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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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Hosea 3:5
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 3:5 · retained source text

Afterward shall the children of Israel returne, and seeke the LORD their God, and Dauid their King, and shall feare the LORD, and his goodnesse in the latter dayes.

1611 marginal noteIer.30.9. ezech. 34.23.

1611 marginal noteIsai.2.1.

Hosea 10:5
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 10:5 · retained source text

The inhabitants of Samaria shall feare, because of the calues of Bethauen: for the people thereof shall mourne ouer it, and the priests thereof that reioyced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

1611 marginal noteChemarims,

Joel 2:21
fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 2:21 · retained source text

¶ Feare not, O land, be glad and reioyce: for the LORD will doe great things.

Amos 3:8
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 3:8 · retained source text

The lyon hath roared, Who will not feare? the LORD God hath spoken, Who can but prophecie?

Jonah 1:9
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jonah 1:9 · retained source text

And hee said vnto them, I am an Hebrew, and I feare the LORD the God of heauen, which hath made the sea, and the dry land.

Micah 7:17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 7:17 · retained source text

They shall licke the dust like a serpent, they shall moue out of their holes like wormes of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall feare because of thee.

1611 marginal noteOr, creeping things.

1611 marginal notePsal.72.9.

Zephaniah 3:7
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:7 · retained source text

I said, Surely thou wilt feare mee: thou wilt receiue instruction: so their dwelling should not bee cut off, howsoeuer I punished them: but they rose early, & corrupted all their doings.

Zephaniah 3:16
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
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1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:16 · retained source text

In that day it shall be said to Ierusalem, Feare thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slacke.

1611 marginal noteOr, faint.

Haggai 1:12
¶ Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Haggai 1:12 · retained source text

¶ Then Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and Iosuah the sonne of Iosedech the high priest, with all the remnant of the people obeyed the voyce of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the Prophet (as the LORD their God had sent him) and the people did feare before the LORD.

Haggai 2:5
According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Haggai 2:5 · retained source text

According to the word that I couenanted with you, when ye came out of Egypt, so my Spirit remaineth among you, Feare ye not.

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