Strong's Lexicon

H4172

H4172 — מוֹרָא מוֹרָא מוֹרָה

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

Hebrewmowranoun mascOccurrences: 12TWOT: 907c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4172
Word:	מוֹרָא מוֹרָא מוֹרָה
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3372
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	12
Transliteration:	mowra
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mo-raw' (or morat {mo-raw'} or morah (Psa. 9) n-m.
Meaning:	1. fear 2. (by implication) a fearful thing or deed
KJV Renderings:	dread, (that ought to be) fear(-ed), terribleness, terror.

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BDB3712

מוֺרָא noun masculine^{Deut 4:34} fear, ׳ מ Mal 2:5 + 3 t.; מֹרָא Deut 26:8 suffixes מוֺרָאִי Mal 1:6 מוֺרָאוֺ Isa 8:12 מוֺרַאֲכֶם Isa 8:13 + 2 t.; plural מוֺרָאִים Deut 4:34 —

1. fear, terror, || חַת Gen 9:2 ( P ); || פַּחַד Deut 11:25.

2. reverence: אַיֵּה מוֺרָאִי where is the reverence due to me Mal 1:6.

3. object of reverence, especially God Isa 8:12; Isa 8:13; Ps 76:12 || בְּרִית Mal 2:5.

4. awe-inspiring spectacle or deed (ה)גּדול(יםׅ ׳ (ה)מ Deut 4:34; Deut 26:8; Deut 34:12; Jer 32:21.

BDB3713

מוֺרָה noun [masculine] שִׁיתָה מוֺרָה לָהֶם Ps 9:21, probably appoint (Hos 6:11) terror (i.e. some awe-inspiring exhibition of power) for them Thes SS RV Ew De Hu Pe Che after Masora, ᵑ7 Aq Jerome (מוֺרָה a variation of or probably error for מוֺרָא); possibly set them a teacher, master Bae after ᵐ5 ᵑ9 ᵑ6 מוֺרֶה, νομοθέτην; neither altogether satisfactory.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מורא (h-r)

Genesis 9:2

KJV: And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

EHCC: the and the dread of

Genesis 11:25

KJV: And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

EHCC: and the dread of you upon ali the iand

Genesis 26:8

KJV: And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

EHCC: and with great terribleness,

Genesis 84:12

EHCC: all the great terror which Moses shewed

Psalms 9:20

KJV: Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

EHCC: (21). Put them in fear, O Lord:

Psalms 76:13

EHCC: bring preene xnto him that ought ₪

Isaiah 8:12

KJV: Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

EHCC: neither fear ye their fear,

Jeremiah 32:21

KJV: And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;

EHCC: a stretched out arm, and with great terrer;

Malachi 1:6

KJV: A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

EHCC: if 1 (be) a master, where (is) my fear?