אֵימָה
ʼêymâh · ay-maw'
fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) אֵמָה; from the same as H366 (אָיֹם);
fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)
- fright
- concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵימָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and, lo, an horror1 · 6%
- fear1 · 6%
- my fear1 · 6%
- and terror1 · 6%
- and that your terror1 · 6%
- for fear1 · 6%
- from me, and let not his fear1 · 6%
- from me: and let not thy dread1 · 6%
- terrors1 · 6%
- behold, my terror1 · 6%
- is terrible1 · 6%
- are terrible1 · 6%
- me: and the terrors1 · 6%
- thy terrors1 · 6%
- the fear1 · 6%
- terror1 · 6%
- upon their idols1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.