ya.re describes fearing God as a marked way of life and, in other settings, being afraid of people, danger, or harm.

The dominant usage identifies people who fear God or the LORD, often alongside upright conduct, obedience, trust, praise, blessing, or divine care. A smaller group of passages uses the term for being afraid of hostile people, military danger, or harmful consequences.

1. Fearing God as a defining allegiance · dominant

   Construct adjective forms identify persons in relation to God: in Genesis 22:12 the speaker cites Abraham's not withholding his son as evidence that he fears God, while Job 1:1 and Job 2:3 place this description beside uprightness and turning from evil. Plural construct forms likewise designate a group addressed to trust, bless, or receive the LORD's care in Psalm 115:11, Psalm 115:13, Psalm 128:1, and Psalm 145:19; the APB renders these clauses with forms of “fear the LORD” or “fear him.”

   Genesis 22:12Job 1:1Job 2:3Psalm 115:11Psalm 128:1Psalm 145:19
2. Being afraid of danger or powerful opponents · occasional

   The absolute adjective describes a fainthearted man who may leave the army in Deuteronomy 20:8 and Judges 7:3, and an active participle describes Gideon's reluctance to go down to the camp in Judges 7:10. In Deuteronomy 7:19 and Jeremiah 42:11, the surrounding clauses concern peoples or the king of Babylon of whom the audience is afraid; the APB renders the latter, “Do not fear the king of Babylon.”

   Deuteronomy 20:8Deuteronomy 7:19Judges 7:3Judges 7:10Jeremiah 42:11Daniel 1:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “fear,” “fears,” or “afraid,” including “those who fear the LORD” and “whoever is afraid and trembling.” Because it is a whole-verse translation, these English expressions confirm the clauses' overall presentation without fixing a separate English equivalent in every instance.