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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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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:16 - terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of your arm they will be as still as a stone— until your people pass by, LORD, until the people you bought[fn] pass by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27 - “I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - In the street the sword will make them childless; in their homes terror will reign. The young men and young women will perish, the infants and those with gray hair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:9 - and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:3 - Despite their fear of the peoples around them, they built the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD, both the morning and evening sacrifices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:34 - someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:21 - Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frightening me with your terrors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:25 - He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors will come over him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:7 - No fear of me should alarm you, nor should my hand be heavy on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:20 - Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:14 - Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:4 - My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:2 - A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion; those who anger him forfeit their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 - In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: “Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:38 - A drought on[fn] her waters! They will dry up. For it is a land of idols, idols that will go mad with terror.
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