KJV dictionary & concordance
Feeling fear, alarm, apprehension, or terror.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 3:10
Complete exact-word concordance
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
I, euen I am hee that comforteth you, who art thou that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the sonne of man which shall bee made as grasse?
1611 marginal notePsal.118.6.
1611 marginal noteChap.40.6. 1.pet. 1.24.
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
And of whom hast thou bene afraid or feared, that thou hast lyed, and hast not remembred me, nor layed it to thy heart? haue not I held my peace euen of old, and thou fearest me not?
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, sayth the LORD.
1611 marginal noteEze.3.9.
1611 marginal noteExo.3.12. deu.31.6,8. iosh.1.5. heb.13.6.
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.
Be astonished, O yee heauens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be yee very desolate, saith the LORD.
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
They are vpright as the palme tree, but speake not: they must needes bee borne, because they cannot goe: be not afraid of them, for they cannot doe euil, neither also is it in them to doe good.
1611 marginal notePsa.115.5.
1611 marginal noteIsa.46.1, 7.
1611 marginal noteIsa.41.28.
And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
And when Iehoiakim the king with all his mightie men, and all the princes heard his wordes, the king sought to put him to death; but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid and fled, and went into Egypt.
¶ 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.
¶ Therefore feare thou not, O my seruant Iacob, saith the LORD, neither be dismayed, O Israel; for loe, I will saue thee from afarre, and thy seede from the land of their captiuitie, and Iacob shall returne, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
1611 marginal noteIsa.41.13. and 43.5. and 44.1. Cha. 46.28.
Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
Now it came to passe when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and sayd vnto Baruch, Wee will surely tell the King of all these words.
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his seruants that heard all these words.
And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
And Zedekiah the king said vnto Ieremiah, I am afraid of the Iewes that are fallen to the Caldeans, lest they deliuer mee into their hand, and they mocke me.
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Historical English dictionary sources
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.
