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
• Job 21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
• Psalms 104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Bahal in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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