מוֹרָאmôwrâʼ
מוֺרָא: fear
Pronunciation: mo-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4172
Meanings
1. fear, terror (Genesis 9:2; Deuteronomy 11:25)
2. where is the reverence due to me (Malachi 1:6)
3. object of reverence, especially God (Isaiah 8:12; Isaiah 8:13; Psalms 76:12)
4. awe-inspiring spectacle or deed (Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 26:8; Deuteronomy 34:12)
מוֺרָה: probably appoint, terror (i.e. some awe-inspiring exhibition of power) (Psalms 9:21; Hosea 6:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 9:2 All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power.
- Deuteronomy 4:34 Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes.
- Deuteronomy 11:25 No one will be able to stand against you, for the Lord your God will cause the people to fear and dread you, as he promised, wherever you go in the whole land.
- Deuteronomy 26:8 So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and powerful arm, with overwhelming terror, and with miraculous signs and wonders.
- Deuteronomy 34:12 With mighty power, Moses performed terrifying acts in the sight of all Israel.
- Psalms 9:20 Make them tremble in fear, O Lord. Let the nations know they are merely human. Interlude
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).