Definition

to slink, i.e. (by implication) to fear, or (causatively) be formidable

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H2119 (זָחַל);

Word family

• זָחַל zâchal

How the KJV renders it

• make afraid
• dreadful
• fear
• terrible

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.