Word

יִרְאָה

yirʼâh · H3374 · Hebrew · 44 occurrences

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Meanings

fear

State in which humans experience fear, primarily of God, but also of humans, plants and objects

Examples
Genesis 20:11 Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.
Exodus 20:20 However, Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you will not sin.”
Deuteronomy 2:25 ‘This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the faces of people everywhere, who, when they hear the news of you, will tremble and be in anguish because of you.’

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

37 occurrences in 9 groups

יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 21
ךָyour 7
אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 4
Other words · 6 groups that occur once or twice (6) 6

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 1 groups

גָּדוֹלgreat, large 2

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1
יָסַףto add 1
בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1

What is done to itIt is the object

7 occurrences in 5 groups

נָתַןto give, to put, to set 3
עָזַבto forsake, to leave 1
פָּרַרto break, to annul 1
בָּחַרto choose 1
בִּיןto understand, to discern 1

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לָמַדto teach, to learn 1

What it is said to bePredicate

11 occurrences in 11 groups

Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

כִּסְלָהconfidence 1
מִבְטָחconfidence 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

13 occurrences in 4 groups

בin/on/with 15
מִןfrom 4
כlike/as 1
לto/for 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
רוּחַspirit, wind 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

φόβος phóbos · G5401 · fear, something to be feared: Greek φόβος (phobos) serves as the standard Septuagint rendering of Hebrew יִרְאָה (yir'ah), covering both reverential fear/awe (particularly toward God) and alarm/fright, making it the primary cross-linguistic equivalent across the fear semantic range.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Afraid002001002001: The noun names the state or quality of fear or dread, as in Abraham's remark that there was no fear of God in that place in Genesis 20:11, and the fear of God that Moses says is meant to remain with the people in Exodus 20:20.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

יָרֵא yârêʼ · H3372 · to be afraid, to fear, to be in awe of · 318×יָרֵא yârêʼ · H3373 · to be afraid, to fear, to be in awe of · 63×יִרְאָהyirʼâh · H3374מוֹרָא môwrâʼ · H4172 · fear, awe, terror · 12×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3374. yirah יִרְאָה noun feminine fear; — ׳יר Eze 30:13 Eze 30:6t.; construct יִרְאַת…

H3374. yirah
יִרְאָה noun feminine fear; — ׳יר Eze 30:13 Eze 30:6t.; construct יִרְאַת Gen 20:11 27t.; suffix יִרְאָתִי Jer 32:40; יִרְאָתוֺ Exo 20:20; יִרְאָֽתְךָ Job 4:6 Job 4:3t.; יִרְאָתֶ֑ךָ Psa 5:8 Psa 5:2t.; —
1 fear, terror Isa 7:25; Eze 30:13; ׳י גְדוֺלָה great fear Jon 1:10, Jon 1:16; || מַּחַד Deu 2:25; || רעד(הׅ Psa 2:11; Psa 55:6.
2 a terror = object of terror, || גֹּבַהּ Eze 1:18 (strike out Co).
3 fear of God, reverence, piety אֱלֹהִים יִרְאַת Gen 20:11 (E), 2Sa 23:3; Neh 5:15; ׳יר שַׁדַּי Job 6:14; ׳יר אֱלֹהֵינוּ Neh 5:9; ׳יר יהוה2Ch 19:9; Isa 11:3; Isa 33:6; Psa 34:12; Pro 10:27; Pro 14:26-27, Pro 15:16; Pro 19:23; Pro 22:4; Pro 23:17; || the knowledge (of God) Pro 1:29; Pro 2:5; Isa 11:2; is the beginning of wisdom Psa 111:10; Pro 9:10, and knowledge Pro 1:7; the instruction of wisdom Pro 15:33, is to hate evil Pro 8:13, and it involves departing from evil Pro 16:6; ׳י אֲדֹנָי is wisdom Job 28:28; יִרְאָה is defined by context Job 15:4; with suffixes these are usually object, fear of him Exo 20:20 (E), of thee Psa 5:8; Psa 90:11; Psa 119:38; Isa 63:17, of me Jer 32:40, but subject, thy fear (i.e. thy religion) Job 4:6; Job 22:4.
4 יהוֺה יִרְאַת Psa 19:10 the fear of ׳י = the law as revered.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Afraid43 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0