STRONGS NUMBER H367


Word Summary
emah: terror, dread
Original Word: אֵימָה
Transliteration: emah
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: terror, dread
Meaning: fright, an idol
Strong's 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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H367. emah

אֵימָה17 noun feminine terror, dread (Talmud id., compare Assyrian imtu, DlW) — ׳אGenesis 15:12 +; אֵימָ֫תָהExodus 15:16 (compare Ges§ 90, 2 R. b); construct אֵימַתProverbs 20:2; suffix אֵימָתִיExodus 23:27; אֵמָתִיJob 33:7, etc.; plural אֵימִיםJeremiah 50:38; אֵמִיםJob 20:25; אֵימוֺתPsalm 55:5; suffix אֵמֶיךָ88:16; — terror, dread (mostly in poetry), inspired by ׳יExodus 15:16 (song in E "" מַּחַד‎) 23:27 (E) Deuteronomy 32:25; Job 9:34; 13:21; compare 33:7; 20:25; Psalm 88:16 ("" בִּעוּתִים חֲרוֺנִים,88:17); compare Genesis 15:2 גְדוֺלָה חֲשֵׁכָה אֵימָה‎; occasioned by enemies Joshua 2:9; Isaiah 33:18; Ezra 3:3; by king Proverbs 20:2; compare Psalm 55:5 מָוֶת אֵימוֺת‎ ("" מַּלָּצוּת רַעַד, יִרְאָה,55:6); predicate of snorting of a war-horse Job 39:20, of teeth of crocodile 41:6; plural figurative = idols (i.e. dreadful, shocking things) Jeremiah 50:38 ("" מּסלים‎).