What does יָרֵא · דָּבָר · יְהֹוָה mean in the Bible?
יָרֵא · דָּבָר · יְהֹוָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Reverently heed the LORD's spoken warning".
Hebrew · H3373, H1697, H3068
הַיָּרֵא אֶת־דְּבַר יְהוָה
Fearing ; morally, reverent · a word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause · (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God
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יָרֵא H3373 fearing ; morally, reverent
Pronunciation yārēʾ
Fear of God encompasses both dread and reverent obedience, forming the foundation of OT piety and wisdom
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דָּבָר H1697 a word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause
Pronunciation dāḇār
Word that moves from speech to action: what is spoken becomes a matter of real consequence and effect.
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יְהֹוָה H3068 (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God
Pronunciation YHWH
God's self-existence and eternity marked by the covenantal name revealing His unchanging, personal relationship with Israel
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What does הַיָּרֵא אֶת־דְּבַר יְהוָה (hayyare et-devar YHWH) mean in the Bible?
יָרֵא · דָּבָר · יְהֹוָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Reverently heed the LORD's spoken warning".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3373, H1697, H3068?
H3373, H1697, H3068 is connected to 8,030 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. Reverently heed the LORD's spoken warning
Source Gloss
Reverently heed the LORD's spoken warning
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 34
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 7×
Participle active Dan 1:10 · Eccl 8:13 · Gen 32:12 · Judg 7:10 · Prov 14:16 5×
Perfect Deut 25:18 · Jonah 1:9 2×
Word Origins
הַיָּרֵא אֶת־דְּבַר יְהוָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain