King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4172
Transliteration: mora
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-raw')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a fear, terror
Meaning: fear, a fearful thing, deed
Word Summary
mora: a fear, terror
Original Word: מוֹרָאTransliteration: mora
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-raw')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a fear, terror
Meaning: fear, a fearful thing, deed
Strong's Concordance
dread, that ought to be feared, terribleness, terror Or morat {mo-raw'}; or morah (Psa. 9:20) {mo-raw'}; from yare'; fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed -- dread, (that ought to be) fear(-ed), terribleness, terror.
see HEBREW yare'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4172. mora
מוֺרָא noun masculineDeuteronomy 4:34 fear, ׳מ Malachi 2:5 3t.; מֹרָא Deuteronomy 26:8; suffixes מוֺרָאִי Malachi 1:6; מוֺרָאוֺ Isaiah 8:12; מוֺרַאֲכֶם 8:13 2t.; plural מוֺרָאִים Deuteronomy 4:34; —
1 fear, terror, "" חַת Genesis 9:2 (P); "" מַּחַד Deuteronomy 11:25.
2 reverence: מוֺרָאִי אַיֵּה where is the reverence due to me Malachi 1:6.
3 object of reverence, especially God Isaiah 8:12-13, Psalm 76:12; "" בְּרִית Malachi 2:5.
4 awe-inspiring spectacle or deed ׳(ה)מ (ה)גּדול(יםׅ Deuteronomy 4:34; 26:8; 34:12; Jeremiah 32:21.
מוֺרָה noun [masculine] לָהֶם מוֺרָה שִׁיתָה Psalm 9:21, probably appoint (Hosea 6:11) terror (i.e. some awe-inspiring exhibition of power) for them Thes SS RV Ew De Hu Pe Che after Masora, ᵑ7 Aq Jerome (מוֺרָה a variation of or probably error for מוֺרָא); possibly set them a teacher, master Bae after מוֺרֶה ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ᵐ5, νομοθέτην; neither altogether satisfactory.