367. emah

Strong's Concordance

emah: terror, dread

Original Word: אֵימָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: emah
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-maw')
Definition: terror, dread

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as ayom
Definition
terror, dread
NASB Translation
dread (2), fear (1), fearsome (1), terrible (1), terrified (1), terror (8), terrors (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֵימָה₁₇ noun feminine terror, dread (Talmud id., compare Assyrian imtu, Dl^W) — ׳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 "" מַּחַד) 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, מַּלָּצוּת 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 ("" מּסלים).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror

Or (shortened) remah {ay-maw'}; from the same as 'ayom; fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear) -- dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.

see HEBREW 'ayom

Forms and Transliterations

אֵ֣ימַת אֵ֭מָתִי אֵֽימַתְכֶם֙ אֵֽימָתִי֙ אֵימָ֑ה אֵימָ֙תָה֙ אֵימָ֛ה אֵימָֽה׃ אֵמִֽים׃ אֵמֶ֣יךָ אימה אימה׃ אימת אימתה אימתי אימתכם אמיך אמים׃ אמתי בְּאֵימָ֣ה באימה וְ֝אֵ֥מָתְךָ֗ וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹ וְאֵימ֥וֹת וּבָאֵימִ֖ים ואימות ואמתו ואמתך ובאימים ’ê·mā·ṯāh ’ê·mā·ṯî ’ê·māh ’ê·maṯ ’ê·maṯ·ḵem ’ê·me·ḵā ’ê·mîm ’êmāh ’êmaṯ ’êmāṯāh ’êmāṯî ’êmaṯḵem ’êmeḵā ’êmîm bə’êmāh bə·’ê·māh beeiMah eiMah Eimat eiMatah eimatChem eimaTi Emati eMeicha eMim ū·ḇā·’ê·mîm ūḇā’êmîm uvaeiMim veeiMot veEmatecha veemaTo wə’êmāṯəḵā wə’êmāṯōw wə’êmōwṯ wə·’ê·mā·ṯə·ḵā wə·’ê·mā·ṯōw wə·’ê·mō·wṯ

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 15:12
HEB: אַבְרָ֑ם וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵימָ֛ה חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה
NAS: and behold, terror [and] great
KJV: upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great
INT: Abram and behold terror darkness great

Exodus 15:16
HEB: תִּפֹּ֨ל עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם אֵימָ֙תָה֙ וָפַ֔חַד בִּגְדֹ֥ל
NAS: Terror and dread fall
KJV: Fear and dread shall fall
INT: fall and Terror and dread the greatness

Exodus 23:27
HEB: אֶת־ אֵֽימָתִי֙ אֲשַׁלַּ֣ח לְפָנֶ֔יךָ
NAS: I will send My terror ahead
KJV: I will send my fear before
INT: my terror will send ahead

Deuteronomy 32:25
HEB: חֶ֔רֶב וּמֵחֲדָרִ֖ים אֵימָ֑ה גַּם־ בָּחוּר֙
NAS: And inside terror-- Both
KJV: without, and terror within,
INT: the sword within terror again young

Joshua 2:9
HEB: וְכִֽי־ נָפְלָ֤ה אֵֽימַתְכֶם֙ עָלֵ֔ינוּ וְכִ֥י
NAS: you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen
KJV: you the land, and that your terror is fallen
INT: of you has fallen the terror and for

Ezra 3:3
HEB: מְכ֣וֹנֹתָ֔יו כִּ֚י בְּאֵימָ֣ה עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם מֵעַמֵּ֖י
NAS: on its foundation, for they were terrified because
KJV: upon his bases; for fear [was] upon them because of the people
INT: foundation for were terrified of the peoples

Job 9:34
HEB: מֵעָלַ֣י שִׁבְט֑וֹ וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹ אַֽל־ תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃
NAS: His rod from me, And let not dread of Him terrify
KJV: away from me, and let not his fear terrify
INT: and his rod dread nay terrify

Job 13:21
HEB: מֵעָלַ֣י הַרְחַ֑ק וְ֝אֵ֥מָתְךָ֗ אַֽל־ תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃
NAS: Your hand from me, And let not the dread of You terrify
KJV: far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
INT: and Remove the dread nay terrify

Job 20:25
HEB: יַהֲלֹ֗ךְ עָלָ֥יו אֵמִֽים׃
NAS: from his gall. Terrors come
KJV: of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.
INT: come and Terrors

Job 33:7
HEB: הִנֵּ֣ה אֵ֭מָתִי לֹ֣א תְבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ
NAS: no fear of me should terrify
KJV: Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid,
INT: Behold fear no terrify

Job 39:20
HEB: ה֖וֹד נַחְר֣וֹ אֵימָֽה׃
NAS: His majestic snorting is terrible.
KJV: of his nostrils [is] terrible.
INT: beauty snorting is terrible

Job 41:14
HEB: סְבִיב֖וֹת שִׁנָּ֣יו אֵימָֽה׃
NAS: Around his teeth there is terror.
KJV: his teeth [are] terrible round about.
INT: about his teeth is terror

Psalm 55:4
HEB: יָחִ֣יל בְּקִרְבִּ֑י וְאֵימ֥וֹת מָ֝֗וֶת נָפְל֥וּ
NAS: within me, And the terrors of death
KJV: within me: and the terrors of death
INT: anguish within and the terrors of death have fallen

Psalm 88:15
HEB: מִנֹּ֑עַר נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ אָפֽוּנָה׃
NAS: on; I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.
KJV: up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
INT: my youth suffer your terrors I am distracted

Proverbs 20:2
HEB: נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר אֵ֣ימַת מֶ֑לֶךְ מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗וֹ
NAS: The terror of a king
KJV: The fear of a king [is] as the roaring
INT: the growling of a lion the terror of a king provokes

Isaiah 33:18
HEB: לִבְּךָ֖ יֶהְגֶּ֣ה אֵימָ֑ה אַיֵּ֤ה סֹפֵר֙
NAS: will meditate on terror: Where
KJV: shall meditate terror. Where [is] the scribe?
INT: your heart will meditate terror Where counts

Jeremiah 50:38
HEB: פְּסִלִים֙ הִ֔יא וּבָאֵימִ֖ים יִתְהֹלָֽלוּ׃
NAS: And they are mad over fearsome idols.
KJV: and they are mad upon [their] idols.
INT: of idols he fearsome are mad

17 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 367
17 Occurrences

bə·’ê·māh — 1 Occ.
’ê·māh — 5 Occ.
’ê·maṯ — 1 Occ.
’ê·mā·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
’ê·maṯ·ḵem — 1 Occ.
’ê·mā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
’ê·mā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
’ê·me·ḵā — 1 Occ.
’ê·mîm — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇā·’ê·mîm — 1 Occ.
wə·’ê·mō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
wə·’ê·mā·ṯə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
wə·’ê·mā·ṯōw — 1 Occ.