to fear
de.chal describes what is terrifying in appearance and the fear shown before a powerful ruler.
The attested uses chiefly describe an image or beast as terrifying in appearance; a separate active-participial use depicts peoples fearing before a ruler. Two further verbal forms occur in clauses where the APB translation does not isolate the term's contribution.
Senses in use
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Terrifying in appearance · dominant
The passive participle describes the great image's appearance in Daniel 2:31, where the APB renders it “terrifying.” The same form describes the fourth beast in Daniel 7:7 and Daniel 7:19; the APB portrays it as “fearful and terrible” and “exceedingly terrifying” amid its crushing and trampling actions.
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Fear shown before a ruler · occasional
In Daniel 5:19, the Qal active participle occurs in the clause about all peoples, nations, and languages before the one endowed with greatness. The APB renders the response as “trembled and feared before him,” alongside his power to kill, exalt, and bring low.
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Fear in clauses not isolated by the translation · occasional
Daniel 4:2 has a Piel imperfect form in a clause whose APB wording concerns making known signs and wonders, without isolating this verb's contribution. Daniel 6:27 has a Qal active participle in a verse the APB renders as praise of one who delivers Daniel; the translation likewise does not identify a separate English counterpart for the form.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the passive participles describe the image and beast, the APB uses “terrifying,” “fearful and terrible,” and “exceedingly terrifying.” In Daniel 5:19 it renders the surrounding response as “trembled and feared before him”; Daniel 4:2 and Daniel 6:27 do not isolate a corresponding English expression.