Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4172
מוֹרָא
moramo-raw'
fear; fear
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: môwrâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4172is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4172
fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed
The King James renders it: dread, (that ought to be) fear(-ed), terribleness, terror.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mora is rendered "fear; fear". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "fear".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 9:2The 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.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
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.
Genesis 9:2וּמוֹרַאֲכֶ֤ם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: fear, and fear.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| fearStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 9:2The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth… |
| fearStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and fear your2
- and by terror1
- and by terrors1
- and with terror1
- fear1
- fear its1
- fear my1
- fear your1
- terror1
- the terror1
- to the awesome one1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַמּוֹרָ֣א1
- וּבְמוֹרָ֖א1
- וּבְמוֹרָאִ֖ים1
- וּבְמֹרָ֖א1
- וּמוֹרַאֲכֶ֤ם1
- וּמֽוֹרַאֲכֶ֜ם1
- לַמּוֹרָֽא׃1
- מוֹרָ֖א1
- מוֹרָא֥וֹ1
- מוֹרָאִ֜י1
- מוֹרַאֲכֶ֖ם1
- מוֹרָ֗ה1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural2HC/Ncmsc/Sp2mp
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular2HC/R/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural1HC/R/Ncmpa
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HNcmsc/Sp2mp
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HTd/Ncmsa
Genesis
one use
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.
- וּמוֹרַאֲכֶ֤םumoraakhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and fear your
Deuteronomy
four uses
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?
- וּבְמוֹרָאִ֖יםuvemoraimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and by terrors
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.
- וּמֽוֹרַאֲכֶ֜םumoraakhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and fear your
Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
- וּבְמֹרָ֖אuvemora'conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and by terror
and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
- הַמּוֹרָ֣אhamora'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the terror
Psalms
two uses
Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
- מוֹרָ֗הmorahnoun · feminine singulartagged: terror
Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.
- לַמּוֹרָֽא׃lamora'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the awesome one
Isaiah
two uses
“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
- מוֹרָא֥וֹmoraonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: fear its
The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
- מוֹרַאֲכֶ֖םmoraakhemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: fear your
Jeremiah
one use
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.
- וּבְמוֹרָ֖אuvemora'conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and with terror
Malachi
two uses
“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?’
- מוֹרָאִ֜יmorainoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: fear my
“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.
- מוֹרָ֖אmora'noun · masculine singulartagged: fear
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.