Definition

fearing; morally, reverent

Etymology

from H3372 (יָרֵא);

Word family

• יָרֵא yârêʼ

How the KJV renders it

• afraid
• fear (-ful)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.