H367 - אֵימָה (ʼêymâh)

H367 אֵימָה (ʼêymâh) ay-maw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

terror

Strong's Definition

fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)

Derivation: or (shortened) אֵמָה; from the same as H366 (אָיֹם);

KJV Usage: dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.

TWOT Reference: 80b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) terror, dread

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G547 G1167 G5156 G5401

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

terror, dread

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֵמָה / אֵימָה êymâh / êmâh BDB Definition: 1) terror, dread Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H366 Same Word by TWOT Number: 80b Total KJV Occurrences: 17

Bible Occurrences (17)

15:12

15:16 23:27

32:25

2:9

3:3

9:34 13:21 20:25 33:7 39:20 41:14

55:4 88:15

20:2

33:18

50:38

Genesis 15:12

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

Exodus 15:16

and 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, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

Exodus 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 and run....

Deuteronomy 32:25

Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man... and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

Joshua 2:9

and said to them..., I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.

Ezra 3:3

They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed... burnt offerings on it to the LORD — [both] the morning and evening burnt offerings — even though they feared the people of the land.

Job 9:34

Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

Job 13:21

Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.