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. Isaiah 7:4 תִּירָ֗א ti.Ra' · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    and say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

  2. Isaiah 8:12 תִֽירְא֖וּ ti.re.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread thereof.

  3. Isaiah 10:24 תִּירָ֥א ti.Ra' · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian, though he smite thee with the rod, and lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

  4. Isaiah 18:2 נוֹרָ֖א no.Ra' · An -ing word: receiving the action

    that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

  5. Isaiah 18:7 נוֹרָ֖א no.Ra' · An -ing word: receiving the action

    In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts from a people tall and smooth, even from a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion.

  6. Isaiah 21:1 נוֹרָאָֽה׃ no.ra.'Ah · An -ing word: receiving the action

    The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.

  7. Isaiah 25:3 יִירָאֽוּךָ׃ yi.ra.'U.kha · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee.

  8. Isaiah 35:4 תִּירָ֑אוּ ti.Ra.'u · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; he will come and save you.

  9. Isaiah 37:6 תִּירָא֙ ti.Ra' · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith Jehovah, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

  10. Isaiah 40:9 תִּירָ֔אִי ti.Ra.'i · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!

  11. Isaiah 41:5 וְיִירָ֔אוּ ve.yi.Ra.'u · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.

  12. Isaiah 41:10 תִּירָא֙ ti.Ra' · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

  13. Isaiah 41:13 תִּירָ֖א ti.Ra' · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

  14. Isaiah 41:14 תִּֽירְאִי֙ ti.re.'I · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

  15. Isaiah 43:1 תִּירָא֙ ti.Ra' · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.

  16. Isaiah 43:5 תִּירָ֖א ti.Ra' · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

  17. Isaiah 44:2 תִּירָא֙ ti.Ra' · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

  18. Isaiah 51:7 תִּֽירְאוּ֙ ti.re.'U · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.

  19. Isaiah 51:12 וַתִּֽירְאִי֙ va.ti.re.'I · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by you

    I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass;

  20. Isaiah 54:4 תִּֽירְאִי֙ ti.re.'I · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth; and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more.

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