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יָרֵא H3373
H3373 is the Hebrew word יָרֵא, transliterated yârêʼ and said yaw-ray'. The King James Version most often renders it fear.
What it means
fearing; morally, reverent.
Where it comes from
from H3372 (יָרֵא).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 53 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: afraid, fear (-ful).
Verses using יָרֵא
The first 40 of 59 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 22:12 · KJV
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, thine only son from me.
Genesis 32:11 · KJV
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
Genesis 42:18 · KJV
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
Exodus 9:20 · KJV
He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
Exodus 18:21 · KJV
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 thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Deuteronomy 7:19 · KJV
The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
Deuteronomy 20:8 · KJV
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.
Deuteronomy 25:18 · KJV
How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
Judges 7:3 · KJV
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
Judges 7:10 · KJV
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
1 Samuel 23:3 · KJV
And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
1 Kings 18:3 · KJV
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
2 Kings 4:1 · KJV
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 did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
2 Kings 17:32 · KJV
So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
2 Kings 17:33 · KJV
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
2 Kings 17:34 · KJV
Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
2 Kings 17:41 · KJV
So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
Job 1:1 · KJV
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.
Job 1:8 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Job 2:3 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Psalm 15:4 · KJV
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Psalm 22:23 · KJV
Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Psalm 25:12 · KJV
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Psalm 25:14 · KJV
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
Psalm 31:19 · KJV
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Psalm 33:18 · KJV
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Psalm 34:7 · KJV
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
Psalm 60:4 · KJV
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
Psalm 61:5 · KJV
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Psalm 66:16 · KJV
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Psalm 85:9 · KJV
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Psalm 103:17 · KJV
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
Psalm 111:5 · KJV
He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
Psalm 115:11 · KJV
Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psalm 115:13 · KJV
He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
Psalm 118:4 · KJV
Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalm 119:74 · KJV
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
Psalm 119:79 · KJV
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
Psalm 128:1 · KJV
Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
Psalm 128:4 · KJV
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3373 mean?
H3373 is the Hebrew word יָרֵא (yârêʼ), meaning fearing; morally, reverent.
How is H3373 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it fear (27 times), feared (9 times), feareth (7 times), one that feareth (2 times), fearest (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3373 appear in the Bible?
יָרֵא (yârêʼ) is tagged in 59 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3373 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3372 (יָרֵא).
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