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The term "awesome" in contemporary language often describes something that inspires awe, wonder, or admiration. In the biblical context, the concept of "awesome" is deeply rooted in the reverence and fear of God, His works, and His presence. The Bible frequently uses terms that convey the sense of awe and reverence due to God's majesty, power, and holiness.

God's Nature and Works

The Bible describes God as awesome in His nature and deeds. In Deuteronomy 10:17, God is referred to as "the great, mighty, and awesome God," highlighting His supreme power and authority. This description underscores the reverence and respect that God commands from His people. Similarly, in Nehemiah 1:5, Nehemiah prays, "O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments."

The psalmists frequently express awe at God's creation and His mighty acts. Psalm 66:3-5 invites believers to "Say to God, 'How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You. All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing the praises of Your name.' Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind." This passage reflects the awe-inspiring nature of God's works and His dominion over creation.

God's Presence

The presence of God is often depicted as awesome and fearsome. In Exodus 3:5, when Moses encounters God in the burning bush, God instructs him, "Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." This encounter emphasizes the holiness and awe-inspiring presence of God, which demands reverence and respect.

Similarly, in Isaiah 6:1-5, the prophet Isaiah experiences a vision of the Lord seated on a high and exalted throne. The seraphim call out, "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; His glory fills the whole earth." Isaiah's response is one of awe and humility, recognizing his own unworthiness in the presence of the awesome holiness of God.

Fear of the Lord

The fear of the Lord is a recurring theme in Scripture, often associated with awe and reverence. Proverbs 9:10 states, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." This fear is not merely terror but a profound respect and awe for God's majesty and righteousness.

In the New Testament, Hebrews 12:28-29 encourages believers to "worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire." This passage reminds Christians of the importance of approaching God with the appropriate reverence, acknowledging His holiness and power.

Conclusion

The biblical concept of "awesome" is intricately linked to the character and works of God. It encompasses the reverence, fear, and admiration that His presence and deeds inspire. Throughout Scripture, believers are called to recognize and respond to the awesome nature of God with worship, obedience, and a deep sense of awe.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight.

2. (a.) Expressive of awe or terror.

Greek

2303. theion -- brimstone
... brimstone," ie smoky, burning rocks), ie , named for the sulphur-smell left by ;
(figuratively) the, bringing down to display His awesome, unstoppable power. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3372a. yare -- to fear
... root Definition to fear NASB Word Usage afraid (100), awesome (21), awesome acts
(1), awesome things (4), became afraid (1), became...frightened (2), become ...
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366. ayom -- terrible, dreadful
... 365b, 366. ayom. 367 . terrible, dreadful. Transliteration: ayom Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-yome') Short Definition: awesome. Word Origin ...
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3374. yirah -- a fear
... Word Origin from yare Definition a fear NASB Word Usage awesome (1), extremely*
(1), fear (35), fearing (1), reverence (5). dreadful, exceedingly, fearfulness. ...
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1763. dechal -- to fear
... Word Origin (Aramaic) a prim. root Definition to fear NASB Word Usage awesome
(1), dreadful (2), fear (1), feared (1), made me fearful (1). ...
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Library

All the Bells were Ringing the Angelus. ...
... dedicated to the Virgin, there lighting up with a warm glow the famous alabaster
tomb known as "Le Mourant" or "The Dying One." A strange and awesome piece of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/corelli/the master-christian/i all the bells were.htm

Our Attitude Toward his Sovereignty
... now mine eye seeth Thee: Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes"
(Job 42:5, 6). Thus, a sight of God, God revealed in awesome majesty, caused ...
/.../pink/the sovereignty of god/chapter ten our attitude toward.htm

The Son of the Murket
... They were noblemen and gentlewomen of Memphis, freed for an evening from the restraint
of pretentious affairs and spared the awesome repression of potentates ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xvii the son of.htm

Through the Red Sea
... A long line of old men, two abreast, the wind making the picture awesome as
it tossed their beards and gray robes, followed the Lawgiver. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xlv through the red.htm

The Glory-Coloured Thread.
... miracles outclassing all others. It is fascinating and awesome to watch
the growth of power in these movements of Jesus. It is as ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/the glory-coloured thread.htm

Whether There Can be Moral virtue with Passion?
... Dei ix, 4), "it is not in our power to call up the visions of the soul, known as
its fancies; and when they arise from awesome things, they must needs disturb ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there can be moral 2.htm

Chapter ten
... The response of the wretched creatures in the tent to her singing, the swift, powerful,
awesome presence of the Holy Spirit had affected her as never in all ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter ten.htm

Its Problem
... tremendous indeed are the effects produced in the soul when one is really brought
into the presence of God, and is granted a sight of His awesome majesty. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the doctrine of justification/3 its problem.htm

Outside the Eden Gate.
... sometimes. Withal a strange looseness of speech regarding the holiest things,
and the most awesome truths, and the Holy One Himself. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/outside the eden gate.htm

The Coming of the Pharaoh
... Or, if they tarry to talk, it is an awesome sight to see the determined encounter
of two mighty souls"tremendous charm against tremendous resistance"and Io ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xiii the coming of.htm

Thesaurus

Awesome (47 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome
sight. ... Multi-Version Concordance Awesome (47 Occurrences). ...
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Wonders (111 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 6:22 and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt,
on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY ...
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Dread (69 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 7:21 You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is
in the midst of you, a great and awesome God. (See NAS RSV). ...
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Onward (25 Occurrences)
... by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers,
to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning ...
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Frightening (4 Occurrences)
... image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent,
stood before you; and its aspect was awesome. (See RSV). ...
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Banners (4 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Song of Songs 6:4 You are beautiful, my love,
as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners. ...
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Tall (41 Occurrences)
... by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers,
to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning ...
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Majesty (67 Occurrences)
... Job 37:22 Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty. ... Let
your right hand display awesome deeds. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
/m/majesty.htm - 26k

Rivers (81 Occurrences)
... by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers,
to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning ...
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Redeem (56 Occurrences)
... your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people,
and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for ...
/r/redeem.htm - 25k

Resources

What are the greatest miracles in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What are the ophanim? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to have reverence for God? | GotQuestions.org

Awesome: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Awesome (47 Occurrences)

Genesis 28:17
And he was afraid, and said: 'How full of awe is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.'
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 15:11
Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 34:10
He said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you.
(WEB NIV)

Deuteronomy 4:34
Or has God tried to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 6:22
and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
(WEB)

Deuteronomy 7:21
You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is in the midst of you, a great and awesome God.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 10:17
For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn't respect persons, nor takes reward.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 10:21
He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things, which your eyes have seen.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:58
If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, YAHWEH YOUR GOD;
(See NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 34:12
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses worked in the sight of all Israel.
(See NIV)

Judges 13:6
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, "A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome; and I didn't ask him whence he was, neither did he tell me his name:
(WEB NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 7:23
What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
(WEB NAS NIV)

1 Chronicles 17:21
What one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, to make you a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeem out of Egypt?
(WEB NIV)

Nehemiah 1:5
and said, I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
(WEB NAS NIV)

Nehemiah 4:14
I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Nehemiah 9:32
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keep covenant and loving kindness, don't let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Job 10:16
If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.
(See NIV)

Job 37:22
Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Job 39:20
Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
(WEB)

Psalms 45:4
In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Psalms 47:2
For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 65:5
By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea;
(WEB NAS NIV)

Psalms 66:3
Tell God, "How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Psalms 66:5
Come, and see God's deeds-- awesome work on behalf of the children of men.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Psalms 68:35
You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!
(WEB NAS NIV)

Psalms 89:7
a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
(WEB NAS NIV)

Psalms 99:3
Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!
(WEB NAS NIV)

Psalms 106:22
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Psalms 111:9
He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!
(WEB NAS NIV)

Psalms 145:6
Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Song of Songs 6:4
You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
(WEB NAS)

Song of Songs 6:10
Who is she who looks forth as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?
(WEB NAS)

Isaiah 18:2
that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!"
(WEB)

Isaiah 18:7
In that time, a present will be brought to Yahweh of Armies from a people tall and smooth, even from a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Yahweh of Armies, Mount Zion.
(WEB)

Isaiah 21:1
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
(WEB)

Isaiah 25:3
Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.
(WEB)

Isaiah 64:3
When you did awesome things which we didn't look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 20:11
But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
(WEB)

Ezekiel 1:18
As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes all around.
(See NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 1:22
Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched forth over their heads above.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Daniel 2:31
You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its aspect was awesome.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Daniel 7:7
After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns.
(WEB)

Daniel 9:4
I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,
(See NAS NIV)

Joel 2:11
Yahweh thunders his voice before his army; for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?
(WEB NAS)

Joel 2:31
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
(See NAS)

Zephaniah 2:11
Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.
(WEB NIV)

Malachi 1:14
"But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says Yahweh of Armies, "and my name is awesome among the nations."
(WEB)

Subtopics

Awesome

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Related Terms

Wonders (111 Occurrences)

Dread (69 Occurrences)

Onward (25 Occurrences)

Frightening (4 Occurrences)

Banners (4 Occurrences)

Tall (41 Occurrences)

Majesty (67 Occurrences)

Rivers (81 Occurrences)