מוֹרָא
môwrâʼ · mo-raw'
fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed
Lexicon
Derivation: or מֹרָא; or מוֹרָהxlit môrâh corrected to môwrâh; (Psalm 9:20), from H3372 (יָרֵא);
fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed
- fear
- by implication, a fearful thing or deed
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dread, (that ought to be) fear(-ed), terribleness, terror.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › strength, the leader
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹרָא 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- terror2 · 15%
- them in fear2 · 15%
- and the fear of you1 · 8%
- terrors1 · 8%
- of you and the dread1 · 8%
- terribleness1 · 8%
- unto him that ought to be feared1 · 8%
- ye their fear1 · 8%
- himself; and let him be your fear1 · 8%
- where is my fear1 · 8%
- them to him for the fear1 · 8%
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.