Lexical Definition

‎עָרַץ‎ ʻârats (aw-rats') to tremble ^H:V
a primitive root

be affrighted (afraid, dread, feared, terrified), break, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, shake terribly.

• to awe or (intransitive) to dread
• hence, to harass

1) to tremble, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, break, be terrified, cause to tremble
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cause to tremble, terrify
1b2) to tremble, feel dread
1b) (Niphal) to be awesome, be terrible
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to regard or treat with awe, regard or treat as awful
1c2) to inspire with awe, terrify

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎עָרַץ‎] verb cause to tremble, tremble (in terror, or awe) (compare Arabic quiver, flicker; Syriac come upon suddenly or violently, PS under the word passim; compare Egyptian ±u-ra-¼-au(t), they terrified (= ‎ערצו‎) WMM^As.u.Eur.76); —

Qal Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תַּעֲרֹץ‎ Deut 7:21 +; 2 feminine singular ‎תַּעֲר֑וֺצִי‎ Isa 47:12 1 singular ‎אֶעֱרוֺץ‎ Job 31:34, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎עֲרֹץ‎ Isa 2:19 +; —

1. cause to tremble (i.e. strike with awe) with accusative ‎הָאָרֶץ‎ Isa 2:19; Isa 2:21 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎; insert probably also vIsa 2:10); ‎הֶעָלֶה נִדָּף‎ ‎׳‎‎תַּע‎ Job 13:25 wilt thou strike with awe the driven leaf ? absolute cause trembling = inspire awe Isa 47:12 (of Babylonian ), Ps 10:18.

2. intransitive tremble, feel dread (D), Deut 1:29; Deut 7:21; Deut 20:3; Deut 31:6; Josh 1:9 with accusative Job 31:34 because I stood in awe of the great multitude. Niph`al Participle ‎אֵל נַעֲרָץ‎ Ps 89:8* El, terrible in the company of the holy ones (|| ‎נוֺרָא‎).

Hiph`il 1. regard, or treat, with awe, as awful: 2 masculine plural ‎וְלֹא תַעֲרִ֑יצוּ‎ Isa 8:12 (accusative ‎מוֺרָאוֺ‎); 3 masculine plural ‎יַעֲרִ֑יצוּ‎ Isa 29:23 accusative ‎׳‎‎אֶתאֱֿלֹהֵי יִשׂ‎.

2. inspire with awe (compare Qal 2); — Participle suffix ‎הוּא מַעֲִ˜רצְכֶם‎ Isa 8:13 he shall be your awe-inspirer.

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