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Lexicon :: Strong's H4172 - môrā'

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מוֹרָא
Transliteration
môrā'
Pronunciation
mo-raw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 907c,907d

Strong’s Definitions

מוֹרָא môwrâʼ, mo-raw'; or מֹרָא môrâʼ; or מוֹרָה môwrâhxlit môrâh corrected to môwrâh; (Psalm 9:20), from H3372; fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed:—dread, (that ought to be) fear(-ed), terribleness, terror.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H4172 in the following manner: fear (8x), terror (3x), dread (1x), terribleness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H4172 in the following manner: fear (8x), terror (3x), dread (1x), terribleness (1x).

  1. fear, reverence, terror

    1. fear, terror

    2. reverence

    3. object of reverence

    4. awe-inspiring spectacle or deed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מוֹרָא môwrâʼ, mo-raw'; or מֹרָא môrâʼ; or מוֹרָה môwrâhxlit môrâh corrected to môwrâh; (Psalm 9:20), from H3372; fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed:—dread, (that ought to be) fear(-ed), terribleness, terror.
STRONGS H4172: Abbreviations
מוֺרָא noun masculineDeuteronomy 4:34 fear, מ׳ Malachi 2:5 3 times; מֹרָא Deuteronomy 26:8; suffixes מוֺרָאִי Malachi 1:6; מוֺרָאוֺ Isaiah 8:12; מוֺרַאֲכֶם Isaiah 8:13 2 times; plural מוֺרָאִים Deuteronomy 4:34; —
1. fear, terror, || חַת Genesis 9:2 (P); || מַּחַד Deuteronomy 11:25.
2. reverence: אַיֵּה מוֺרָאִי where is the reverence due to me Malachi 1:6.
3. object of reverence, especially God Isaiah 8:12,13; Psalm 76:12; || בְּרִית Malachi 2:5.
4. awe-inspiring spectacle or deed (ה)גּדול(יםׅ (ה)מ׳ Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 26:8; Deuteronomy 34:12; Jeremiah 32:21.

מוֺרָה noun [masculine] שִׁיתָה מוֺרָה לָהֶם Psalm 9:21, probably appoint (Hosea 6:11) terror (i.e. some awe-inspiring exhibition of power) for them Thes SS RV Ew De Hu Pe Che after Masora, Targum Aq Jerome (מוֺרָה a variation of or probably error for מוֺרָא); possibly set them a teacher, master Bae after Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Syriac Version מוֺרֶה, νομοθέτην; neither altogether satisfactory.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:2

Deuteronomy

4:34; 4:34; 4:34; 11:25; 26:8; 26:8; 34:12

Psalms

76:12

Isaiah

8:12; 8:12; 8:13; 8:13

Jeremiah

32:21

Hosea

6:11

Malachi

1:6; 1:6; 2:5; 2:5

H4172

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4172 matches the Hebrew מוֹרָא (môrā'),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:2 - “The fear and the terror of you shall be [instinctive] in every animal of the land and in every bird of the air; and together with everything that moves on the ground, and with all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - “Or has any [man-made] god ever tried to go and take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your [very] eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:25 - “No man will be able to stand before you; the LORD your God will lay the fear and the dread of you on all the land on which you set foot, just as He has spoken to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:8 - and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terror [suffered by the Egyptians] and with signs and with wonders;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:12 - and in all the mighty power and all the great and terrible deeds which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:20 -

Put them in [reverent] [fn]fear of You, O LORD,

So that the nations may know they are but [frail and mortal] men. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:11 -

Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them;

Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him who is to be feared [with awe-inspired reverence].

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:12 -

“You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’

In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy,

And you are not to fear what they fear nor be in dread of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:13 -

“It is the LORD of hosts whom you are to regard as holy and awesome.

He shall be your [source of] fear,

He shall be your [source of] dread [not man].

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:21 - ‘You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terror;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:6

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“‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a Father, where is My honor? And if I am a Master, where is the [reverent] fear and respect due Me?’ says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise My name. But you say, ‘How and in what way have we despised Your name?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:5 - “My covenant with Levi was [one of] life and peace, and I gave them to him as an object of reverence; so he [and the priests] feared Me and stood in reverent awe of My name.
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