KJV dictionary & concordance

afraid

Meaning of “afraid”

Feeling fear, alarm, apprehension, or terror.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

193 occurrences189 verses42 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 3:10

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Micah 4:4

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But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Micah 4:4 · retained source text

But they shall sit euery man vnder his Uine, and vnder his figgetree, and none shal make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hostes hath spoken it.

Micah 7:17

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They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Micah 7:17 · retained source text

They shall licke the dust like a serpent, they shall moue out of their holes like wormes of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall feare because of thee.

1611 marginal noteOr, creeping things.

1611 marginal notePsal.72.9.

Complete reference index — all 189 verses

Genesis 3:10 Genesis 18:15 Genesis 20:8 Genesis 28:17 Genesis 31:31 Genesis 32:7 Genesis 42:28 Genesis 42:35 Genesis 43:18 Exodus 3:6 Exodus 14:10 Exodus 15:14 Exodus 34:30 Leviticus 26:6 Numbers 12:8 Numbers 22:3 Deuteronomy 1:17 Deuteronomy 1:29 Deuteronomy 2:4 Deuteronomy 5:5 Deuteronomy 7:18 Deuteronomy 7:19 Deuteronomy 9:19 Deuteronomy 18:22 Deuteronomy 20:1 Deuteronomy 28:10 Deuteronomy 28:60 Deuteronomy 31:6 Joshua 1:9 Joshua 9:24 Joshua 11:6 Judges 7:3 Ruth 3:8 1 Samuel 4:7 1 Samuel 7:7 1 Samuel 17:11 1 Samuel 17:24 1 Samuel 18:12 1 Samuel 18:15 1 Samuel 18:29 1 Samuel 21:1 1 Samuel 21:12 1 Samuel 23:3 1 Samuel 28:5 1 Samuel 28:13 1 Samuel 28:20 1 Samuel 31:4 2 Samuel 1:14 2 Samuel 6:9 2 Samuel 14:15 2 Samuel 17:2 2 Samuel 22:5 2 Samuel 22:46 1 Kings 1:49 2 Kings 1:15 2 Kings 10:4 2 Kings 19:6 2 Kings 25:26 1 Chronicles 10:4 1 Chronicles 13:12 1 Chronicles 21:30 2 Chronicles 20:15 2 Chronicles 32:7 Nehemiah 2:2 Nehemiah 4:14 Nehemiah 6:9 Nehemiah 6:13 Esther 7:6 Job 3:25 Job 5:21 Job 5:22 Job 6:21 Job 9:28 Job 11:19 Job 13:11 Job 13:21 Job 15:24 Job 18:11 Job 19:29 Job 21:6 Job 23:15 Job 32:6 Job 33:7 Job 39:20 Job 41:25 Psalms 3:6 Psalms 18:4 Psalms 18:45 Psalms 27:1 Psalms 49:16 Psalms 56:3 Psalms 56:11 Psalms 65:8 Psalms 77:16 Psalms 83:15 Psalms 91:5 Psalms 112:7 Psalms 112:8 Psalms 119:120 Proverbs 3:24 Proverbs 3:25 Proverbs 31:21 Ecclesiastes 12:5 Isaiah 8:12 Isaiah 10:24 Isaiah 10:29 Isaiah 12:2 Isaiah 13:8 Isaiah 17:2 Isaiah 19:16 Isaiah 19:17 Isaiah 20:5 Isaiah 31:4 Isaiah 31:9 Isaiah 33:14 Isaiah 37:6 Isaiah 40:9 Isaiah 41:5 Isaiah 44:8 Isaiah 51:7 Isaiah 51:12 Isaiah 57:11 Jeremiah 1:8 Jeremiah 2:12 Jeremiah 10:5 Jeremiah 26:21 Jeremiah 30:10 Jeremiah 36:16 Jeremiah 36:24 Jeremiah 38:19 Jeremiah 39:17 Jeremiah 41:18 Jeremiah 42:11 Jeremiah 42:16 Jeremiah 46:27 Ezekiel 2:6 Ezekiel 27:35 Ezekiel 30:9 Ezekiel 32:10 Ezekiel 34:28 Ezekiel 39:26 Daniel 4:5 Daniel 8:17 Joel 2:22 Amos 3:6 Jonah 1:5 Jonah 1:10 Micah 4:4 Micah 7:17 Nahum 2:11 Habakkuk 2:17 Habakkuk 3:2 Zephaniah 3:13 Malachi 2:5 Matthew 2:22 Matthew 14:27 Matthew 14:30 Matthew 17:6 Matthew 17:7 Matthew 25:25 Matthew 28:10 Mark 5:15 Mark 5:36 Mark 6:50 Mark 9:6 Mark 9:32 Mark 10:32 Mark 16:8 Luke 2:9 Luke 8:25 Luke 8:35 Luke 12:4 Luke 24:5 John 6:19 John 6:20 John 14:27 John 19:8 Acts 9:26 Acts 10:4 Acts 18:9 Acts 22:9 Acts 22:29 Romans 13:3 Romans 13:4 Galatians 4:11 Hebrews 11:23 1 Peter 3:6 1 Peter 3:14 2 Peter 2:10

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Genesis 3:10 Nehemiah 2:2 Isaiah 33:14 Deuteronomy 1:17 Psalms 56:3 Malachi 2:5 Mark 9:32 Romans 13:4 Deuteronomy 31:6 2 Kings 1:15 Job 32:6 Isaiah 13:8 Jeremiah 46:27 Mark 5:15 2 Peter 2:10

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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Impressed with fear or apprehension; fearful. This word expresses a less degree of fear than terrified or frightened. It is followed by of before the object of fear.

volume 1, leaf 136, column 3 (main_dictionary)