871 occurrences

'Fear' in the Bible

And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands.

Verse ConceptsAnimalsAnimal LifeFearResponsibility, For God's WorldBirds, Features OfMan's DominionMan's FunctionFear And AnimalsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodRelation Of Animals To ManThe RainbowRainbow

Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.

Verse ConceptsLiesLying, Examples OfContradictingThose Frightened Of Godsarahdenial

And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.

Verse ConceptsDawnIniquity, Punishment ForEvil AssociationsDaybreakDestruction Of CitiesAt DaybreakGod UrgingAngels Providing Protection

Then Lot went up out of Zoar to the mountain, and was living there with his two daughters, for fear kept him from living in Zoar: and he and his daughters made their living-place in a hole in the rock.

Verse ConceptsCavesFear, Of NaturalEscaping To MountainsPeople In CavesSetting OutTwo WomenCaves As Places Of Refuge

So Abimelech got up early in the morning and sent for all his servants and gave them word of these things, and they were full of fear.

Verse ConceptsMorningSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfGiving InformationThose Who Rose EarlyFearing Other People

And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

Verse ConceptsFailureNo Fear Of GodWhy People Did Things

And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamAngel of the LordHeaven And AngelsAngstGod HearingWhat Is The Matter?God Speaks From HeavenDo Not Fear For God Will Help

And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamGodly Fear, Examples OfThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleIndividuals Fearing GodNot SparingGod ForbiddingLeaving People Alone

And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of DeathWhy Do You Do This?Transferring Wives

That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheGod Of The FathersServanthood, In Life Of BelieversFear, Overcome ByProsperity PromisedGod With YouVisions At NightGod AppearingGod Multipling PeopleI Am GodGod Will BlessDo Not Fear For God Will HelpFor The Sake Of God's People

And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?

Verse ConceptsTremblingIndividuals TremblingWho Is This?People Blessing

And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.

Verse ConceptsGatesHeaven, God's HabitationAweRising EarlyMorning DevotionsTerror Of GodBethel The House Of GodHeavenly Vision

And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.

Verse ConceptsTaking Other PeopleFear Of Individuals

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersFear Of God, Examples OfGod Seeing Their AfflictionEmpty HandedGod For UsGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingThose Who ToiledGod Requite Them!

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod Is To Be Feared

Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Strategies InTwo GroupsOwning LivestockHalf Of GroupsFear Of IndividualsPossessing Sheep

Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.

Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalKilling Whole FamiliesFear Of IndividualsPeople Attacking Their OwnMotherhood

So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.

Verse ConceptsDivine Protection, Examples OfTerror Of Godterrorism

And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.

Verse ConceptsMidwifechildbearing

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.

Verse ConceptsPartialityFear Of Other Things

And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman EmotionIndividuals TremblingWhat Does God Do?Indeterminate Sums Of MoneyOther Sad People

And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

Verse ConceptsSilverEmptyingIndeterminate Sums Of Money

Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyLoss Of DonkeysWhy People Did ThingsFear Of Individuals

Then the servant said, Peace be with you: have no fear: your God, even the God of your father, has put wealth in your bags for you: I had your money. Then he let Simeon come out to them.

Verse ConceptsPeople Set Free By PeopleGod Gives Wealth

Then he gave a kiss to all his brothers, weeping over them; and after that his brothers had no fear of talking to him.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingLove to Others, Examples OfConversation

And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

Verse ConceptsAbrahamI Am GodDo Not Fear For God Will Help

And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God?

Verse ConceptsMen As Gods

So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

Verse ConceptsKindnessKind WordsPeople Providingprovidingreassurance

Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Nature OfPersecution, Forms OfShrewdnessFalse WisdomExodusPrinciples Of WarNetworkingImmigrants

And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And BlessingIndividuals Fearing God

And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.

Verse ConceptsRulersAttempting To Kill MeThings Revealed

And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.

Verse ConceptsGesturesAbraham, Family And DescendantsGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchReverence, And ObedienceFear, Caused ByNot Seeing GodHiding From GodI Am GodThose Frightened Of Godfatherhood

Then everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who had the fear of the Lord, made his servants and his cattle come quickly into the house:

Verse ConceptsFear Of God, Examples OfPeoples Who Fled

But as for you and your servants, I am certain that even now the fear of the Lord God will not be in your hearts.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedKnowing FactsNo Fear Of God

And the Lord made the heart of Pharaoh hard, and he went after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel had gone out without fear.

Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsBoldness, To PeopleHeart, Fallen And RedeemedStiffnecked PeopleGod Hardening PeopleBeing Strong

And when Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel, lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians coming after them, and were full of fear; and their cry went up to God.

Verse ConceptsAnxiety, Examples OfCrying To GodFearing Other People

But Moses said, Keep where you are and have no fear; now you will see the salvation of the Lord which he will give you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.

Verse ConceptsBeing AfraidDeliverance, Means OfStillnessNot Seeing PeopleDo Not Fear For God Will Helpfearless

Hearing of you the peoples were shaking in fear: the people of Philistia were gripped with pain.

Verse ConceptsGroups TremblingHearing About GodThe Nations Before God

The chiefs of Edom were troubled in heart; the strong men of Moab were in the grip of fear: all the people of Canaan became like water.

Verse ConceptsMeltingGroups Trembling

Fear and grief came on them; by the strength of your arm they were turned to stone; till your people went over, O Lord, till the people went over whom you have made yours.

Verse ConceptsMarketsPassing ThroughPurchasingTypes Of ChristArm Of GodMotionlessnessStaying PutPeople As Rocksgreatnessterrorism

But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;

Verse ConceptsCovetingFaithfulness, To GodBeing A LeaderHatredHonestyProfitsReverence, And Social BehaviourTrustworthinessMagistratesCivil GovernmentTen PeopleFiftiesOne HundredA Thousand PeoplePerforming The TruthChoosing PeopleSkilled PeopleHating EvilCovetousnessDishonestyLeadership Qualitiesgroups

And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudLightningMusical Instruments, types ofTheophanyThunderGroups TremblingTrumpets For SignallingThose Frightened Of GodThe Last TrumpetLion Of The Tribe Of JudahThunder Showing God's Presence

And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.

Verse ConceptsSeeing GodDeath Due To God's Presence

And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.

Verse ConceptsConsecrationBreaking ForthMaking People Holypriests

And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.

Verse ConceptsLightningMusical Instruments, types ofSmokeTheophanyThunderFear, Of UnknownStanding At A DistanceTrumpets For SignallingThose Frightened Of GodWitnessingdistancesmokingThunder Showing God's Presence

And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.

Verse ConceptsDeath Due To God's PresenceGod Speaking

And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.

Verse ConceptsIndecencyNakednessStairwaysStepsPrivate Parts

I will send my fear before you, putting to flight all the people to whom you come; all those who are against you will go in flight, turning their backs before you.

Verse ConceptsConfusionenemies, of Israel and JudahTurning One's BackPuzzlementTerror Of Godterrorism

I will not send them all out in one year, for fear that their land may become waste, and the beasts of the field be increased overmuch against you.

Verse ConceptsGrowth Of EvilOne YearLand Becoming EmptyWild Beasts SubduedThe Lord Will Drive Them OutBeing Singleland

Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way.

Verse ConceptsFoodStubbornness, Consequences OfTent Of MeetingObstinacy Against GodGod Might Kill His PeopleMilk And HoneyRich Food

But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear.

Verse ConceptsShining FacesFear, Caused ByFear, Of UnknownStanding At A DistanceLight Of God's PeopleFear Of Individuals

Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersLove, In RelationshipsProstitutionRightsSexual Sin, Nature OfSexualityHarlotsProvokingTattoos Being Okwhores

So then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesRitual LawSin BearerStewardshipDeath Due To God's PresenceI Am The LordMaking People Holy

Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourFear God!lent

And I will give you peace in the land, and you will take your rest and no one will give you cause for fear; and I will put an end to all evil beasts in the land, and no sword of war will go through your land.

Verse ConceptsSleeplessnessWild Beasts SubduedPeaceMaking Peace With EnemiesSleeping PeacefullyDivine Protection

This will I do to you: I will put fear in your hearts, even wasting disease and burning pain, drying up the eyes and making the soul feeble, and you will get no profit from your seed, for your haters will take it for food.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Affected BydiseasesdisabilitiesVisionPunishment Of the WickedFeverThreateningsSowing In VainEyes HarmedUseless LabourFear Will ComeDepressionSpilling Your Seed On The Groundterrorism

And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death.

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationTouchCarrying Holy ThingsDeath Due To God's PresenceNot Touching

But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.

Verse ConceptsExclusion

With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodExperience, of GodGod, Revelation OfRevelation, In OtDivine FriendshipClarityBeing Face To Face With GodThose Who Saw GodPlainnessAddressing SomeoneRevelation Through Direct CommunicationPatience In RelationshipsSpeechcriticism

Only, do not go against the Lord or go in fear of the people of the land, for they will be our food; their strength has been taken from them and the Lord is with us: have no fear of them.

Verse ConceptsImmanuelRebellion, Against GodRebellion Against God, Nature OfGod With YouEasy For PeopleUnguardedDo Not Fear MenRebellion against GodProtection From EnemiesRemoving People From Your Life

And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.

Verse ConceptsShoutingSwallowingIsrael Fleeing

And the Lord said to Moses, Have no fear of him: for I have given him up into your hands, with all his people and his land; do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, at Heshbon.

Verse ConceptsDo Not Fear MenThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And in Moab there was great fear of the people, because their numbers were so great: and the feeling of Moab was bitter against the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsAnxiety, Examples OfFearing Other PeopleMany In Israel

Peoples will be in fear before his strength, his arm will be on great nations: his king will be higher than Agag, and his kingdom made great in honour.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialBucketsGod Providing WaterSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsSmallnessMagistratesFear Of ManPartialityGreat And SmallHard TasksDo Not Fear MenJudgingRespectMaking DecisionsDecision MakingConflictFamily ConflictRespecting AuthorityJudging Others Actionsdiscrimination

See now, the Lord your God has put the land into your hands: go up and take it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said to you; have no fear and do not be troubled.

Verse ConceptsCourage, In Facing EnemiesdiscouragementAssurance in the life of faithFear, Overcome ByConquestResisting Discouragement

Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts feeble with fear by saying, The people are greater and taller than we are, and the towns are great and walled up to heaven; and more than this, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesExaggerationsCitydoubt, results ofdiscouragementHeart, HumanLargenessPessimismSkyHuman EmotionFaint HeartednessGiantsLosing CourageWhere To?Sky, Figurative Use

And give the people orders, saying, You are about to go through the land of your brothers, the children of Esau, who are living in Seir; and they will have fear of you; so take care what you do:

Verse ConceptsFearing Other People

From now on I will put the fear of you in all peoples under heaven, who, hearing of you, will be shaking with fear and grief of heart because of you.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartPessimismAnguish, Causeterrorism

And the Lord said to me, Have no fear of him: for I have given him and all his people and his land into your hands; do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon.

Verse ConceptsDo Not Fear Men

Have no fear of them, for the Lord your God will be fighting for you.

Verse ConceptsBattlesDo Not Fear Men

That day when you were waiting before the Lord your God in Horeb, and the Lord said to me, Make all the people come together, so that hearing my words they may go in fear of me all the days of their life on earth and give this teaching to their children.

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofLearning From Other PeopleStandingBibleStudentsAssembling IsraelTeaching ChildrenFear God!

Has God ever before taken a nation for himself from out of another nation, by punishments and signs and wonders, by war and by a strong hand and a stretched-out arm and great acts of wonder and fear, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes?

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Nature OfStrength, DivineArm Of God

(I was between the Lord and you at that time, to make clear to you the word of the Lord: because, through fear of the fire, you did not go up the mountain;) saying,

Verse ConceptsMediatorWord Of GodFear, Caused ByFear, Of UnknownFire Emanating From GodThose Frightened Of God

If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!

Verse ConceptsFear Of The LordPenitentReceptive HeartsFear God!Keep The Commandments!

So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.

Verse ConceptsFutureFear Of The LordHow To Live Longstatues

And the Lord gave us orders to keep all these laws, in the fear of the Lord our God, so that it might be well for us for ever, and that he might keep us from death, as he has done to this day.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And BlessingFear Of God, Results OfSustaining ProvidenceReverence To GodBlessings Of ObedienceFear God!Keep The Commandments!Survivalpreservation

Have no fear of them, but keep well in mind what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt;

Verse ConceptsDo Not Fear Men

Have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, a great God greatly to be feared.

Verse ConceptsThe Most HighGod Is Among YouDo Not Fear MenGod Is To Be Feared

The Lord your God will send out the nations before you little by little; they are not to be rooted out quickly, for fear that the beasts of the field may be increased overmuch against you.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsGraduallyWild Beasts SubduedThe Lord Will Drive Them OutGradual Conquest Of The Land

And you may not take a disgusting thing into your house, and so become cursed with its curse: but keep yourselves from it, turning from it with fear and hate, for it is a cursed thing.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsIdolatryUnder The Bancurses

For I was full of fear because of the wrath of the Lord which was burning against you, with your destruction in view. But again the Lord's ear was open to my prayer.

Verse ConceptsDispleasureGod Might Kill His PeopleGod Will Be AngryThose Frightened Of God

And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,

Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodCommitment, to GodHeart, And Holy SpiritWalkingWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Elements OfDuty Of Man To GodTrue ReligionWhole HeartednessMan's Conduct Towards GodLove For GodGod's NeedsThe Need To Love GodFear God!relaxation

Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.

Verse ConceptsHolding FastClinging To GodSwearing ByFear God!Swearing

All people will give way before you: for the Lord your God will put the fear of you on all the land through which you go, as he has said.

Verse ConceptsInvincibilityAble To StandSuccess Through God

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אמה אימה 
'eymah 
Usage: 17

גּוּר 
Guwr 
Usage: 98

דּאגה 
D@'agah 
Usage: 6

דּחל 
D@chal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

חרדה 
Charadah 
Usage: 9

חת 
Chath 
Usage: 9

חתחת 
Chathchath 
Usage: 1

יגור 
Yagowr 
Usage: 2

יגר 
Yagor 
Usage: 5

ירא 
Yare' 
Usage: 334

ירא 
Yare' 
Usage: 43

יראה 
Yir'ah 
Usage: 45

מגוּר מגור 
Magowr 
Usage: 8

מגורה 
M@gowrah 
Usage: 1

מגוּרה 
M@guwrah 
Usage: 3

מהר 
Mahar 
Usage: 68

מורה מרא מורא 
Mowra' 
Usage: 12

ערץ 
`arats 
Usage: 15

פּחד 
Pachad 
Usage: 25

פּחד 
Pachad 
Usage: 49

פּחדּה 
Pachdah 
Usage: 1

פּלּצוּת 
Pallatsuwth 
Usage: 4

רגז 
Rogez 
Usage: 7

רטט 
Retet 
Usage: 1

רעדה רעד 
Ra`ad 
Usage: 5

ἀφόβως 
Aphobos 
Usage: 4

δειλία 
Deilia 
Usage: 1

δειλός 
Deilos 
Usage: 0

ἔκφοβος 
Ekphobos 
Usage: 2

εὐλαβέομαι 
Eulabeomai 
fearing , moved with fear
Usage: 2

φοβερός 
Phoberos 
Usage: 3

φοβέω 
Phobeo 
fear , be afraid , be afraid of , reverence ,
Usage: 68

φόβητρον 
Phobetron 
Usage: 0

φόβος 
Phobos 
fear , terror ,
Usage: 46

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