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

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, 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 "" 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
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

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