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יָרַע H3415
H3415 is the Hebrew word יָרַע, transliterated yâraʻ and said yaw-rah'. The King James Version most often renders it displeased.
What it means
properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: be grevious (only Isaiah 15:4; the rest belong to H7489 (רָעַע)).
Verses using יָרַע
All 21 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 21:11 · KJV
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
Genesis 21:12 · KJV
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 38:10 · KJV
And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
Genesis 48:17 · KJV
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
Deuteronomy 15:10 · KJV
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Deuteronomy 28:54 · KJV
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
Deuteronomy 28:56 · KJV
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
1 Samuel 1:8 · KJV
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
1 Samuel 8:6 · KJV
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
1 Samuel 18:8 · KJV
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
2 Samuel 11:25 · KJV
Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
2 Samuel 11:27 · KJV
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
2 Samuel 20:6 · KJV
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
1 Chronicles 21:7 · KJV
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
Nehemiah 2:3 · KJV
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Nehemiah 2:10 · KJV
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Nehemiah 13:8 · KJV
And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
Job 20:26 · KJV
All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
Psalm 106:32 · KJV
They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
Isaiah 59:15 · KJV
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
Jonah 4:1 · KJV
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3415 mean?
H3415 is the Hebrew word יָרַע (yâraʻ), meaning properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear.
How is H3415 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it displeased (8 times), grieved (4 times), grievous (2 times), evil (2 times), displease (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3415 appear in the Bible?
יָרַע (yâraʻ) is tagged in 21 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3415 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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