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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H3372 - Fear

Strong's No.:H3372

Hebrew:יָרֵא

Transliteration:yârêʼ

Phonetic:yaw-ray'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:{affright} be (make) {afraid} dread ({-ful}) (put in) fear ({-ful} {-fully} -ing). (be had in) reverence ({-end}) X-(idiom) {see} terrible ({act} {-ness} thing).

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to fear, revere, be afraid

a. (Qal)

1. to fear, be afraid

2. to stand in awe of, be awed

3. to fear, reverence, honour, respect

b. (Niphal)

1. to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared

2. to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe

3. to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe

c. (Piel) to make afraid, terrify

2. to shoot, pour


Bible References:
Fear

Translation
Occurrences:
acts ( 1 )
affright ( 1 )
afraid ( 78 )
dread ( 1 )
dreadful ( 5 )
durst ( 1 )
fear ( 150 )
feared ( 39 )
fearest ( 1 )
feareth ( 5 )
fearful ( 2 )
fearfully ( 1 )
fearing ( 1 )
God ( 5 )
reverence ( 3 )
reverend ( 1 )
terrible ( 24 )
terribleness ( 1 )
thing ( 1 )
things ( 4 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.