יָגֹר
yâgôr · yaw-gore'
to fear
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to fear
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be afraid, fear.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest
The hand that works that works to carry, to lift up of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָגֹר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for i was afraid1 · 20%
- which thou wast afraid1 · 20%
- upon me, and that which i was afraid1 · 20%
- i am afraid1 · 20%
- which i fear1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.