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Hebrew word study

יָרֵאyârêʼ — to fear

Pronounced “yaw-ray'”

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

Translated in the King James as: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).

Appears 315 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 19×
Genesis 3:10Genesis 15:1Genesis 18:15Genesis 19:30Genesis 20:8Genesis 21:17Genesis 26:7Genesis 26:24Genesis 28:17Genesis 31:31Genesis 32:7Genesis 35:17Genesis 42:35Genesis 43:18Genesis 43:23Genesis 46:3Genesis 50:19Genesis 50:21+ 1 more in Genesis
Exodus — 12×
Exodus 1:17Exodus 1:21Exodus 2:14Exodus 3:6Exodus 9:30Exodus 14:10Exodus 14:13Exodus 14:31Exodus 15:11Exodus 20:20Exodus 34:10Exodus 34:30
Leviticus — 8×
Leviticus 19:3Leviticus 19:14Leviticus 19:30Leviticus 19:32Leviticus 25:17Leviticus 25:36Leviticus 25:43Leviticus 26:2
Numbers — 4×
Numbers 12:8Numbers 14:9Numbers 21:34+ 1 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 37×
Deuteronomy 1:19Deuteronomy 1:21Deuteronomy 1:29Deuteronomy 2:4Deuteronomy 3:2Deuteronomy 3:22Deuteronomy 4:10Deuteronomy 5:5Deuteronomy 5:29Deuteronomy 6:2Deuteronomy 6:13Deuteronomy 6:24Deuteronomy 7:18Deuteronomy 7:21Deuteronomy 8:6Deuteronomy 8:15Deuteronomy 10:12Deuteronomy 10:17Deuteronomy 10:20Deuteronomy 10:21Deuteronomy 13:4Deuteronomy 13:11Deuteronomy 14:23Deuteronomy 17:13Deuteronomy 17:19+ 12 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 11×
Joshua 4:14Joshua 4:24Joshua 8:1Joshua 9:24Joshua 10:2Joshua 10:8Joshua 10:25Joshua 11:6Joshua 22:25Joshua 24:14+ 1 more in Joshua
Judges — 6×
Judges 4:18Judges 6:10Judges 6:23Judges 6:27Judges 8:20Judges 13:6
Ruth — 1×
Ruth 3:11
1 Samuel — 21×
1 Sam 3:151 Sam 4:71 Sam 4:201 Sam 7:71 Sam 12:141 Sam 12:181 Sam 12:201 Sam 12:241 Sam 14:261 Sam 15:241 Sam 17:111 Sam 17:241 Sam 18:121 Sam 18:291 Sam 21:121 Sam 22:231 Sam 23:171 Sam 28:51 Sam 28:131 Sam 28:201 Sam 31:4
2 Samuel — 9×
2 Sam 1:142 Sam 3:112 Sam 6:92 Sam 7:232 Sam 9:72 Sam 10:192 Sam 12:182 Sam 13:282 Sam 14:15
1 Kings — 6×
1 Ki 1:501 Ki 1:511 Ki 3:281 Ki 8:401 Ki 8:431 Ki 17:13
2 Kings — 14×
2 Ki 1:152 Ki 6:162 Ki 10:42 Ki 17:72 Ki 17:252 Ki 17:282 Ki 17:352 Ki 17:362 Ki 17:372 Ki 17:382 Ki 17:392 Ki 19:62 Ki 25:242 Ki 25:26
1 Chronicles — 6×
1 Chr 10:41 Chr 13:121 Chr 16:251 Chr 17:211 Chr 22:131 Chr 28:20
2 Chronicles — 7×
2 Chr 6:312 Chr 6:332 Chr 20:32 Chr 20:152 Chr 20:172 Chr 32:72 Chr 32:18
Nehemiah — 12×
Nehemiah 1:5Nehemiah 1:11Nehemiah 2:2Nehemiah 4:14Nehemiah 6:9Nehemiah 6:13Nehemiah 6:14Nehemiah 6:16Nehemiah 6:19Nehemiah 7:2Nehemiah 9:32+ 1 more in Nehemiah
Job — 9×
Job 1:9Job 5:21Job 5:22Job 6:21Job 9:35Job 11:15Job 32:6Job 37:22Job 37:24
Psalms — 45×
Psalms 3:6Psalms 23:4Psalms 27:1Psalms 27:3Psalms 33:8Psalms 34:9Psalms 40:3Psalms 45:4Psalms 46:2Psalms 47:2Psalms 49:5Psalms 49:16Psalms 52:6Psalms 55:19Psalms 56:3Psalms 56:4Psalms 56:11Psalms 64:4Psalms 64:9Psalms 65:5Psalms 65:8Psalms 66:3Psalms 66:5Psalms 67:7Psalms 68:35+ 20 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 4×
Proverbs 3:7Proverbs 3:25Proverbs 24:21Proverbs 31:21
Ecclesiastes — 5×
Eccles 3:14Eccles 5:7Eccles 8:12Eccles 12:5Eccles 12:13
Isaiah — 25×
Isaiah 7:4Isaiah 8:12Isaiah 10:24Isaiah 18:2Isaiah 18:7Isaiah 21:1Isaiah 25:3Isaiah 35:4Isaiah 37:6Isaiah 40:9Isaiah 41:5Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 41:13Isaiah 41:14Isaiah 43:1Isaiah 43:5Isaiah 44:2Isaiah 51:7Isaiah 51:12Isaiah 54:4Isaiah 54:14Isaiah 57:11Isaiah 59:19Isaiah 64:3+ 1 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 19×
Jeremiah 1:8Jeremiah 3:8Jeremiah 5:22Jeremiah 5:24Jeremiah 10:5Jeremiah 10:7Jeremiah 17:8Jeremiah 23:4Jeremiah 26:21Jeremiah 30:10Jeremiah 32:39Jeremiah 40:9Jeremiah 41:18Jeremiah 42:11Jeremiah 44:10Jeremiah 46:27Jeremiah 46:28Jeremiah 51:46+ 1 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations — 1×
Lam 3:57
Ezekiel — 6×
Ezekiel 1:22Ezekiel 2:6Ezekiel 3:9Ezekiel 11:8+ 2 more in Ezekiel
Daniel — 3×
Daniel 9:4Daniel 10:12Daniel 10:19
Hosea — 1×
Hosea 10:3
Joel — 4×
Joel 2:11Joel 2:21Joel 2:22Joel 2:31
Amos — 1×
Amos 3:8
Jonah — 3×
Jonah 1:5Jonah 1:10Jonah 1:16
Micah — 1×
Micah 7:17
Habakkuk — 2×
Habakkuk 1:7Habakkuk 3:2
Zephaniah — 4×
Zeph 2:11Zeph 3:7Zeph 3:15Zeph 3:16
Haggai — 2×
Haggai 1:12Haggai 2:5
Zechariah — 3×
Zech 8:13Zech 8:15Zech 9:5
Malachi — 4×
Malachi 1:14Malachi 2:5Malachi 3:5Malachi 4:5

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