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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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Joshua 22:24
And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 22:24 · retained source text

And if we haue not rather done it for feare of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speake vnto our children, saying, What haue you to doe with the LORD God of Israel?

1611 marginal noteHebr. to morrow.

Joshua 24:14
¶ Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 24:14 · retained source text

¶ Now therefore, feare the LORD, and serue him in sinceritie, and in trueth, and put away the gods which your fathers serued on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt: and serue yee the LORD.

Judges 4:18
¶ And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
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1611 witness · Judges 4:18 · retained source text

¶ And Iael went out to meete Sisera, and said vnto him, Turne in, my lord, turne in to me, feare not. And when hee had turned in vnto her, into the tent, shee couered him with a mantle.

1611 marginal noteOr, rugge, or blanket.

Judges 6:10
And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 6:10 · retained source text

And I said vnto you, I am the LORD your God, feare not the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwel: But ye haue not obeyed my voice.

1611 marginal note2.King. 17.35,38. ierem. 10.2.

Judges 6:23
And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 6:23 · retained source text

And the LORD said vnto him, Peace be vnto thee, feare not, thou shalt not die.

Judges 7:10
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 7:10 · retained source text

But if thou feare to goe downe, goe thou with Phurah thy seruant downe to the hoste.

Judges 9:21
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 9:21 · retained source text

And Iotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there for feare of Abimeleeh his brother.

Ruth 3:11
And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
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1611 witness · Ruth 3:11 · retained source text

And now my daughter, feare not, I will doe to thee all that thou requirest: for all the citie of my people doeth know, that thou art a vertuous woman.

1611 marginal noteHeb. gate.

1 Samuel 4:20
And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 4:20 · retained source text

And about the time of her death, the women that stood by her, said vnto her: Feare not, for thou hast borne a sonne. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. set not her heart

1 Samuel 11:7
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 11:7 · retained source text

And he tooke a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoeuer commeth not foorth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it bee done vnto his oxen: and the feare of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

1611 marginal noteHeb. as one man.

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