HOR'ROR, n. L. from horreo, to shake or shiver, or to set up the bristles,to be rough.
1. A shaking, shivering or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever. This ague is usually accompanied with a contraction of the skin into small wrinkles, giving it a kind of roughness.
2. An excessive degree of fear,or a painful emotion which makes a person tremble terror a shuddering with fear but appropriately, terror or a sensation approaching it, accompanied with hatred or detestation. Horror is often a passion compounded of fear and hatred or disgust. The recital of a bloody deed fills us with horror.
A horror of great darkness fell on Abram. Genesis 15
Horror hath taken hold on me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law. Psalms 119
3. That which may excite horror or dread gloom dreariness.
And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
4. Dreadful thoughts.
5. Distressing scenes as the horrors of war or famine.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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