יָרֵא
yârêʼ · yaw-ray'
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
- to fear
- morally, to revere
- caus. to frighten
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › strength, the leader
The hand that works of the head, the highest of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָרֵא 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
315 occurrences · 315 OT · 0 NT · 206 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- fear41 · 27%
- afraid14 · 9%
- be not afraid14 · 9%
- feared14 · 9%
- and fear9 · 6%
- to fear8 · 5%
- and terrible7 · 5%
- shall fear4 · 3%
- terrible4 · 3%
- was afraid3 · 2%
- unto them, fear3 · 2%
- were afraid3 · 2%
- unto her, fear3 · 2%
- that they may fear3 · 2%
- and dreadful3 · 2%
- but fear3 · 2%
- thou shalt fear2 · 1%
- ye shall not fear2 · 1%
- neither fear2 · 1%
- and reverence2 · 1%
- but shalt fear2 · 1%
- and they shall be afraid2 · 1%
- ye shall fear2 · 1%
- now therefore fear2 · 1%
- for he feared2 · 1%
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.