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HebrewH3372Verb

יָרֵא

ya.re

273Occurrences
H3372Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
frightening(DANGER) 1) to fear, revere, be afraid 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fear, be afraid 1a2) to stand in awe of, be awed 1a3) to fear, reverence, honour, respect 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared 1b2) to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe 1b3) to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe 1c) (Piel) to make afraid, terrify 2) (TWOT) to shoot, pour

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

יָרֵא appears 273 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
34
Isaiah
23
Psalms
21
1 Samuel
20
Jeremiah
18
Genesis
17
2 Kings
14
Exodus
12

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:4BSB

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!”But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

2 Samuel 10:19BSB

When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.

Exodus 14:31BSB

When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.

Isaiah 59:19BSB

So shall they fear the name of the LORDwhere the sun sets,and His glory where it rises.For He will come like a raging flood,driven by the breath of the LORD.

Leviticus 19:14BSB

You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.