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.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

Greek and Hebrew data: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0. All sources and licences