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Hebrew

יִרְאָה yir·ah

“fear” · 45 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: onceExodus: onceLeviticus: 0 timesNumbers: 0 timesDeuteronomy: onceJoshua: 0 timesJudges: 0 timesRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: 0 times2 Samuel: once1 Kings: 0 times2 Kings: 0 times1 Chronicles: 0 times2 Chronicles: onceEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 2 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: 5 timesPsalms: 8 timesProverbs: 14 timesEcclesiastes: 0 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 6 timesJeremiah: onceLamentations: 0 timesEzekiel: 2 timesDaniel: 0 timesHosea: 0 timesJoel: 0 timesAmos: 0 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 2 timesMicah: 0 timesNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: 0 timesZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 0 timesMalachi: 0 timesMatthew: 0 timesMark: 0 timesLuke: 0 timesJohn: 0 timesActs: 0 timesRomans: 0 times1 Corinthians: 0 times2 Corinthians: 0 timesGalatians: 0 timesEphesians: 0 timesPhilippians: 0 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 0 times2 Thessalonians: 0 times1 Timothy: 0 times2 Timothy: 0 timesTitus: 0 timesPhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 0 timesJames: 0 times1 Peter: 0 times2 Peter: 0 times1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 0 timesRevelation: 0 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “fear” 32
  • “reverence” 3
  • “fear of him” 1
  • “fear of god” 1
  • “matches the fear you are due” 1
  • other ways 7
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis1
Exodus1
Deuteronomy1
2 Samuel1
2 Chronicles1
Nehemiah2
Job5
Psalms8
Proverbs14
Isaiah6
Jeremiah1
Ezekiel2
Jonah2

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. fear32
  2. reverence3
  3. afraid1
  4. awesome1
  5. fear of god1
  6. fear of him1
  7. fearing you1
  8. matches the fear you are due1
  9. men1
  10. reverence for you1
  11. who fears1
  12. worship1

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“fear” 32

  • Genesis 1

    • 20:11 …Surely there is no fear of God in this…

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 2:25 …to put the dread and fear of you upon all…

  • 2 Samuel 1

    • 23:3 …with justice who rules in the fear of God…

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 19:9 …serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD…

  • Nehemiah 2

    • 5:9 …right Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to…
    • 5:15 …not do this because of my fear of God…

  • Job 2

    • 6:14 …even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty…
    • 28:28 …said to man Behold the fear of the Lord that…

  • Psalms 5

    • 2:11 …Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling…
    • 19:9 The fear of the LORD is…
    • 34:11 …me I will teach you the fear of the LORD…
    • 55:5 Fear and trembling grip me…
    • 111:10 The fear of the LORD is…

  • Proverbs 13

    • 1:7 The fear of the LORD is…
    • 1:29 …knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD…
    • 2:5 …then you will discern the fear of the LORD and…
    • 8:13 To fear the LORD is to…
    • 9:10 The fear of the LORD is…
    • 10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongs…
    • 14:27 The fear of the LORD is…
    • 15:16 …Better a little with the fear of the LORD than…
    • 15:33 The fear of the LORD is…
    • 16:6 …iniquity is atoned for and by the fear of the LORD one…
    • 19:23 The fear of the LORD leads…
    • 22:4 …The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are…
    • 23:17 …sinners but always continue in the fear of the LORD…

  • Isaiah 4

    • 7:25 For fear of the briers and…
    • 11:2 …the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD…
    • 11:3 …And He will delight in the fear of the LORD He…
    • 33:6 …salvation wisdom and knowledge The fear of the LORD is…

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 32:40 …and I will put My fear in their hearts so…

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 30:13 …and I will instill fear in that land…
“reverence” 3

  • Job 2

    • 4:6 Is your reverence not your confidence and…
    • 22:4 Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you…

  • Psalms 1

    • 5:7 …of Your loving devotion in reverence I will bow down…
“fear of him” 1

  • Exodus 1

    • 20:20 …test you so that the fear of Him may be before you…
“fear of god” 1

  • Job 1

    • 15:4 …But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before…
“matches the fear you are due” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 90:11 …Your anger Your wrath matches the fear You are due
“reverence for you” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 119:38 …Your servant to produce reverence for You
“who fears” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 14:26 He who fears the LORD is secure…
“worship” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 29:13 …are far from Me Their worship of Me is but…
“fearing you” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 63:17 …and harden our hearts from fearing You Return for the sake…
“awesome” 1

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 1:18 …Their rims were high and awesome and all four rims…
“afraid” 1

  • Jonah 1

    • 1:10 …men were even more afraid and said to him…
“men” 1

  • Jonah 1

    • 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD greatly…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.