יָרֵאyârêʼ
fear
Pronunciation: yaw-ray' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3372
Meanings
Qal
1. fear, be afraid
a. fear not, hear and fear (Genesis 3:10; Genesis 18:15; Genesis 32:8)
c. be afraid of (Deuteronomy 1:29; Deuteronomy 2:4; Deuteronomy 7:18)
d. fear to do, afraid of doing (Genesis 19:30; Genesis 26:7; Numbers 12:8)
e. fear lest (Genesis 31:31; Genesis 32:12)
2. stand in awe of (Exodus 34:30; Psalms 33:8; Leviticus 19:14)
3. fear, reverence, honour (Leviticus 19:3; Joshua 4:14; 1 Samuel 14:26)
b. he that feared the word of Yahweh, the name (Genesis 22:12; Genesis 42:18; Exodus 1:17)
Niph`al
1. be fearful, dreadful (Deuteronomy 1:19; Deuteronomy 8:15; Isaiah 21:1)
2. cause astonishment and awe (Psalms 47:3; Psalms 68:36; Psalms 76:8)
3. inspire reverence, godly fear, and awe
a. that thou mightest be revered, great and awful (Psalms 130:4; Deuteronomy 7:21; Deuteronomy 10:17)
Piel: make afraid, terrify (2 Samuel 14:15; Nehemiah 6:19; 2 Chronicles 32:18)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 315 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 3:10 He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”
- Genesis 15:1 Some time later, the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great.”
- Genesis 18:15 Sarah was afraid, so she denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh.” But the Lord said, “No, you did laugh.”
- Genesis 19:30 Afterward Lot left Zoar because he was afraid of the people there, and he went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters.
- Genesis 20:8 Abimelech got up early the next morning and quickly called all his servants together. When he told them what had happened, his men were terrified.
- Genesis 21:17 But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “Hagar, what’s wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
See every passage
- Genesis 3:10, 15:1, 18:15, 19:30, 20:8, 21:17, 26:7, 26:24, 28:17, 31:31, 32:7, 35:17, 42:35, 43:18, 43:23, 46:3, 50:19, 50:21
- Exodus 1:17, 1:21, 2:14, 3:6, 9:30, 14:10, 14:13, 14:31, 15:11, 20:20, 34:10, 34:30
- Leviticus 19:3, 19:14, 19:30, 19:32, 25:17, 25:36, 25:43, 26:2
- Numbers 12:8, 14:9, 21:34
- Deuteronomy 1:19, 1:21, 1:29, 2:4, 3:2, 3:22, 4:10, 5:5, 5:29, 6:2, 6:13, 6:24, 7:18, 7:21, 8:6, 8:15, 10:12, 10:17, 10:20, 10:21, 13:4, 13:11, 14:23, 17:13, 17:19, 19:20, 20:1, 20:3, 21:21, 25:18, 28:10, 28:58, 31:6, 31:8, 31:12, 31:13
- Joshua 4:14, 4:24, 8:1, 9:24, 10:2, 10:8, 10:25, 11:6, 22:25, 24:14
- Judges 4:18, 6:10, 6:23, 6:27, 8:20, 13:6
- Ruth 3:11
- 1 Samuel 3:15, 4:7, 4:20, 7:7, 12:14, 12:18, 12:20, 12:24, 14:26, 15:24, 17:11, 17:24, 18:12, 18:29, 21:12, 22:23, 23:17, 28:5, 28:13, 28:20, 31:4
- 2 Samuel 1:14, 3:11, 6:9, 7:23, 9:7, 10:19, 12:18, 13:28, 14:15
- 1 Kings 1:50, 1:51, 3:28, 8:40, 8:43, 17:13
- 2 Kings 1:15, 6:16, 10:4, 17:7, 17:25, 17:28, 17:35, 17:36, 17:37, 17:38, 17:39, 19:6, 25:24, 25:26
- 1 Chronicles 10:4, 13:12, 16:25, 17:21, 22:13, 28:20
- 2 Chronicles 6:31, 6:33, 20:3, 20:15, 20:17, 32:7, 32:18
- Nehemiah 1:5, 1:11, 2:2, 4:14, 6:9, 6:13, 6:14, 6:16, 6:19, 7:2, 9:32
- Job 1:9, 5:21, 5:22, 6:21, 9:35, 11:15, 32:6, 37:22, 37:24
- Psalms 3:6, 23:4, 27:1, 27:3, 33:8, 34:9, 40:3, 45:4, 46:2, 47:2, 49:5, 49:16, 52:6, 55:19, 56:3, 56:4, 56:11, 64:4, 64:9, 65:5, 65:8, 66:3, 66:5, 67:7, 68:35, 72:5, 76:7, 76:8, 76:12, 86:11, 89:7, 91:5, 96:4, 99:3, 102:15, 106:22, 111:9, 112:7, 112:8, 118:6, 119:63, 119:120, 130:4, 139:14, 145:6
- Proverbs 3:7, 3:25, 24:21, 31:21
- Ecclesiastes 3:14, 5:7, 8:12, 12:5, 12:13
- Isaiah 7:4, 8:12, 10:24, 18:2, 18:7, 21:1, 25:3, 35:4, 37:6, 40:9, 41:5, 41:10, 41:13, 41:14, 43:1, 43:5, 44:2, 51:7, 51:12, 54:4, 54:14, 57:11, 59:19, 64:3
- Jeremiah 1:8, 3:8, 5:22, 5:24, 10:5, 10:7, 23:4, 26:19, 26:21, 30:10, 32:39, 40:9, 41:18, 42:11, 44:10, 46:27, 46:28, 51:46
- Lamentations 3:57
- Ezekiel 1:22, 2:6, 3:9, 11:8
- Daniel 9:4, 10:12, 10:19
- Hosea 10:3
- Joel 2:11, 2:21, 2:22, 2:31
- Amos 3:8
- Jonah 1:5, 1:10, 1:16
- Micah 7:17
- Habakkuk 1:7, 3:2
- Zephaniah 2:11, 3:7, 3:15, 3:16
- Haggai 1:12, 2:5
- Zechariah 8:13, 8:15, 9:5
- Malachi 1:14, 2:5, 3:5, 4:5
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