e.mah denotes terror as a fear that falls on, confronts, or overwhelms people.

The occurrences consistently depict terror as an overwhelming fear or dread: it may be sent ahead of a people, fall upon others, arise within a person, or be associated with a frightening presence or image.

1. Overwhelming fear or dread · dominant

   The noun names fear that comes upon or confronts people: in Exodus 15:16 the APB renders terror and dread as falling on those before the LORD's people, and in Exodus 23:27 it renders a terror sent before Israel that throws peoples into confusion. In Genesis 15:12, Joshua 2:9, and Ezra 3:3, the singular form occurs where terror falls upon Abram, the land's inhabitants, or the returnees' setting; plural forms likewise occur amid affliction in Psalm 88:16 and frightening images in Jeremiah 50:38.

   Exodus 15:16Exodus 23:27Genesis 15:12Joshua 2:9Ezra 3:3Psalm 88:16

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB commonly uses "terror" and related wording such as "dread" and "terrifying" across these verses. Because the English is a paraphrase rather than a word-aligned translation, its varied phrasing does not establish separate lexical senses.