אָיֹם
ayom · awe-inspiring
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H366 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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ayom (אָיֹם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “awe-inspiring”.
Terrible, awe-inspiring.
How to say it
a·yom
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Striking fear and awe.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- fearsome ×2
- Terrible ×1
Where it appears
- Song of Songs 6:4
Beautiful are you, my companion, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, fearsome as troops with banners.
- Song of Songs 6:10
Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, pure as the sun, fearsome as troops with banners?
- Habakkuk 1:7
Terrible and fearsome is it; from itself its justice and its loftiness go forth.