Word

אֵימָה

ʼêymâh · H367 · Hebrew · 17 occurrences

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Meanings

terror, dread

State of strong fear because of an actual or perceived danger, such as aggression from the enemy, a dangerous animal, or death

Examples
Genesis 15:12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.
Exodus 15:16 “Terror and dread fall upon them; By the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone, Until Your people pass over, LORD, Until the people pass over whom You have purchased.
Exodus 23:27 “I will send My terror ahead of you, and throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
fierce anger, wrath

State of fierce anger that inspires fear in someone else

Examples
Proverbs 20:2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion; One who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

8 occurrences in 6 groups

יmy 2
ךָyour 2
מָוֶתdeath 1
מֶלֶךְking 1
הוּhis 1
כֶםyour 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

חֲשֵׁכָהdarkness 1

What it doesIt is the subject

8 occurrences in 3 groups

נָפַלto fall 4
בָּעַתto torment 3
הָלַךְto go, to walk 1

What is done to itIt is the object

3 occurrences in 3 groups

הָגָהto utter, to meditate, to moan 1
נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1
שָׁלַחto send, to send away 1

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

נַהַםroaring 1
שֵׁןtooth, ivory 1
הֶםthem 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הוֹדglory 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with 3

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

זַלְעָפָה zalʻâphâh · H2152 · heat, hot indignation, rage: Both words belong to the field of horror, terror and fearful emotion.

In the other Testament 1 word

φόβος phóbos · G5401 · fear, something to be feared: Greek φόβος (phobos, φόβος (phóbos, G5401)) serves as the standard LXX rendering for Hebrew אֵימָה (ʼêymâh, H367), both denoting the psychological state of fear/terror, with אֵימָה emphasizing dread or horror as an overwhelming emotional response and φόβος functioning as the general Greek term for fear or alarm.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Afraid002001002001: אֵימָה names dread or terror, as the terror and darkness that fell upon Abram, or the terror sent ahead of Israel.
Angry002001002002: The word can also carry a sense of dreadful wrath or fury, an intensified fear tied to hostile power.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

אָיֹם ʼâyôm · H366 · awesome, terrible · 3×אֵימָהʼêymâh · H367

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H367. emah אֵימָה17 noun feminine terror, dread (Talmud id., compare Assyrian imtu, DlW)…

H367. emah
אֵימָה17 noun feminine terror, dread (Talmud id., compare Assyrian imtu, DlW) — ׳א Gen 15:12 +; אֵימָ֫תָה Exo 15:16 (compare Ges§ 90, 2 R. b); construct אֵימַת Pro 20:2; suffix אֵימָתִי Exo 23:27; אֵמָתִי Job 33:7, etc.; plural אֵימִים Jer 50:38; אֵמִים Job 20:25; אֵימוֺת Psa 55:5; suffix אֵמֶיךָ Psa 88:16; — terror, dread (mostly in poetry), inspired by ׳י Exo 15:16 (song in E || מַּחַד) Exo 23:27 (E) Deu 32:25; Job 9:34; Job 13:21; compare Job 33:7; Job 20:25; Psa 88:16 (|| בִּעוּתִים חֲרוֺנִים, Psa 88:17); compare Gen 15:2 גְדוֺלָה חֲשֵׁכָה אֵימָה; occasioned by enemies Jos 2:9; Isa 33:18; Ezr 3:3; by king Pro 20:2; compare Psa 55:5 מָוֶת אֵימוֺת (|| מַּלָּצוּת רַעַד, יִרְאָה, Psa 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 (|| מּסלים).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Afraid16 occurrences Angry1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0