Lexical Definition

‎אֵימָה‎ ʼêymâh (ay-maw') terror ^H:N-F
or (shortened) אֵמָה ʼêmâh (ay-maw'); from the same as ‎אָיֹם‎

dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.

• fright
• concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)

1) terror, dread

See Greek: ἀπειλή · δειλία · τρόμος · φόβος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: אֵימִים

‎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 vPs 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 vPs 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).

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