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fear

Meaning of “fear”

1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:2

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2 Kings 4:1
NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:1 · retained source text

¶ Now there cryed a certaine woman of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy seruant did feare the LORD: and the creditour is come to take vnto him my two sonnes to be bondmen.

2 Kings 6:16
And he answered, fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 6:16 · retained source text

And he answered, Feare not: for they that be with vs, are moe then they that be with them.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 32.7.

2 Kings 17:28
Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:28 · retained source text

Then one of the priests whom they had caried away from Samaria, came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them howe they should feare the LORD.

2 Kings 17:34
Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:34 · retained source text

Unto this day they doe after the former maners: they feare not the LORD, neither doe they after their Statutes, or after their Ordinances, or after the Law and Commaundement which the LORD commaunded the children of Iacob, whom hee named Israel,

1611 marginal noteGen. 32.28. 1.King. 18.31.

2 Kings 17:35
With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:35 · retained source text

With whom the LORD had made a Couenant, and charged them, saying, Yee shall not feare other gods, nor bow your selues to them, nor serue them, nor sacrifice to them:

1611 marginal noteIudg.6.10.

2 Kings 17:36
But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:36 · retained source text

But the LORD, who brought you vp out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and a stretched out arme, him shall ye feare, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye doe sacrifice.

2 Kings 17:37
And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:37 · retained source text

And the Statutes, and the Ordinances, and the Law, and the Commandement which he wrote for you, ye shall obserue to doe for euermore, and ye shall not feare other gods:

2 Kings 17:38
And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:38 · retained source text

And the Couenant that I haue made with you, ye shall no forget, neither shall ye feare other gods.

2 Kings 17:39
But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:39 · retained source text

But the LORD your God yee shall feare, and he shall deliuer you out of the hand of all your enemies.

2 Kings 25:24
And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 25:24 · retained source text

And Gedaliah sware to them and to their men, and said vnto them, Feare not to be the seruants of the Caldees: dwell in the land, and serue the King of Babylon; and it shall bee well with you.

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