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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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400 occurrences385 verses52 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:2

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Leviticus 19:3
¶ Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 19:3 · retained source text

¶ Yee shall feare euery man his mother, and his father, and keepe my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:14
¶ Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 19:14 · retained source text

¶ Thou shalt not curse the deafe, nor put a stumbling blocke before the blind, but shalt feare thy God: I am the LORD.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 27.18.

Leviticus 25:17
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 25:17 · retained source text

Yee shall not therefore oppresse one another; but thou shalt feare thy God: For I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 25:36
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 25:36 · retained source text

Take thou no vsurie of him, or increase: but feare thy God, that thy brother may liue with thee.

1611 marginal noteExod. 22.25. deut. 23.19. pro. 28.8 ezek. 18.8 and 22.12.

Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 25:43 · retained source text

Thou shalt not rule ouer him with rigour, but shalt feare thy God.

1611 marginal noteEphe. 6.9. coloss. 4.1.

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