יָרֵא

ya.re · to fear

Hebrew · Strong's H3372 · Verb · Sounds like: yaw-ray' · 315 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to fear H3372G 205
  • to fear: revere H3372H · a Meaning of 110

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten; affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
יָרֵא vb. fear
Qal
1. fear, be afraid
2. stand in awe of
3. fear, reverence, honour
Niph.
1. be fearful, dreadful
2. cause astonishment and awe
3. inspire reverence, godly fear, and awe
Piel. make afraid, terrify

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:31 יִֽירָא֗וּךָ yi.ra.'U.kha · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

  2. 2 Chronicles 6:33 וּלְיִרְאָ֤ה u.le.yir.'Ah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

  3. 2 Chronicles 20:3 וַיִּרָ֕א vai.yi.Ra' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

  4. 2 Chronicles 20:15 תִּֽירְא֤וּ ti.re.'U · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: Thus saith Jehovah unto you, Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

  5. 2 Chronicles 20:17 תִּֽירְאוּ֙ ti.re.'U · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; fear not, nor be dismayed: to-morrow go out against them: for Jehovah is with you.

  6. 2 Chronicles 32:7 תִּֽירְא֣וּ ti.re.'U · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Be strong and of good courage, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him; for there is a greater with us than with him:

  7. 2 Chronicles 32:18 לְיָֽרְאָ֖ם le.ya.re.'Am · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

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