KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
¶ The feare of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
1611 marginal noteOr, the principall part.
1611 marginal noteIob 28.28. psal. 111.10. prou.9.10.
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
I also will laugh at your calamitie, I wil mocke when your feare commeth.
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
When your feare commeth as desolation, and your destruction commeth as a whirlewinde; when distresse and anguish commeth vpon you:
1611 marginal noteIob.27.9 isa. 1.15. ier.11.11. & 14.12.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the LORD.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
But who so hearkneth vnto mee, shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from feare of euill.
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
¶ Be not wise in thine owne eyes: feare the LORD, and depart from euill.
1611 marginal noteRom. 12.16
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
Be not afraid of sudden feare, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it commeth.
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
The feare of the LORD is to hate euill: pride and arrogancie, and the euill way, and the froward mouth doe I hate.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
The feare of the LORD is the beginning of wisedome: and the knowledge of the holy is vnderstanding.
1611 marginal noteIob.28.28. psal.111.10. chap. 1.7.
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