The meaning of “יָרֵא”
Understanding yârêʼ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, te...
יָרֵא
affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing). - to fear - morally, to revere - caus. to frighten 1) to fear, revere, be afraid 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fear, be afraid 1a2) to stand in awe of, be awed 1a3) to fear, reverence, honour, respect 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared 1b2) to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe 1b3) to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe 1c) (Piel) to make afraid, terrify 2) (TWOT) to shoot, pour
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 31:31 | “And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.” Word: יָרֵא (yârêʼ) | |
| Judges 6:27 | “Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.” Word: יָרֵא (yârêʼ) | |
| 1 Chronicles 17:21 | “And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?” Word: יָרֵא (yârêʼ) | |
| Ecclesiastes 8:12 | “Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:” Word: יָרֵא (yârêʼ) | |
| Hosea 10:3 | “For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us?” Word: יָרֵא (yârêʼ) |
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