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Strong's Number H3372

יָרֵא

yare' · yaw-ray'

Transliteration:

yare'{yaw-ray'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

907,908

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

fear 148, afraid 78, terrible 23, terrible thing 6, dreadful 5, reverence 3, fearful 2, terrible acts 1, misc 8

Total: 314
Occurs 315 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to fear, revere, be afraid
1. (Qal)
  1. to fear, be afraid
  2. to stand in awe of, be awed
  3. to fear, reverence, honour, respect
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared
  2. to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
  3. to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe
3. (Piel) to make afraid, terrify
(TWOT) to shoot, pour