Terrible
אָיֹםStrong’s H0366ayom (a-yom)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ayom is the Hebrew word usually translated “majestic” and “terrifying”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.”
Meaning
- Terrible, dreadful
How it's translated
- majestic 2
- terrifying 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Song of Solomon 2
- Habakkuk 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
אָיֹם ayom · terrible
terrible, dreadful
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “terrible” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TER'RIBLE, adjective
[Latin terribilis, from terreo, to frighten.]
- Frightful; adapted to excite terror; dreadful; formidable.“The form of the image was terrible” Daniel 2:31
- Adapted to impress dread, terror or solemn awe and reverence.“The Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible” Deuteronomy 7:21“Let them praise thy great and terrible name, for it is holy” Psalms 99:3“He hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen” Deuteronomy 10:21
- adverb Severely; very; so as to give pain; as terrible cold; a colloquial phrase.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.