אָיֹםʼâyôm

terrible, dreadful (Habakkuk 1:7; Song of Solomon 6:4; Song of Solomon 6:10)

Pronunciation: aw-yome' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H366

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Song of Solomon 6:4 You are beautiful, my darling, like the lovely city of Tirzah. Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem, as majestic as an army with billowing banners.
  • Song of Solomon 6:10 “Who is this, arising like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as an army with billowing banners?”
  • Habakkuk 1:7 They are notorious for their cruelty and do whatever they like.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).