Strong's Lexicon

H367

H367 — אֵימָה אֵמָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebreweymahnoun femOccurrences: 17TWOT: 80b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H367
Word:	אֵימָה אֵמָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from the same as H366
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	17
Transliteration:	eymah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ay-maw' (or (shortened) remah {ay-maw'}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. fright 2. (concretely) an idol (as a bugbear)
KJV Renderings:	dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB382

אֵימָה₁₇ noun feminine terror, dread (Talmud id., compare Assyrian imtu, Dl^W) — ׳ א Gen 15:12 +; אֵימָ֫תָה Exod 15:16 (compare Ges^{«GKC:90»§ 90}, 2 R. b); construct אֵימַת Prov 20:2 suffix אֵימָתִי Exod 23:27 אֵמָתִי Job 33:7, etc.; plural אֵימִים Jer 50:38 אֵמִים Job 20:25 אֵימוֺת Ps 55:5 suffix אֵמֶיךָ Ps 88:16 — terror, dread (mostly in poetry), inspired by ׳ י Exod 15:16 (song in E || פַּחַד) Exod 23:27 ( E ) Deut 32:25 ; Job 9:34; Job 13:21 compare Job 33:7; Job 20:25; Ps 88:16 (|| חֲרוֺנִים, בִּעוּתִים Ps 88:17); compare Gen 15:2 אֵימָה חֲשֵׁכָה גְדוֺלָה; occasioned by enemies Josh 2:9; Isa 33:18; Ezra 3:3 by king Prov 20:2 compare Ps 55:5 אֵימוֺת מָוֶת (|| יִרְאָה, רַעַד, פַּלָּצוּת v Ps 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) Jer 50:38 (|| פּסלים).

BDB9295

[אֵימְתָן D^{§ 35, 1} θ] adjective terrible ( ᵑ7 אֵימְתָן, from אֵימְתָא = Biblical Hebrew אֵימָה , q. v. √ אים); — feminine singular absolute אֵימְתָנִי (K^{§ 61, 5})) Dan 7:7 (on form see Prät^{ZMG lvi (1902), 156} Nö^{BSSW 51, Anm. 3}).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אִימָה (eh)

Exodus 15:16

KJV: Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

EHCC: Fear and dread shall fall upon them ;

Exodus 28:27

KJV: And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

EHCC: I will send my y fear before thee,

Deuteronomy 32:25

KJV: The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.within: Heb. from the chambersdestroy: Heb. bereave

EHCC: The sword without, and terror within,

Joshua 2:9

KJV: And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.faint: Heb. melt

EHCC: that your terror is fallen upon us,

Ezra 3:8

KJV: Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.

EHCC: fear (was) upon them

Job 9:34

KJV: Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

EHCC: and let not his fear terrify me:

Job 18:21

KJV: Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

EHCC: and let not thy dread e me afraid.

Job 20:25

KJV: It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

EHCC: terrors (are) upon him.

Job 33:7

KJV: Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

EHCC: my terror shall not make thee afraid,

Job 39:20

KJV: Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.terrible: Heb. terror

EHCC: of bis nostrils (is) terrible. (marg. terror)

Job 41:14

KJV: Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

EHCC: (6). his teeth (are) terrible round about.

Isaiah 33:18

KJV: Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?receiver: Heb. weigher?

EHCC: Thine heart shall meditate terror. -

Jeremiah 50:38

KJV: A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

EHCC: and they sre mad upon (their) idols.