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Proverbs 8:13

“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יִרְאָהyirʼâh · yir-aw'
H3374 · Hebrew

Definition: fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
Derivation: feminine of H3373 (יָרֵא);
KJV renderings: [idiom] dreadful, [idiom] exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
Grammar: יִֽרְאַ֣ת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
Code HNcfsc
Usage: Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 20:11 Exodus 20:20 Deuteronomy 2:25 2 Samuel 23:3 2 Chronicles 19:9

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 יִרְאָה here.

Verse 12 Verse 14

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.