Original Language Studio

2 Chronicles 20:3

“And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.” (KJV)

Tap a word · read right to left

Lexical meaning

יָרֵאyârêʼ · yaw-ray'
H3372 · Hebrew

Definition: to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּרָ֕א — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage: Occurs 329 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:10 Genesis 15:1 Genesis 18:15 Genesis 19:30 Genesis 20:8

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָרֵא here.

Verse 2 Verse 4

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.