Definition

fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)

Etymology

or (shortened) אֵמָה; from the same as H366 (אָיֹם);

Where the KJV renders it

• dread
• fear
• horror
• idol
• terrible
• terror

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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