- Original: זחל - Transliteration: Zachal - Phonetic: zaw-khal' - Definition: 1. to shrink back, crawl away a. (Qal) crawling, creeping (participle) (meton) 2. to fear, be afraid - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 545 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to crawl; by implication to fear: - be afraid serpent worm. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • afraid, 1 Job 32:6 • serpents, 1 Deuteronomy 32:24 • worms, 1 Micah 7:17