יָרֵא yare

Hebrew word for “afraid” · Strong’s H3373 · used 64 times in 63 verses

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Meaning

fearing, reverent, afraid

How it is translated

Glosses given for yare in context, with how often each is used:

• those fearing 29
• fearing 20
• one fearing 7
• afraid 4
• fearful 3
• has feared 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 17 (4), Psalms 103 (3), Judges 7 (2), 1 Kings 18 (2), Job 1 (2), Psalms 22 (2), Psalms 25 (2), Psalms 34 (2), Psalms 115 (2), Psalms 119 (2)

Forms

• ירא 23
• יראי 11
• יראים 7
• יראיו 7
• ליראיו 5
• הירא 2
• וירא 2
• ליראיך 2
• יראיך 2
• ליראי 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yare more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 8
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 7
• חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 5
• תָּם tam “complete” 3
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 6
• שֵׁם shem “name” 6
• אֲנִי ani “I” 6
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 7
• יָדַע yada “to know” 6
• יָחַל yachal “to wait” 3
• מִן־ min “from” 6
• אִיּוֹב iyyov “Job” 3

Key verses

The verses using yare that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son,…
• Exodus 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of…
• 2 Kings 4:1 — Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant…
• Job 1:1 — There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
• Psalms 25:14 — The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
• Psalms 103:17 — But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
• Psalms 112:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
• Psalms 128:1 — [A Song of degrees.] Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
• Ecclesiastes 8:12 — Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
• Isaiah 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the…
• Malachi 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that…
• Malachi 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.