Strong's Hebrew · H3374
H3374 yirʼâh
יִרְאָה
yir-aw'
[idiom] dreadful, [idiom] exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
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yirʼâh appears 45 times in Scripture, including Genesis 20:11 and Exodus 20:20. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
Derivation
feminine of H3373 (יָרֵא);
Appears 45 times in Scripture
“He commanded them, saying, “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.”
“Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’”
“This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.””
“Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.”
“Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.”
“The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.”
“Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.”
““Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.””
“So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?”
“The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
