יָרֵא
yârêʼ · yaw-ray'
fearing; morally, reverent
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3372 (יָרֵא);
fearing; morally, reverent
- fearing
- morally, reverent
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: afraid, fear (-ful).
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
64 occurrences · 64 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- them that fear5 · 14%
- ye that fear3 · 8%
- one that feareth2 · 6%
- that feareth2 · 6%
- feared2 · 6%
- to them that fear2 · 6%
- for i fear2 · 6%
- whosoever is fearful1 · 3%
- and he feared1 · 3%
- is there that is fearful1 · 3%
- is with them that fear1 · 3%
- of whom thou art afraid1 · 3%
- they fear1 · 3%
- but if thou fear1 · 3%
- such as fear1 · 3%
- they feared1 · 3%
- so they feared1 · 3%
- did fear1 · 3%
- unto him, behold, we be afraid1 · 3%
- and one that feared1 · 3%
- before them that fear1 · 3%
- is he that feareth1 · 3%
- he that feared1 · 3%
- for them that fear1 · 3%
- that thou fearest1 · 3%
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.