יִרְאָהyirʼâh
fear
Pronunciation: yir-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3374
Meanings
1. fear, terror (Isaiah 7:25; Ezekiel 30:13; Jonah 1:10)
2. a terror, = object of terror, || גֹּבַהּ (Ezekiel 1:18)
3. fear of God, reverence, piety (Genesis 20:11; 2 Samuel 23:3; Nehemiah 5:15)
4. the fear of ׳ י = the law as revered. (Psalms 19:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 45 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 20:11 Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘This is a godless place. They will want my wife and will kill me to get her.’
- Exodus 20:20 “Don’t be afraid,” Moses answered them, “for God has come in this way to test you, and so that your fear of him will keep you from sinning!”
- Deuteronomy 2:25 Beginning today I will make people throughout the earth terrified because of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear.’”
- 2 Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel spoke. The Rock of Israel said to me: ‘The one who rules righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
- 2 Chronicles 19:9 These were his instructions to them: “You must always act in the fear of the Lord, with faithfulness and an undivided heart.
- Nehemiah 5:9 Then I pressed further, “What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?
See every passage
- Genesis 20:11
- Exodus 20:20
- Deuteronomy 2:25
- 2 Samuel 23:3
- 2 Chronicles 19:9
- Nehemiah 5:9, 5:15
- Job 4:6, 6:14, 15:4, 22:4, 28:28
- Psalms 2:11, 5:7, 19:9, 34:11, 55:5, 90:11, 111:10, 119:38
- Proverbs 1:7, 1:29, 2:5, 8:13, 9:10, 10:27, 14:26, 14:27, 15:16, 15:33, 16:6, 19:23, 22:4, 23:17
- Isaiah 7:25, 11:2, 11:3, 29:13, 33:6, 63:17
- Jeremiah 32:40
- Ezekiel 1:18, 30:13
- Jonah 1:10, 1:16
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).