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. Judges 4:18 תִּירָ֑א ti.Ra' · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.

  2. Judges 6:10 תִֽירְאוּ֙ ti.re.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    and I said unto you, I am Jehovah your God; ye shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice.

  3. Judges 6:23 תִּירָ֑א ti.Ra' · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And Jehovah said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

  4. Judges 6:27 יָרֵא֩ ya.Re' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Jehovah had spoken unto him: and it came to pass, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

  5. Judges 8:20 יָרֵ֔א ya.Re' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And he said unto Jether his first-born, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

  6. Judges 13:6 נוֹרָ֣א no.Ra' · An -ing word: receiving the action

    Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

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