Lexicon
יָגֹר
ya.gor
H3025
H:V Hebrew

to fear

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Hebrew
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ya.gor describes fearing an impending threat, disaster, pain, anger, or reproach.

The attested use describes fear directed toward what may come upon a person: diseases in Deuteronomy 28:60, destructive anger in Deuteronomy 9:19, dreaded trouble and pains in Job 3:25 and Job 9:28, and reproach in Psalm 119:39.

Senses in use

  1. Fearing an anticipated harm · dominant

    The Qal perfect forms mark a person’s fear of a threatening outcome or condition. In Deuteronomy 28:60 the APB renders feared diseases that would return; in Deuteronomy 9:19 it renders fear of anger and rage directed toward destruction. Job 3:25, Job 9:28, and Psalm 119:39 likewise place the fear before dreaded trouble, pains, or reproach.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the clause with “feared” in Deuteronomy 28:60, Deuteronomy 9:19, Job 3:25, and Psalm 119:39, and with “afraid” in Job 9:28. These renderings confirm the verses’ fear context rather than establish separate meanings.

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