Mora מוֹרָא
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| מוֹרָא | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mora |
| Strong's number | H4172 (H4172A, H4172B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | fear |
| Occurrences | 12 in 12 verses |
| Most frequent in | Deuteronomy (4) |
Mora (Hebrew מוֹרָא, Strong's H4172) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “fear”. It occurs 12 times in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H4172A: fear
1) fear, reverence, terror
1a) fear, terror
1b) reverence
1c) object of reverence
1d) awe-inspiring spectacle or deed
Also means: mo.rah (מוֹרָה "fear" H4172B)
1a) fear, terror
1b) reverence
1c) object of reverence
1d) awe-inspiring spectacle or deed
Also means: mo.rah (מוֹרָה "fear" H4172B)
H4172B: fear
appoint terror (i.e. some awe-inspiring exhibition of power)
Another spelling of mo.ra (מוֹרָא "fear" H4172A)
Another spelling of mo.ra (מוֹרָא "fear" H4172A)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | fear (5), terror (2), you (1), terrors (1), dread (1), terribleness (1), feared (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | terror (3), fear (1), terrors (1), dread (1), awesome deeds (1), him who is to be feared (1), what they fear (1), should be feared (1), is your fear of me (1), it called for reverence (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mora, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 9:2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
- Deuteronomy 11:25There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 26:8And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
- Deuteronomy 34:12And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
Psalms
- Psalm 9:20Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
- Psalm 76:11Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 8:12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
- Isaiah 8:13Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 32:21And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.
Malachi
- Malachi 1:6A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
- Malachi 2:5My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).