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Strong's H3373 יָרֵא (yare)

Yare means “afraid” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3373 — mekyno (“grow up”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3373
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 56
Books 14

Strong's H3373 Quick Answer

Strong's H3373 יָרֵא (yare') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yare' (yaw-ray') adj. 1. fearing 2. morally, reverent It has 56 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include fear, feareth, feared, afraid, and fearest. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
yare' (yaw-ray') adj. 1. fearing 2. morally, reverent
Usage
56 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
fear, feareth, feared, afraid, and fearest

Meaning and Definition

yare' (yaw-ray') adj. 1. fearing 2. morally, reverent [from H3372] KJV: afraid, fear (-ful). Root(s): H3372

Original Word
יָרֵא
Transliteration
yare'
Derivation
Root: ירא First root strongs: 3372
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3373. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H3373 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yare', taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

fear Genesis 32:11 33× feareth Job 1:8 12× feared Deuteronomy 25:18 afraid Deuteronomy 7:19 fearest Genesis 22:12

How Strong's H3373 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 56 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3373 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3373 in the Old Testament

56 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 22:12 KJV

And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Genesis 32:11 KJV

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

Genesis 42:18 KJV

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

Usage Excerpts

First 56 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3373.

Genesis 22:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Genesis 32:11 Old Testament, KJV
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
Genesis 42:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
Exodus 18:21 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Deuteronomy 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
Deuteronomy 20:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
Deuteronomy 25:18 Old Testament, KJV
How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
Judges 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
Judges 7:10 Old Testament, KJV
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
1 Kings 18:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
Job 1:1 Old Testament, KJV
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Job 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Job 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Psalms 15:4 Old Testament, KJV
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Psalms 22:23 Old Testament, KJV
Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Psalms 22:25 Old Testament, KJV
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Psalms 25:12 Old Testament, KJV
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Psalms 25:14 Old Testament, KJV
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
Psalms 31:19 Old Testament, KJV
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Psalms 33:18 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Psalms 34:7 Old Testament, KJV
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
Psalms 34:9 Old Testament, KJV
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
Psalms 60:4 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
Psalms 61:5 Old Testament, KJV
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Psalms 66:16 Old Testament, KJV
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Psalms 85:9 Old Testament, KJV
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Psalms 103:11 Old Testament, KJV
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Psalms 103:13 Old Testament, KJV
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Psalms 103:17 Old Testament, KJV
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
Psalms 111:5 Old Testament, KJV
He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
Psalms 115:11 Old Testament, KJV
Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psalms 115:13 Old Testament, KJV
He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
Psalms 118:4 Old Testament, KJV
Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 119:74 Old Testament, KJV
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
Psalms 119:79 Old Testament, KJV
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
Psalms 128:1 Old Testament, KJV
Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
Psalms 128:4 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
Psalms 135:20 Old Testament, KJV
Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
Psalms 145:19 Old Testament, KJV
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Psalms 147:11 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Proverbs 13:13 Old Testament, KJV
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Proverbs 14:2 Old Testament, KJV
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Proverbs 14:16 Old Testament, KJV
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Proverbs 31:30 Old Testament, KJV
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Ecclesiastes 7:18 Old Testament, KJV
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
Ecclesiastes 8:13 Old Testament, KJV
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Isaiah 29:13 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Isaiah 50:10 Old Testament, KJV
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Jeremiah 26:19 Old Testament, KJV
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
Jeremiah 42:11 Old Testament, KJV
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
Daniel 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
Jonah 1:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
Jonah 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Jonah 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
Malachi 3:16 Old Testament, KJV
Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Malachi 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3373, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 27 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 3 usages, Old Testament
Malachi 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3373 FAQ

What does yare (יָרֵא) mean?

Yare (Strong's H3373) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "afraid". yare' (yaw-ray') adj. 1. fearing 2. morally, reverent

How many times is yare (יָרֵא) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 56 linked usages for Strong's H3373 across 14 books.

Where can I study yare (יָרֵא) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3373 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yare (יָרֵא)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fear, feareth, feared, afraid, and fearest. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.