Yare יָרֵא

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Yare
יָרֵא
Transliteration	yare
Strong's number	H3372 (H3372G, H3372H)
Language	Hebrew
Part of speech	verb
Gloss	to fear
Occurrences	315 in 306 verses
Most frequent in	Psalms (45)

Yare (Hebrew יָרֵא, Strong's H3372) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to fear”. It occurs 315 times in 306 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H3372G: to fear

: frightening(DANGER)
1) to fear, revere, be afraid
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to fear, be afraid
1a2) to stand in awe of, be awed
1a3) to fear, reverence, honour, respect
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared
1b2) to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
1b3) to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe
1c) (Piel) to make afraid, terrify
2) (TWOT) to shoot, pour

H3372H: to fear: revere

: awesome(god)
1) to fear, revere, be afraid
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to fear, be afraid
1a2) to stand in awe of, be awed
1a3) to fear, reverence, honour, respect
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared
1b2) to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
1b3) to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe
1c) (Piel) to make afraid, terrify
2) (TWOT) to shoot, pour
Also means: ya.re (יָרֵא ": frightening" H3372)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJV	fear (148), afraid (78), feared (37), terrible (23), dreadful (5), things (5), reverence (3), fearful (2), feareth (2), thing (1), fearing (1), terribleness (1), and 7 other renderings
BSB	be afraid (75), fear (65), awesome (20), feared (16), afraid (8), worship (6), was afraid (5), he was afraid (4), fear him (4), were afraid (4), awesome wonders (3), fear me (3), and 78 other renderings

Topics

Fear

Verses

Yare occurs in 306 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (18): 3:10, 15:1, 18:15, 19:30, 20:8, 21:17, 26:7, 26:24, 28:17, 31:31, 32:7, 35:17, 42:35, 43:18, 43:23, 46:3, 50:19, 50:21

Exodus (12): 1:17, 1:21, 2:14, 3:6, 9:30, 14:10, 14:13, 14:31, 15:11, 20:20, 34:10, 34:30

Leviticus (8): 19:3, 19:14, 19:30, 19:32, 25:17, 25:36, 25:43, 26:2

Numbers (3): 12:8, 14:9, 21:34

Deuteronomy (36): 1:19, 1:21, 1:29, 2:4, 3:2, 3:22, 4:10, 5:5, 5:29, 6:2, 6:13, 6:24, 7:18, 7:21, 8:6, 8:15, 10:12, 10:17, 10:20, 10:21, 13:4, 13:11, 14:23, 17:13, 17:19, 19:20, 20:1, 20:3, 21:21, 25:18, 28:10, 28:58, 31:6, 31:8, 31:12, 31:13

Joshua (10): 4:14, 4:24, 8:1, 9:24, 10:2, 10:8, 10:25, 11:6, 22:25, 24:14

Judges (6): 4:18, 6:10, 6:23, 6:27, 8:20, 13:6

Ruth (1): 3:11

1 Samuel (21): 3:15, 4:7, 4:20, 7:7, 12:14, 12:18, 12:20, 12:24, 14:26, 15:24, 17:11, 17:24, 18:12, 18:29, 21:12, 22:23, 23:17, 28:5, 28:13, 28:20, 31:4

2 Samuel (9): 1:14, 3:11, 6:9, 7:23, 9:7, 10:19, 12:18, 13:28, 14:15

1 Kings (6): 1:50, 1:51, 3:28, 8:40, 8:43, 17:13

2 Kings (14): 1:15, 6:16, 10:4, 17:7, 17:25, 17:28, 17:35, 17:36, 17:37, 17:38, 17:39, 19:6, 25:24, 25:26

1 Chronicles (6): 10:4, 13:12, 16:25, 17:21, 22:13, 28:20

2 Chronicles (7): 6:31, 6:33, 20:3, 20:15, 20:17, 32:7, 32:18

Nehemiah (11): 1:5, 1:11, 2:2, 4:14, 6:9, 6:13, 6:14, 6:16, 6:19, 7:2, 9:32

Job (9): 1:9, 5:21, 5:22, 6:21, 9:35, 11:15, 32:6, 37:22, 37:24

Psalms (45): 3:6, 23:4, 27:1, 27:3, 33:8, 34:9, 40:3, 45:4, 46:2, 47:2, 49:5, 49:16, 52:6, 55:19, 56:3, 56:4, 56:11, 64:4, 64:9, 65:5, 65:8, 66:3, 66:5, 67:7, 68:35, 72:5, 76:7, 76:8, 76:12, 86:11, 89:7, 91:5, 96:4, 99:3, 102:15, 106:22, 111:9, 112:7, 112:8, 118:6, 119:63, 119:120, 130:4, 139:14, 145:6

Proverbs (4): 3:7, 3:25, 24:21, 31:21

Ecclesiastes (5): 3:14, 5:7, 8:12, 12:5, 12:13

Isaiah (24): 7:4, 8:12, 10:24, 18:2, 18:7, 21:1, 25:3, 35:4, 37:6, 40:9, 41:5, 41:10, 41:13, 41:14, 43:1, 43:5, 44:2, 51:7, 51:12, 54:4, 54:14, 57:11, 59:19, 64:3

Jeremiah (18): 1:8, 3:8, 5:22, 5:24, 10:5, 10:7, 23:4, 26:19, 26:21, 30:10, 32:39, 40:9, 41:18, 42:11, 44:10, 46:27, 46:28, 51:46

Lamentations (1): 3:57

Ezekiel (4): 1:22, 2:6, 3:9, 11:8

Daniel (3): 9:4, 10:12, 10:19

Hosea (1): 10:3

Joel (4): 2:11, 2:21, 2:22, 2:31

Amos (1): 3:8

Jonah (3): 1:5, 1:10, 1:16

Micah (1): 7:17

Habakkuk (2): 1:7, 3:2

Zephaniah (4): 2:11, 3:7, 3:15, 3:16

Haggai (2): 1:12, 2:5

Zechariah (3): 8:13, 8:15, 9:5

Malachi (4): 1:14, 2:5, 3:5, 4:5

Notes

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).