יָרֵא
yārēʾ
fearing
Strong's H3373AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 907a

יָרֵא (yārēʾ) is a Hebrew adjective meaning fearing. It appears 54 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3373).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 907a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 907a)fearing; reverent; afraid, fear, fearful
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יָרֵא adjective, verbal

Strong's H3373 יָרֵא: fearing; morally, reverent
KJV:afraid, fear (-ful).

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.

Root family 907: יָרֵא yārēʾ — 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…

See it in Scripture

Genesis 22:12Exodus 18:21Deuteronomy 7:19

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