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. Psalms 112:8 יִירָ֑א yi.Ra' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, Until he see his desire upon his adversaries.

  2. Psalms 118:6 אִירָ֑א 'i.Ra' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me?

  3. Psalms 119:63 יְרֵא֑וּךָ ye.re.'U.kha · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.

  4. Psalms 119:120 יָרֵֽאתִי׃ ya.Re.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.

  5. Psalms 130:4 תִּוָּרֵֽא׃ ti.va.Re' · A mild command: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.

  6. Psalms 139:14 נוֹרָא֗וֹת no.ra.'ot · An -ing word: receiving the action

    I will give thanks unto thee; For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

  7. Psalms 145:6 נוֹרְאֹתֶ֣יךָ nor.'o.Tei.kha · An -ing word: receiving the action

    And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; And I will declare thy greatness.

  8. Proverbs 3:7 יְרָ֥א ye.Ra' · A command to you: simple action

    Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

  9. Proverbs 3:25 תִּ֭ירָא Ti.ra' · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:

  10. Proverbs 24:21 יְרָֽא־ ye.ra'- · A command to you: simple action

    My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

  11. Proverbs 31:21 תִירָ֣א ti.Ra' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    She is not afraid of the snow for her household; For all her household are clothed with scarlet.

  12. Ecclesiastes 3:14 שֶׁיִּֽרְא֖וּ shei.yir.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

  13. Ecclesiastes 5:7 יְרָֽא׃ ye.Ra' · A command to you: simple action

    For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.

  14. Ecclesiastes 8:12 יִֽירְא֖וּ yi.re.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:

  15. Ecclesiastes 12:5 יִרָ֙אוּ֙ yi.Ra.'u · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

  16. Ecclesiastes 12:13 יְרָא֙ ye.Ra' · A command to you: simple action

    This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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!

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