עָרַץ ʻârats — to awe or (intransitive) to dread
Translated in the KJV as be affrighted (afraid, dread, feared, terrified), break, fear, oppress, prevail, shake terribly.
a primitive root; to awe or (intransitive) to dread; hence, to harass.
ʻârats in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Jussive 3Infinitive construct 3
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Participle (active) 1
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
Niph'al
Participle (active) 1
O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›