מוֹרָא mora
Hebrew word for “fear” · Strong’s H4172 · used 12 times in 12 verses
Meaning
1) fear, reverence, terror;
Senses in the lexicon
- fear (11)
- fear (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for mora in context, with how often each is used:
- fear 5
- terror 4
- terrors 1
- awesome one 1
- will be fear 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 8 (2), Genesis 9 (1), Deuteronomy 4 (1), Deuteronomy 11 (1), Deuteronomy 26 (1), Deuteronomy 34 (1), Psalms 9 (1), Psalms 76 (1), Jeremiah 32 (1), Malachi 1 (1)
Forms
- ומוראכם 2
- ובמוראים 1
- ובמרא 1
- המורא 1
- למורא 1
- מוראו 1
- מוראכם 1
- ובמורא 1
- מוראי 1
- מורא 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mora more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חָזָק chazaq “strong” 4
- מוֹפֵת mophet “wonder” 3
- אוֹת ot “sign” 3
- גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 4
- עָרַץ arats “to tremble” 2
- נָטָה natah “to stretch” 3
- כֶם khem “you” 3
- זְרוֹעַ zeroa “arm” 2
- מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 3
- יָרֵא yare “to fear” 2
- חַי chay “alive” 2
- צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 2
Key verses
The verses using mora that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 9:2 — And 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…
- Deuteronomy 4:34 — Or 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,…
- Deuteronomy 11:25 — There 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…
- Deuteronomy 26:8 — And 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:
- Deuteronomy 34:12 — And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
- Psalms 9:20 — Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
- Psalms 76:11 — Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
- Isaiah 8:12 — Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
- Isaiah 8:13 — Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
- Jeremiah 32:21 — And 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…
- Malachi 1:6 — A 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…
- Malachi 2:5 — My 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.
See all 12 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.