King of Terrors
English edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Biblical Hebrew בַּלָּהֽוֹת לְמֶ֣לֶךְ (“king of terrors”) from Job 18:14.[1]
Proper noun edit
- (poetic) death
- 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Church-yard. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC:
- Mr. Dangerfield, or shall we say the villain, Charles Archer, with characteristic promptitude and coolness, availed himself of the interval to try every influence he could once have set in motion, and as it were to gather his strength for a mighty tussle with the king of terrors, when his pale fingers should tap at his cell door.