מוֹרָא

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine12 occurrences6 books12 verses

Definition

or מֹרָא; or מוֹרָהxlit môrâh corrected to môwrâh; (Psalm 9:20), from H3372; fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed
Traditional renderings: dread, (that ought to be) fear(-ed), terribleness, terror.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מוֹרָא:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

12 total
  1. Genesis 9:2וּמוֹרַאֲכֶ֤ם · The fear
    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.
  2. Deuteronomy 4:34וּבְמוֹרָאִ֖ים · terrors
    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?
  3. Deuteronomy 11:25וּמֽוֹרַאֲכֶ֜ם · and dread
    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.
  4. Deuteronomy 26:8וּבְמֹרָ֖א · terror
    Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
  5. Deuteronomy 34:12הַמּוֹרָ֣א · awesome deeds
    …and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
  6. Psalm 9:20מוֹרָ֗ה · terror
    Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
  7. Psalm 76:11לַמּוֹרָֽא׃ · to Him who is 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.
  8. Isaiah 8:12מוֹרָא֥וֹ · what they fear
    “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
  9. Isaiah 8:13מוֹרַאֲכֶ֖ם · should be feared
    The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
  10. Jeremiah 32:21וּבְמוֹרָ֖א · 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.
  11. Malachi 1:6מוֹרָאִ֜י · is your fear of Me
    “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?’
  12. Malachi 2:5מוֹרָ֖א · it called for reverence
    “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.