יָרֵא
ya.re
afraid
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "ya.re" (H3373) is defined as "afraid." It is used 64 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the text. This word encompasses a range of emotions, from fear to apprehension, and is often used to describe a person's emotional state in response to a perceived threat or danger. The usage of "ya.re" is not limited to physical threats; it can also describe a person's emotional response to moral or spiritual challenges. In some cases, it is used to describe a sense of awe or reverence, highlighting the complexity of human emotions. The frequency of its occurrence in the Bible suggests that fear or apprehension is a common human experience that has been acknowledged and explored in the text. The significance of "ya.re" lies in its ability to convey the human experience of uncertainty and vulnerability. It highlights the emotional and psychological aspects of human behavior, which are often overlooked in favor of more concrete or tangible aspects of human experience. By examining the usage of "ya.re," we can gain a deeper understanding of the human condition and the ways in which people respond to challenges and uncertainties.
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Occurrences in Scripture
64 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
Job 1:8Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
Job 2:3Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
Psalms 15:4in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;
Psalms 22:23You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
Psalms 22:25My praise of you comes in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
Psalms 25:12What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
Psalms 25:14The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.
Psalms 31:19Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
Psalms 33:18Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness,
Psalms 34:7Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
Psalms 34:9Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
Psalms 60:4You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth.
Psalms 61:5For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
Psalms 66:16Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.
Psalms 85:9Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
Psalms 103:11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
Psalms 103:13Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
Psalms 103:17But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,
Psalms 111:5He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.
Psalms 112:1Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
Psalms 115:11You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
Psalms 115:13He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
Psalms 118:4Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.
Psalms 119:74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
Psalms 119:79Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
Psalms 128:1Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.
Psalms 128:4Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.
Psalms 135:20House of Levi, praise Yahweh! You who fear Yahweh, praise Yahweh!
Psalms 145:19He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Psalms 147:11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
Proverbs 13:13Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.
Proverbs 14:2He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
Proverbs 14:16A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
Proverbs 31:30Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
Ecclesiastes 8:13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.
Ecclesiastes 9:2All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.
Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.
Jeremiah 42:11Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Don’t be afraid of him,’ says Yahweh: ‘for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
Jeremiah 42:16then it will happen that the sword, which you fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, will follow close behind you there in Egypt; and you will die there.
Daniel 1:10The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink. For why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? Then you would endanger my head with the king.”
Jonah 1:9He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.”
Malachi 3:16Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
Malachi 3:16Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
Malachi 4:2But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
Genesis 22:12He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
Genesis 32:11Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.
Genesis 42:18Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.