יָרֵא
ya.re
“afraid”
Definition
fearing; morally, reverent
from H3372 (יָרֵא);
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
יָרֵא appears 53 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace.(Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’”So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD,but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.
Let those who fear the LORD say,“His loving devotion endures forever.”
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