יִרְאָה
yirʼâh · yir-aw'
fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H3373 (יָרֵא);
fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
- fear (also used as infinitive)
- morally, reverence
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] dreadful, [idiom] exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › strength, the leader › to reveal, behold
The hand that works of the head, the highest of strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יִרְאָה 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
45 occurrences · 45 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the fear15 · 34%
- in the fear5 · 11%
- exceedingly2 · 5%
- you, and that his fear1 · 2%
- of thee and the fear1 · 2%
- of the fear1 · 2%
- is not this thy fear1 · 2%
- fear1 · 2%
- thee for fear1 · 2%
- behold, the fear1 · 2%
- with fear1 · 2%
- and in thy fear1 · 2%
- you the fear1 · 2%
- fearfulness1 · 2%
- even according to thy fear1 · 2%
- who is devoted to thy fear1 · 2%
- with the fear1 · 2%
- and by the fear1 · 2%
- and the fear1 · 2%
- but be thou in the fear1 · 2%
- and of the fear1 · 2%
- from me, and their fear1 · 2%
- from thy fear1 · 2%
- my fear1 · 2%
- that they were dreadful1 · 2%
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.