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Strong's numbers

אֵימָה (H367)

ʼêymâh

ay-maw'

or (shortened) אֵמָה; from the same as אָיֹם; fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear); dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

אֵימָה 17 n.f. terror, dread

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


17 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Genesis 15:12
    And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
  • Exodus 15:16
    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.
  • Exodus 23:27
    I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
  • Deuteronomy 32:25
    The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
  • Joshua 2:9
    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.
  • Ezra 3:3
    And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
  • Job 9:34
    Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
  • Job 13:21
    Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
  • Job 20:25
    It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
  • Job 33:7
    Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.