Lexical Definition

‎מוֹרָא‎ môwrâʼ (mo-raw') fear ^H:N-M
or מֹרָא môrâʼ (mo-raw'); or מוֹרָה môwrâh (mo-raw'); (Psalm 9:20), from ‎יָרֵא‎

dread, (that ought to be) fear(-ed), terribleness, terror.

• fear
• by implication, a fearful thing or deed

1) fear, reverence, terror
1a) fear, terror
1b) reverence
1c) object of reverence
1d) awe-inspiring spectacle or deed

See Greek: θαυμάσιος · ὅραμα · τρόμος · φοβερός

Extended Information

• Also means: mo.rah (‎מו‎ֹ‎ר‎ָ‎ה‎ "fear" מוֹרָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 vIsa 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.

‎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.

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