Terror

TER'ROR, noun [Latin terror from terreo, to frighten.]

1. Extreme fear; violent dread; fright; fear that agitates the body and mind.

The sword without, and terror within. [[Deuteronomy 32#25|Deuteronomy 32:25]].

The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. [[Job 6#4|Job 6:4]].

2. That which may excite dread; the cause of extreme fear.

Rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. [[Romans 13#3|Romans 13:3]].

Those enormous terrors of the Nile.

3. In Scripture, the sudden judgments of God are called terrors.[[Psalms 73#19|Psalms 73:19]].

4. The threatenings of wicked men, or evil apprehended from them. [[1 Peter 3#14|1 Peter 3:14]].

5. Awful majesty, calculated to impress fear. [[2 Corinthians 5#11|2 Corinthians 5:11]].

6. Death is emphatically styled the king of terrors.