אֵימָה ʼêymâh

Meaning

fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)

In the King James Version: dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.

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

Where it is used

• Genesis 15:12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
• Exodus 15:16 and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
• Exodus 23:27 I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
• Deuteronomy 32:25 Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
• Joshua 2:9 and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
• Ezra 3:3 They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.
• Job 9:34 Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
• Job 13:21 Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
• Job 20:25 It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
• Job 33:7 Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
• Job 39:20 Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
• Job 41:14 Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
• Psalms 55:4 My heart pounds within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
• Psalms 88:15 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
• Proverbs 20:2 The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
• Isaiah 33:18 Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
• Jeremiah 50:38 A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.