79 occurrences in 13 translations

'Fear' in the Bible

So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.

Verse ConceptsReadinessReady To SpeakSpeaking The Word God Gives

Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPeople Appalled

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

Verse ConceptsRebukeFruits Of SinConsequences Of Forsaking GodNo Fear Of GodReproving PeopleBackslidingPunishmentsBackslidersapostasyFalling Away From God

I saw that even though I had sent unfaithful Israel away for all her adulteries and had given her a divorce decree, her treacherous sister Judah didn't fear, and she, too, committed adultery.

Verse ConceptsAdultery and Divorcedivorce, amongst believersCertificate of divorceSpiritual HarlotryBills Of DivorceRelated NationsNo Fear Of GodBackslidingBackslidersInfidelitywhores

“On that day”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the king and the officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be scared speechless.”

Verse ConceptsPessimismAstonishmentProphecy AbolishedLosing CouragePeople Appalled

Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Verse ConceptsBoundariesSandSeaAttitudes Of RespectOceansAweWavesDivine Power Over NatureBarriersEternal WorldLimits For The SeaSand And GravelFear God!

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with Noahdrought, physicalHarvestPentecostWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWeeksGod Sending RainLatenessRight Time For GodNo Fear Of GodSeasons Changing

A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;

Verse ConceptsPeople Appalled

The people cry out, "We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!

Verse ConceptsBad NewsLabour PainsNo Strength Left

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

Verse ConceptsRoadsAmbushWar As God's JudgmentGoing OutsideFear Will Come

The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfdiscouragementRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRejecting God's WordFalse WisdomForsaking God's ThingsShaming PeopleGod's Word Gives WisdomDisappointmentrelentlesswise

We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.

Verse ConceptsDisappointmentsHealthHope, Nature OfFalse HopesFear Will ComeNo HealingNo PeaceHealth And Healingterrorism

The snorting of the enemy's horses is already being heard in the city of Dan. The sound of the neighing of their stallions causes the whole land to tremble with fear. They are coming to destroy the land and everything in it! They are coming to destroy the cities and everyone who lives in them!"

Verse ConceptsNosesNeighing And Braying

For the destruction of the daughter of my people I am broken: I am dressed in the clothing of grief; fear has taken me in its grip.

Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraeldiscouragementSorrowI Mourn CatastropheHealing A Broken HeartHurtA Broken Hearthurting

This is what the Lord has said: Do not go in the way of the nations; have no fear of the signs of heaven, for the nations go in fear of them.

Verse ConceptsAstrologySkySuperstitionHeathenOccultismFear, Of UnknownDivinationFruitless LearningSigns In The SkyEclipsecultureatheismalignment

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,their idols cannot speak.They must be carried because they cannot walk.Do not fear them for they can do no harm—and they cannot do any good.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFruitResponseUnreliabilityUprightnessDisdainImpotence Of IdolsObelisksCarrying IdolsDumbnessGood Or BadDumbChristmas Treestatues

Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfGod, Wisdom OfReverence, And God's NatureGod, All knowingNo One Is Like GodGod Is WorthyGod Is To Be Fearedroyalty

But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath.

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingGod Is TruthfulHonestyEarth, Judgment OfGod Shaking The EarthGod Has AngerNature Of GodThe Lord [Yahweh] Is GodEverlastingLiving For Godwrathreality

Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.

Verse ConceptsCisternsNoblesDry PlacesSeeking WaterShaming People

Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

Verse ConceptsVeilsShaming People

Have you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us blows from which there is no one to make us well? we were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there was only a great fear.

Verse ConceptsHealingHope, In GodHope, Nature OfPeace, Human Search ForZion, As A SymbolSmitten CheeksFear Will ComeGod Hating PeopleNo HealingNo PeaceHope And Healing

And I will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and what he did in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsMade A Horror

He will be like a tree planted by water:it sends its roots out toward a stream,it doesn’t fear when heat comes,and its foliage remains green.It will not worry in a year of droughtor cease producing fruit.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenSpring Of WaterUnfading LifeThe Source Of FruitRiver BanksWater For PlantsHot WeatherGreenWater, As A Symbol Of LifeRiversOlive TreesAnxiety And FearWorrying

Be not a cause of fear to me: you are my safe place in the day of evil.

Verse ConceptsTerror Of GodProtection And Safetyterrorism

Let them be put to shame who are attacking me, but let me not be shamed; let them be overcome with fear, but let me not be overcome: send on them the day of evil, and put them to destruction twice over.

Verse ConceptsDouble Penalty

Then on the day after, Pashhur let Jeremiah loose. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has given you the name of Magor-missabib (Cause-of-fear-on-every-side), not Pashhur.

Verse ConceptsPeople Renaming PeopleFear Will Cometerrorism

For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am making thee for a fear to thyself, And to all loving thee, And they have fallen by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes are beholding, And all Judah I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he hath removed them to Babylon, And he hath smitten them with the sword.

Verse ConceptsSpectatorsExile In ProspectMade A HorrorGod Will Cause Defeatrelentlessterrorism

For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessPeace, Human Destruction OfPersecution, Forms OfSympathyWaitingWatchfulness, Of BelieversWatching To EntrapDefamationDeceiving OneselfFear Will ComeFriends FailingMan AvengingUnder One's BreathRevengeterrorism

Inhabitants of Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when labor pains come to you, fear and pain as the [woman who] gives birth.

Verse ConceptsCedarLabour Pains

and give you to those who are trying to kill you, whom you fear that is, to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Chaldeans.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleTo Be Given Into One's Hands

And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdFeeding The FlockAll PeopleThose Not FearingMissing Someone

I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentOffenceRidicule, Nature OfMade A Horror

See, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and make them come against this land, and against its people, and against all these nations on every side; and I will give them up to complete destruction, and make them a cause of fear and surprise and a waste place for ever.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Prophecies Ofelection, responsibilities ofCivil authoritiesAuthority, of human institutionsMinistry, Nature OfWar As God's JudgmentHissingGod Will Kill His PeopleMade A Horror

Jerusalem and the towns of Judah and their kings and their princes, to make them a waste place, a cause of fear and surprise and a curse, as it is this day;

Verse ConceptsHissingMade A Horror

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

Verse ConceptsGod Changing His MindSeeking The Favour Of God

King Jehoiakim, all his warriors, and all the officials heard his words, and the king tried to put him to death. When Uriah heard, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.

I will go after them, attacking them with the sword and with need of food and with disease, and will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and a wonder and a surprise and a name of shame among all the nations where I have sent them:

Verse ConceptsHissingFamine Coming From GodMade A Horror

For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

Verse ConceptsPeople AppalledNo Peaceterrorismwholeness

Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

Verse ConceptsdiscouragementPeace, Human Destruction OfServants Of The LordGod's Help In DiscouragementPromise of returnGood Things From Far Away

'And Thou bringest forth Thy people Israel from the land of Egypt, with signs and with wonders, and by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great fear,

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, Power OfHand Of GodStrength, DivineStrength Of GodTerror Of GodSigns And Wonders Before ChristGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

Verse ConceptsReverence, And BlessingConcentrationUnified PeopleGood ChildrenSingle MindednessLife PurposeBeing Singleheartbeat

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, The EternalRenewed HeartThe Eternal CovenantLater Covenants With GodEverlastingGod's Covenant Is EverlastingGod Turning Bad Things Into Goodcovenant

And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And BlessingReverence, And God's NatureReverence To GodAbundant PeaceGod Doing GoodGoodness

But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

When they had heard all the words, they turned to each other in fear and said to Baruch, “We must surely tell the king all these things.”

Verse ConceptsFearing God's Word

But they had no fear and gave no signs of grief, not the king or any of his servants, after hearing all these words.

Verse ConceptsNot Tearing ClothesFearing God's Word

And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

And now be pleased to give ear, O my lord the king; let my prayer for help come before you, and do not make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, for fear that I may come to my death there.

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of Death

Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man be put to death, because he is putting fear into the hearts of the men of war who are still in the town, and into the hearts of the people, by saying such things to them: this man is not working for the well-being of the people, but for their damage.

Verse ConceptsCowardiceBlameKilling ProphetsSeeking The Welfare

And King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, I am troubled on account of the Jews who have gone over to the Chaldaeans, for fear that they may give me up to them and they will put me to shame.

Verse ConceptsJews, TheFear Of ManFearing Other PeopleTurning Against Men

But I will rescue you on that day”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and you will not be handed over to the men you fear.

Verse ConceptsNot Defeated

And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

Verse ConceptsServing GroupsDo Not Fear Men

Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

Verse ConceptsCorpses Of Other PeopleList Of Kings Of Israel

Because of the Chaldaeans: for they were in fear of them because Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had put to death Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.

Verse ConceptsKilling KingsFear Of Enemies

Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear; don’t be afraid of him’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘because I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.

Verse ConceptsGod With YouDo Not Fear For God Will HelpBeing Scared

then the sword you fear will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine you are worried about will follow on your heels there to Egypt, and you will die there.

Verse ConceptsOvertakingKilled With The SwordFamine ComingFamine Will ComeAnxiety And FearFear And Worry

Even to this day their hearts are not broken, and they have no fear, and have not gone in the way of my law or of my rules which I gave to you and to your fathers.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceHumilityRemorseNo Fear Of GodBreaking God's LawHumble Yourself

Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfPeoples Who FledFear Will Come

But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Destruction OfPromise of returnGod Saves The NeedyDo Not Fear For God Will Help

Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

Verse ConceptsChastisementGod With YouAmericaDo Not Fear For God Will Help

Fathers will hear the hoofbeats of the enemies' horses, the clatter of their chariots and the rumbling of their wheels. They will not turn back to save their children because they will be paralyzed with fear.

Verse ConceptsNoiseWheelsFeeblenessCavalrySoundRumbling

How is it broken down! how is Moab's back turned in shame! so Moab will be a cause of sport and of fear to everyone round about him.

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsGod TrappingFear Will ComePit Used As Traps

He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsYearsThe Day Of JudgementGod TrappingFear Will Come

Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsShadows

Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

Verse ConceptsPeople Appalled

And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.

Verse ConceptsRidicule, Nature OfScoffingDisdainHissingMade A Horror

About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, their heart in its fear is turned to water, it will not be quiet.

Verse ConceptsNewsRestlessnessSeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesAnxiety And Feardamascusreassurance

Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

Verse ConceptsLabour PainsUnable To Do Other Thingsdamascus

Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeTaking Possessions

Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, without doors or locks, living by themselves.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsNationalismA Solitary PeopleThose At Ease

Because of the wrath of the Lord no one will be living in it, and it will be quite unpeopled: everyone who goes by Babylon will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Prophecies OfRidicule, Nature OfScoffingBabylon Left DesolateEmpty CitiesHissingPeople Appalled

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

Verse ConceptsBabylonSicklesNot SowingNot Reaping What You Sow

A drought will come upon her land; her rivers and canals will be dried up. All of this will happen because her land is filled with idols. Her people act like madmen because of those idols they fear.

Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalWaters Drying Up

The king of Babylon will become paralyzed with fear when he hears news of their coming. Anguish will grip him, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.

Verse ConceptsLabour PainsNo Strength Left

And the ways across the river have been taken, and the water-holes ... burned with fire, and the men of war are in the grip of fear.

Verse ConceptsMarshesFordsFear Of Enemiesbridges

And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthdiscouragementCivil StrifeRumoursFear, Of FutureResisting DiscouragementThose Not Fearingrumors

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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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