יָרֵא (yārēʾ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning fear. It appears
329 times
in 34 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3372).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 907)
Range of meaning (TWOT 907)fear; be afraid, stand in awe of, reverence, honour; be fearful, dreadful, cause astonishment and awe, inspire reverence, godly fear, awe; make afraid, terrify; revere, frighten; affright, dread, fearfully, fearing, terrible…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
יָרֵאverb: fear
Qal
1.fear, be afraid
2.stand in awe of
3.fear, reverence, honour
Niphal
1.be fearful, dreadful
2.cause astonishment and awe
3.inspire reverence, godly fear, and awe
Pielmake afraid, terrify
Strong's H3372יָרֵא: to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten KJV:affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), × see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.