Definition

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• affright
• be (make) afraid
• dread(-ful)
• (put in) fear(-ful
• -fully
• -ing)
• (be had in) reverence(-end)
• see
• terrible (act
• -ness
• thing)

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.