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יִרְאָה (H3374)

yirʼâh

yir-aw'

feminine of יָרֵא; fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence; [idiom] dreadful, [idiom] exceedingly, fear(-fulness).

Brown–Driver–Briggs

יִרְאָה n.f. fear
1 fear, terror
2 a terror = obj. of terror
3 fear of God, reverence, piety
4 the fear of י׳ the law as revered.

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


45 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Proverbs 1:7
    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Proverbs 1:29
    For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
  • Proverbs 2:5
    Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
  • Proverbs 8:13
    The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
  • Proverbs 9:10
    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
  • Proverbs 10:27
    The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
  • Proverbs 14:26
    In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
  • Proverbs 14:27
    The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
  • Proverbs 15:16
    Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
  • Proverbs 15:33
    The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.