H3374

יִרְאָה

yir.ahH:N-F

fear

1) fear, terror, fearing 1a) fear, terror 1b) awesome or terrifying thing (object causing fear) 1c) fear (of God), respect, reverence, piety 1d) revered

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

יִרְאָה noun feminine fear; — ׳יר Ezek 30:13 + 6 t.; construct יִרְאַת Gen 20:11 + 27 t.; suffix יִרְאָתִי Jer 32:40 יִרְאָתוֺ Exod 20:20 יִרְאָֽתְךָ Job 4:6 + 3 t.; יִרְאָתֶ֑ךָ Ps 5:8 + 2 t.; —

1. fear, terror Isa 7:25; Ezek 30:13 גְדוֺלָה ׳י great fear Jonah 1:10; Jonah 1:16 || פַּחַד Deut 2:25 || רעד(הׅ Ps 2:11; Ps 55:6.

2. a terror = object of terror, || גֹּבַהּ Ezek 1:18 (strike out Co).

3. fear of God, reverence, piety יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִים Gen 20:11 (E), 2Sam 23:3; Neh 5:15 שַׁדַּי ׳יר Job 6:14 אֱלֹהֵינוּ ׳יר Neh 5:9 יהוה ׳יר 2Chr 19:9; Isa 11:3; Isa 33:6; Ps 34:12; Prov 10:27; Prov 14:26; Prov 14:27; Prov 15:16; Prov 19:23; Prov 22:4; Prov 23:17 || the knowledge (of God) Prov 1:29; Prov 2:5; Isa 11:2 is the beginning of wisdom Ps 111:10; Prov 9:10, and knowledge Prov 1:7 the instruction of wisdom Prov 15:33, is to hate evil Prov 8:13, and it involves departing from evil Prov 16:6 אֲדֹנָי ׳י is wisdom Job 28:28 יִרְאָה is defined by context Job 15:4 with suffixes these are usually object, fear of him Exod 20:20 (E), of thee Ps 5:8; Ps 90:11; Ps 119:38; Isa 63:17, of me Jer 32:40, but subject, thy fear (i.e. thy religion) Job 4:6; Job 22:4.

4. יִרְאַת יהוֺה Ps 19:10 the fear of ׳י = the law as revered.

40 occurrences

Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), II Samuel (1), II Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (2), Job (5), Psalms (4), Proverbs (13), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Jonah (2)