אֵימָה
e.mah
“terror”
Definition
fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)
or (shortened) אֵמָה; from the same as H366 (אָיֹם);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
אֵימָה appears 14 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Outside, the sword will take their children,and inside, terror will strikethe young man and the young woman,the infant and the gray-haired man.
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.
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
A drought is upon her waters,and they will be dried up.For it is a land of graven images,and the people go mad over idols.
It is drawn out of his back,the gleaming point from his liver.Terrors come over him.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.