Strong's Hebrew · H367
H367 ʼêymâh
אֵימָה
ay-maw'
terror
Looking for Greek G367 Ananías? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H367. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
ʼêymâh appears 17 times in Scripture, including Genesis 15:12 and Exodus 15:16. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)
In the King James Version
dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.
Derivation
or (shortened) אֵמָה; from the same as H366 (אָיֹם);
Appears 17 times in Scripture
“Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?”
“Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.”
“Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.”
“As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.”
“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.”
“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.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
