Words the Bible translates as awe
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- phobosφόβοςfear: the alarm or dread that grips a person in the face of danger, the supernatural, or overwhelming power
+2 more meanings
- reverence: the respect and submission owed to God, and the deference owed to people in authority
- a cause of fear: a person or thing that makes others afraid, a threat or terror
- yirahיִרְאָהfear: from raw dread of danger, through awe before the holy, to the reverent devotion to God that the Old Testament calls the beginning of wisdom.
- thambosθάμβοςstunned awe: the wonder mixed with fear that seizes people who have just seen overwhelming power at work
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