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ʼêymâh · Hebrew · Strong's H367 · 17 occurrences

The KJV renders 19 different Hebrew and Greek words as “fear”

What it means

fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)

or (shortened) אֵמָה; from the same as H366 (אָיֹם);

How the KJV renders it

dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“fear”

also renders phobéō (G5399), phóbos (G5401), eulabéomai (G2125), eulábeia (G2124), deilía (G1167), dᵉchal (H1763), chûwl (H2342), chărâdâh (H2731), chath (H2844), yâgôr (H3025), yârêʼ (H3373), yirʼâh (H3374), mâgôwr (H4032), mᵉgôwrah (H4034), pâchad (H6342), pachad (H6343), pachdâh (H6345), rôgez (H7267)

“idol”

also renders eídōlon (G1497), ʼâven (H205), ʼêl (H410), ʼĕlîyl (H457), gillûwl (H1544), chammân (H2553), miphletseth (H4656), çemel (H5566), ʻetseb (H6089), ʻôtseb (H6090), ʻâtsâb (H6091)

“terrible”

also renders phoberós (G5398), ʼâyôm (H366), ʼêmᵉtânîy (H574), dᵉchal (H1763), zalʻâphâh (H2152), ʻârîyts (H6184), tiphletseth (H8606)

“terror”

also renders phóbos (G5401), ballâhâh (H1091), chittâh (H2847), chittîyth (H2851), mâgar (H4048), mᵉchittâh (H4288), pachad (H6343)

“dread”

also renders chath (H2844), yârêʼ (H3372), pachad (H6343)

“horror”

also renders zalʻâphâh (H2152), pallâtsûwth (H6427)

Where it appears

17 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

Deuteronomy 32:25 HNcfsaExodus 15:16 HNcfsa/ShExodus 23:27 HNcfsc/Sp1csEzra 3:3 HR/NcfsaGenesis 15:12 HNcfsaIsaiah 33:18 HNcfsaJeremiah 50:38 HC/Rd/NcfpaJob 9:34 HC/Ncfsc/Sp3msJob 13:21 HC/Ncfsc/Sp2msJob 20:25 HNcfpaJob 33:7 HNcfsc/Sp1csJob 39:20 HNcfsaJob 41:14 HNcfsaJoshua 2:9 HNcfsc/Sp2mpProverbs 20:2 HNcfscPsalm 55:4 HC/NcfpcPsalm 88:15 HNcfpc/Sp2ms

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.