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hor´i-b'l (ש×ערוּר, sha‛ăruÌ„r, ש×ערוּרי, sha‛ăruÌ„rı̄): In sha‛ăruÌ„r, “vile,†“horrible,†is translated “horrible,†“a wonderful and horrible thing†the Revised Version margin “astonishment and horrorâ€; also ; in ; it is sha‛ăruÌ„rı̄; in we have zil‛aÌ„phaÌ„h, “heat,†the Revised Version (British and American) “burning windâ€; in shaÌ„'oÌ„n, “noise,†“tumult,†“He brought me up ... out of a horrible pit,†the Revised Version margin “a pit of tumult†(or destruction). Horribly is the translation of sā‛ar, “to shudder,†“to be whirled away,†in , and of sa‛ar, “fear,†“trembling,†in ; in the Revised Version (British and American) has “horribly afraid†(sa‛ar) for “sore afraid.†“Horrible†occurs frequently in Apocrypha (2 Esdras 11:45; 15:28, 34; The Wisdom of Solomon 3:19, “For horrible (chalepoÌs) is the end of the unrighteous generation†the Revised Version (British and American) “grievous†etc.).