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To fear

רָהָהStrong’s H7297

rahah (ra-hah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Rahah is the Hebrew word usually translated “fear”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.”
Isaiah 44:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to fearmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
  • you fear 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    רָהָה rahah · to fear

    1) (Qal) to fear 1a) meaning uncertain

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “fear” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FEAR, noun

    [See the Verb.]

    1. A painful emotion or passion excited by an expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger. fear expresses less apprehension than dread, and dread less than terror and fright.
    2. Anxiety; solicitude.
    3. The cause of fear
    4. The object of fear“Except the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me” Genesis 31:42
    All definitions and other forms of “fear”
    1. Something set or hung up to terrify wild animals, by its color or noise. Isaiah 24:17Jeremiah 48:43
    2. In scripture, fear is used to express a filial or a slavish passion.“I will put my fear in their hearts” Jeremiah 32:40
    3. The worship of God.“I will teach you the fear of the Lord” Psalms 34:11
    4. The law and word of God.“The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever” Psalms 19:9
    5. Reverence; respect; due regard.“Render to all their dues; fear to whom fear” Romans 13:7

    FEAR, verb transitive

    [Latin vereor.]

    1. To feel a painful apprehension of some impending evil; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotions of alarm or solicitude.
    2. To reverence; to have a reverential awe; to venerate.“This do, and live:for I fear God” Genesis 42:18
    3. To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach by fear or by a scarecrow. [This seems to be the primary meaning, but now obsolete.]

    FEAR, verb intransitive

    To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.

    1. “But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtility, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ” 2 Corinthians 11:3

    FEAR, noun

    A companion. [Not in use. See Peer.]

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.