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Lexicon :: Strong's H367 - 'êmâ

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אֵימָה
Transliteration
'êmâ
Pronunciation
ay-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as אָיֹם (H366)
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TWOT Reference: 80b

Strong’s Definitions

אֵימָה ʼêymâh, ay-maw'; or (shortened) אֵמָה ʼêmâh; from the same as H366; fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear):—dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H367 in the following manner: terror(s) (7x), fear (5x), terrible (2x), dread (1x), horror (1x), idols (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H367 in the following manner: terror(s) (7x), fear (5x), terrible (2x), dread (1x), horror (1x), idols (1x).

  1. terror, dread

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵימָה ʼêymâh, ay-maw'; or (shortened) אֵמָה ʼêmâh; from the same as H366; fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear):—dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.
STRONGS H367: Abbreviations
† אֵימָה 17 noun feminine terror, dread (Talmud id., compare Assyrian imtu, DlW) — א׳ Genesis 15:12 +; אֵימָ֫תָה Exodus 15:16 (compare Ges§ 90, 2 R. b); construct אֵימַת Proverbs 20:2; suffix אֵימָתִי Exodus 23:27; אֵמָתִי Job 33:7, etc.; plural אֵימִים Jeremiah 50:38; אֵמִים Job 20:25; אֵימוֺת Psalm 55:5; suffix אֵמֶיךָ Psalm 88:16; — terror, dread (mostly in poetry), inspired by י׳ Exodus 15:16 (song in E || פַּחַד) Exodus 23:27 (E) Deuteronomy 32:25; Job 9:34; Job 13:21; compare Job 33:7; Job 20:25; Psalm 88:16 (|| חֲרוֺנִים, בִּעוּתִים Psalm 88:17); compare Genesis 15:2 אֵימָה חֲשֵׁכָה גְדוֺלָה; occasioned by enemies Joshua 2:9; Isaiah 33:18; Ezra 3:3; by king Proverbs 20:2; compare Psalm 55:5 אֵימוֺת מָוֶת (|| יִרְאָה, רַעַד, פַּלָּצוּת Psalm 55:6); predicate of snorting of a war-horse Job 39:20, of teeth of crocodile Job 41:6; plural figurative = idols (i.e. dreadful, shocking things) Jeremiah 50:38 (|| פּסליס).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H574.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:2; 15:12

Exodus

15:16; 15:16; 23:27; 23:27

Deuteronomy

32:25

Joshua

2:9

Ezra

3:3

Job

9:34; 13:21; 20:25; 20:25; 33:7; 33:7; 39:20; 41:6

Psalms

55:5; 55:5; 55:6; 88:16; 88:16; 88:17

Proverbs

20:2; 20:2

Isaiah

33:18

Jeremiah

50:38; 50:38

H367

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H367 matches the Hebrew אֵימָה ('êmâ),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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As the sun was setting, a deep sleep came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.

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terror and dread will fall on them.

They will be as still[fn] as a stone

because of your powerful arm

until your people pass by, LORD,

until the people whom you purchased[fn] pass by.

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“I will cause the people ahead of you to feel terror[fn] and will throw into confusion all the nations you come to. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in retreat.[fn]

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“Outside, the sword will take their children,

and inside, there will be terror;

the young man and the young woman will be killed,

the infant and the gray-haired man.

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and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and everyone who lives in the land is panicking because of you.[fn]

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They set up the altar on its foundation and offered burnt offerings for the morning and evening on it to the LORD even though they feared the surrounding peoples.

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Let him take his rod away from me

so his terror will no longer frighten me.

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remove your hand from me,

and do not let your terror frighten me.

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He pulls it out of his back,

the flashing tip out of his liver.[fn]

Terrors come over him.

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Fear of me should not terrify you;

no pressure from me should weigh you down.

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Do you make him leap like a locust?

His proud snorting fills one with terror.

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Who can open his jaws,[fn]

surrounded by those terrifying teeth?

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My heart shudders within me;

terrors of death sweep over me.

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From my youth,

I have been suffering and near death.

I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.

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A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;

anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

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Your mind will meditate on the past terror:

“Where is the accountant?[fn]

Where is the tribute collector?[fn]

Where is the one who spied out our defenses? ”[fn]

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A drought will come on her waters,

and they will be dried up.

For it is a land of carved images,

and they go mad because of terrifying things.[fn]

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