מוֹרָא

mo.ra · fear

Hebrew · Strong's H4172 · Noun · Sounds like: mo-raw' · 12 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • fear H4172A 11
  • fear H4172B · a Spelling of 1

Strong's dictionary

or מֹרָא; or מוֹרָהxlit môrâh corrected to môwrâh; (Psalm 9:20), from יָרֵא; fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed; dread, (that ought to be) fear(-ed), terribleness, terror.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מוֹרָא n.m. fear
1. fear, terror
2. reverence
3. object of reverence, esp. God
4. awe-inspiring spectacle or deed
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מוֹרָה n.[m.] ψ 9:21, prob. appoint terror (i.e. some awe-inspiring exhibition of power) for them

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 9:2 וּמוֹרַאֲכֶ֤ם u.mo.ra.'a.Khem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.

  2. Deuteronomy 4:34 וּבְמוֹרָאִ֖ים u.ve.mo.ra.'Im · A person, place or thing

    Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

  3. Deuteronomy 11:25 וּמֽוֹרַאֲכֶ֜ם u.mo.ra.'a.Khem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    There shall no man be able to stand before you: Jehovah your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath spoken unto you.

  4. Deuteronomy 26:8 וּבְמֹרָ֖א u.ve.mo.Ra' · A person, place or thing

    and Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders;

  5. Deuteronomy 34:12 הַמּוֹרָ֣א ha.mo.Ra' · A person, place or thing

    and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.

  6. Psalms 9:20 מוֹרָ֗ה mo.Rah · A person, place or thing

    Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah

  7. Psalms 76:11 לַמּוֹרָֽא׃ la.mo.Ra' · A person, place or thing

    Vow, and pay unto Jehovah your God: Let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

  8. Isaiah 8:12 מוֹרָא֥וֹ mo.ra.'O · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread thereof.

  9. Isaiah 8:13 מוֹרַאֲכֶ֖ם mo.ra.'a.Khem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

  10. Jeremiah 32:21 וּבְמוֹרָ֖א u.ve.mo.Ra' · A person, place or thing

    and didst bring forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

  11. Malachi 1:6 מוֹרָאִ֜י mo.ra.'I · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

  12. Malachi 2:5 מוֹרָ֖א mo.Ra' · A person, place or thing

    My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.

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