What does "Fear" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Fear?

FEAR. "The fear of the Lord" is a common expression in the O.T. Job 28:28; comp. Acts 9:31. It refers to awe and reverence for piety rather than to dread of God. The love of God is not so plainly revealed in the O.T. as in the New. The attributes of God's holiness and power are most strongly emphasized. Hence the frequent exhortation to fear God. Fear has its fit place also under the gospel dispensation. Paul exhorts Christians, Phil 2:12, "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." If it is a "fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God," Heb 10:31, and "if the righteous scarcely be saved," 1 Pet 4:18, we ought ever to remember the punishment due to us for sin and God's abhorrence of it, and in view of the punishment pass our time in a proper state of godly fear, which, however, is not slavish, but consistent with assurance of faith and with love for God as our Father. Comp. Rom 8:15; 1 John 4:18.

What is the Hebrew word for Fear?

Where does Fear appear in the Bible?

Fear is referenced in 60 verses across 25 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 1 Corinthians 2:3
• 1 John 4:18
• 1 Peter 1:17
• 1 Timothy 5:20
• 2 Chronicles 19:9
• 2 Corinthians 5:11
• 2 Corinthians 7:1
• 2 Corinthians 7:15
• 2 Samuel 23:3
• Acts 5:5
• Acts 5:11
• Acts 19:17
• Deuteronomy 2:25
• Exodus 20:20
• Genesis 20:11
• Hebrews 2:15
• Isaiah 7:25
• Isaiah 11:2
• Isaiah 11:3
• Isaiah 33:6
• Jeremiah 32:40
• John 7:13
• John 20:19
• Job 6:14

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Fear.