Lexical Definition

‎יִרְאָה‎ yirʼâh (yir-aw') fear ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎יָרֵא‎

[idiom] dreadful, [idiom] exceedingly, fear(-fulness).

• fear (also used as infinitive)
• morally, reverence

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

See Greek: ἐπισκοπή · εὐσέβεια · φόβος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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.

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