yira · fear

What it means

yira (יִרְאָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fear”.

"The fear of God" is deep reverence that leads one to obey him and avoid evil.

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. Dread; or reverence for YHWH that turns from evil.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• fear ×40
• fearing you ×1
• fearsome ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×2
• Job×5
• Psalms×8
• Proverbs×14
• Isaiah×5
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×2

• Genesis 20:11

  Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely there is no fear of Elohim in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’

• Exodus 20:20

  Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for Elohim has come in order to test you, and so that the fear of him may be before you, so that you may not sin.”

• Deuteronomy 2:25

  This day I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the face of the peoples under all the heavens, who will hear the report of you and tremble and be in anguish because of you.”

• 2 Samuel 23:3

  The Elohim of Israel said, to me the Rock of Israel spoke: ‘One who rules over human beings, righteous, who rules in the fear of Elohim,

• 2 Chronicles 19:9

  He commanded them, saying, “Thus you shall do: in the fear of YHWH, with faithfulness and with a whole heart.

• Nehemiah 5:9

  And I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our Elohim because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

• Nehemiah 5:15

  But the former governors who were before me burdened the people and took from them for bread and wine, besides, forty shekels of silver; even their young men dominated the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of Elohim.

• Job 4:6

  Is not your fear your confidence, your hope the integrity of your ways?

• Job 6:14

  To the one who is fainting is owed loyal love from his companion, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.

• Job 15:4

  You, moreover, annul the fear, and diminish meditation before El.

• Job 22:4

  Is it for your fear that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?

• Job 28:28

  And he said to the human being, ‘Look, the fear of Adonai, that is wisdom, and turning away from evil, understanding.’”

• Psalms 2:11

  Serve YHWH with fear, and be jubilant with trembling.

• Psalms 5:7

  But I, by the abundance of your loyal love, will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple in fear of you.

• Psalms 19:9

  The fear of YHWH is pure, enduring forever; the rules of YHWH are truth; they are righteous altogether.

• Psalms 34:11

  Come, children, listen to me; the fear of YHWH I will teach you.

• Psalms 55:5

  Fear and trembling come upon me, and shuddering covers me.

• Psalms 90:11

  Who knows the strength of your anger, and, according to the fear of you, your wrath?

• Psalms 111:10

  The beginning of wisdom is the fear of YHWH; good understanding have all who practice them; his praise endures forever.

• Psalms 119:38

  Confirm to your servant your saying, which leads to the fear of you.

• Proverbs 1:7

  The fear of YHWH is the beginning of knowledge; wisdom and correction fools despise.

• Proverbs 1:29

  because they hated knowledge, and the fear of YHWH they did not choose;

• Proverbs 2:5

  then you will understand the fear of YHWH, and the knowledge of Elohim you will find.

• Proverbs 8:13

  The fear of YHWH is to hate evil; arrogance and pride and the way of evil and the mouth of perversities I hate.

• Proverbs 9:10

  The start of wisdom is the fear of YHWH, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

• Proverbs 10:27

  The fear of YHWH adds days, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

• Proverbs 14:26

  In the fear of YHWH is strong confidence, and for his sons there will be a refuge.

• Proverbs 14:27

  The fear of YHWH is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

• Proverbs 15:16

  Better is a little with the fear of YHWH than great treasure and turmoil with it.

• Proverbs 15:33

  The fear of YHWH is the correction of wisdom, and before honor comes humility.

• Proverbs 16:6

  By loyal love and faithfulness expiation is made for iniquity, and by the fear of YHWH one turns away from evil.

• Proverbs 19:23

  The fear of YHWH leads to life, and satisfied he will spend the night; he will not be visited by evil.

• Proverbs 22:4

  The reward of humility and the fear of YHWH is riches, honor, and life.

• Proverbs 23:17

  Do not let your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of YHWH all day long;

• Isaiah 7:25

  And all the mountains that used to be hoed with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; and it will become a place for letting loose oxen and for trampling by sheep.

• Isaiah 11:2

  And the spirit of YHWH will rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of YHWH.

• Isaiah 11:3

  And his delight will be in the fear of YHWH; and he will not judge by what his eyes see, nor decide by what his ears hear;

• Isaiah 33:6

  And he will be the steadiness of your times, a wealth of acts of salvation, wisdom and knowledge; the fear of YHWH, that is his treasure.

• Isaiah 63:17

  Why, YHWH, do you make us wander from your ways, and harden our heart from fearing you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance.

• Jeremiah 32:40

  And I will make with them an eternal covenant, that I will not turn away from following after them to do them good; and the fear of me I will put in their heart, so that they do not turn away from me.

And 2 more times.