yare · fearing, God-fearing

What it means

yare (יָרֵא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fearing, God-fearing”.

Fearing; above all, one who reveres God and therefore obeys him.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Who reveres God and so obeys him.
2. Frightened, without courage to face the danger.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• fear ×24
• those who fear him ×12
• who fears ×5
• fears ×4
• are afraid ×3
• fearing ×3
• afraid ×2
• feared ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×3
• Judges×2
• 1 Kings×1
• Job×3
• Psalms×27
• Proverbs×4
• Ecclesiastes×2
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×2
• Daniel×1
• Jonah×3
• Malachi×1

• Genesis 22:12

  He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the boy, and do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear Elohim, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from me.”

• Genesis 32:11

  Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, the mothers with the children.

• Exodus 18:21

  And you shall look for, from all the people, capable men, who fear Elohim, men of truth, who hate unjust gain; and place them over them as chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens.

• Deuteronomy 7:19

  the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs and the wonders, the strong hand and the outstretched arm by which YHWH your Elohim brought you out. So YHWH your Elohim will do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.

• Deuteronomy 20:8

  And the supervisors shall speak further to the people and say, “Who is the man who is afraid and soft of heart? Let him go and return to his house, so that the heart of his brothers does not melt like his heart.”

• Deuteronomy 25:18

  how he met you on the way and cut off at your rear all the stragglers behind you, when you were weary and worn out; and he did not fear Elohim.

• Judges 7:3

  Now therefore, proclaim, please, in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is afraid and trembling, let him turn back and withdraw from Mount Gilead.’” Twenty-two thousand of the people turned back, and ten thousand remained.

• Judges 7:10

  But if you are afraid to go down, go down, you and Purah your young man, to the camp,

• 1 Kings 18:3

  Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. Now Obadiah feared YHWH greatly;

• Job 1:1

  There was a man in the land of Uz; Job was his name. That man was blameless and upright, fearing Elohim and turning away from evil.

• Job 1:8

  YHWH said to the Satan, “Have you set your heart on my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a man blameless and upright, fearing Elohim and turning away from evil.”

• Job 2:3

  YHWH said to the Satan, “Have you set your heart on my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a man blameless and upright, fearing Elohim and turning away from evil; and he still holds fast to his integrity, though you incited me against him to swallow him up for nothing.”

• Psalms 15:4

  in whose eyes the rejected one is despised, but those who fear YHWH he honors; he swears to his own hurt and does not change;

• Psalms 22:23

  You who fear YHWH, praise him; all the offspring of Jacob, honor him; and be afraid of him, all the offspring of Israel.

• Psalms 22:25

  From you comes my praise in the great assembly; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.

• Psalms 25:12

  Who is the man who fears YHWH? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.

• Psalms 25:14

  The intimate counsel of YHWH is for those who fear him, and his covenant, to make it known to them.

• Psalms 31:19

  How great is your goodness that you have kept for those who fear you, that you have worked for those who take refuge in you before human beings!

• Psalms 33:18

  Look, the eye of YHWH is on those who fear him, on those who await his loyal love,

• Psalms 34:7

  The angel of YHWH encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.

• Psalms 34:9

  Fear YHWH, you his holy ones, for there is no lack for those who fear him.

• Psalms 60:4

  You have given to those who fear you a banner to be raised because of the truth. Selah.

• Psalms 61:5

  For you, Elohim, have heard my vows; you have given the possession of those who fear your name.

• Psalms 66:16

  Come, hear, and I will recount, all who fear Elohim, what he has done for my soul.

• Psalms 85:9

  Surely near to those who fear him is his salvation, so that glory may dwell in our land.

• Psalms 103:11

  For as the height of the heavens above the earth, so strong is his loyal love over those who fear him.

• Psalms 103:13

  As a father has compassion on his sons, YHWH has compassion on those who fear him.

• Psalms 103:17

  But the loyal love of YHWH is from eternity to eternity upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to the sons of sons,

• Psalms 111:5

  Food he has given to those who fear him; he remembers forever his covenant.

• Psalms 115:11

  You who fear YHWH, trust in YHWH; their help and their shield is he.

• Psalms 115:13

  he will bless those who fear YHWH, the small with the great.

• Psalms 118:4

  Let those who fear YHWH say now, “His loyal love is forever.”

• Psalms 119:74

  Those who fear you will see me and be glad, for your word I have awaited.

• Psalms 119:79

  Let those who fear you turn to me, and those who know your testimonies.

• Psalms 128:1

  A song of the ascents. Happy is everyone who fears YHWH, who walks in his ways.

• Psalms 128:4

  Look, thus will be blessed the man who fears YHWH.

• Psalms 135:20

  house of Levi, bless YHWH; you who fear YHWH, bless YHWH.

• Psalms 145:19

  The will of those who fear him he will do, and their cry for help he will hear, and he will save them.

• Psalms 147:11

  YHWH takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who await his loyal love.

• Proverbs 13:13

  Whoever despises the word will be ruined, but whoever fears the commandment will be rewarded.

And 14 more times.