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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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Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 3:14 · retained source text

I know that whatsoeuer God doeth, it shalbe for euer: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doth it, that men should feare before him.

Ecclesiastes 8:12
¶ Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 8:12 · retained source text

¶ Though a sinner doe euill an hundred times, and his dayes be prolonged; yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that feare God, which feare before him.

1611 marginal notePsal.37.10,11,18, 19.

Ecclesiastes 12:13
¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:13 · retained source text

¶ Let vs heare the conclusion of the whole matter: Feare God, and keepe his commandements, for this is the whole duetie of man.

1611 marginal noteOr, the end of the matter, euen all that hath bene heard, is.

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