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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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1 Kings 8:40
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:40 · retained source text

That they may feare thee all the dayes that they liue, in the land which thou gauest vnto our fathers.

1 Kings 8:43
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:43 · retained source text

Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and doe according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy Name, to feare thee, as doe thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I haue builded, is called by thy Name.

1611 marginal noteHebr. thy Name is called vpon this house.

1 Kings 17:13
And Elijah said unto her, fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 17:13 · retained source text

And Eliiah said vnto her, Feare not, goe, and doe as thou hast said: but make mee thereof a little cake first, and bring it vnto mee, and after make for thee, and for thy sonne.

1 Kings 18:12
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 18:12 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe, as soone as I am gone from thee, that the spirit of the LORD shall cary thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot finde thee, he shall slay mee: but I thy seruant feare the LORD from my youth.

2 Kings 4:1
NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:1 · retained source text

¶ Now there cryed a certaine woman of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy seruant did feare the LORD: and the creditour is come to take vnto him my two sonnes to be bondmen.

2 Kings 6:16
And he answered, fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 6:16 · retained source text

And he answered, Feare not: for they that be with vs, are moe then they that be with them.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 32.7.

2 Kings 17:28
Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:28 · retained source text

Then one of the priests whom they had caried away from Samaria, came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them howe they should feare the LORD.

2 Kings 17:34
Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:34 · retained source text

Unto this day they doe after the former maners: they feare not the LORD, neither doe they after their Statutes, or after their Ordinances, or after the Law and Commaundement which the LORD commaunded the children of Iacob, whom hee named Israel,

1611 marginal noteGen. 32.28. 1.King. 18.31.

2 Kings 17:35
With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:35 · retained source text

With whom the LORD had made a Couenant, and charged them, saying, Yee shall not feare other gods, nor bow your selues to them, nor serue them, nor sacrifice to them:

1611 marginal noteIudg.6.10.

2 Kings 17:36
But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:36 · retained source text

But the LORD, who brought you vp out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and a stretched out arme, him shall ye feare, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye doe sacrifice.

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