יָרֵא

Strong’s Definition

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to fear, revere, be afraid
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(piel) to make afraid, terrify

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yârêʼ; Pronunciation: yaw-ray'