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Afraid

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

193exact KJV occurrences 158Old Testament 35New Testament 42books containing the word 27mapped Strong's IDs 191occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 3:10

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

2 Peter 2:10

But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where afraid appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH3372
יָרֵא

yârêʼ · yaw-ray'

78 times translated as this KJV form313 total Strong's occurrences

v

to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten

Strong's KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), × see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).

Strong's first: Genesis 3:10Strong's last: Habakkuk 3:2

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HebrewH1481
גּוּר

gûwr · goor

6 times translated as this KJV form98 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)

Strong's KJV usage: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, × surely.

Strong's first: Numbers 22:3Strong's last: Job 41:25

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HebrewH2865
חָתַת

châthath · khaw-thath'

6 times translated as this KJV form54 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear

Strong's KJV usage: abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.

Strong's first: Isaiah 20:5Strong's last: Malachi 2:5

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HebrewH926
בָּהַל

bâhal · baw-hal'

3 times translated as this KJV form39 total Strong's occurrences

v

to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously

Strong's KJV usage: be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), (give) speedy(-ily), thrust out, trouble, vex.

Strong's first: Job 21:6Strong's last: Isaiah 13:8

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GreekG1630
ἔκφοβος

ékphobos · ek'-fob-os

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

frightened out of one's wits

Strong's KJV usage: :-- sore afraid, exceedingly fear.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Mark 9:6Strong's last: Mark 9:6

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HebrewH2119
זָחַל

zâchal · zaw-khal'

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

v

to crawl; by implication, to fear

Strong's KJV usage: be afraid, serpent, worm.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 32:6Strong's last: Job 32:6

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HebrewH2342
חוּל

chûwl · khool

1 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert

Strong's KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.

Strong's first: Psalms 77:16Strong's last: Psalms 77:16

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HebrewH2727
חָרַג

chârag · khaw-rag'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to leap suddenly, i.e. (by implication) to be dismayed

Strong's KJV usage: be afraid.

Strong's first: Psalms 18:45Strong's last: Psalms 18:45

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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193 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

2 Samuel 17:2
H2729

And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

2 Samuel 22:5
H1204

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

2 Samuel 22:46
H2296

Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

1 Kings 1:49
H2729

And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.

2 Kings 1:15
H3372

And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

2 Kings 10:4
H3372

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

2 Kings 19:6
H3372

And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

2 Kings 25:26
H3372

And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.

1 Chronicles 10:4
H3372

Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

1 Chronicles 13:12
H3372

And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

1 Chronicles 21:30
H1204

But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 20:15
H3372

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

2 Chronicles 32:7
H3372

Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:

Nehemiah 2:2
H3372

Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

Nehemiah 4:14
H3372

And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

Nehemiah 6:9
H3372

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

Nehemiah 6:13
H3372

Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

Esther 7:6
H1204

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Job 3:25
H3025

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

Job 5:21
H3372

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Job 5:22
H3372

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Job 6:21
H3372

For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

Job 9:28
H3025

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

Job 11:19
H2729

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

Job 13:11
H1204

Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

afraid

AFRA'ID, adjective [The participle of affray.]

Impressed with fear or apprehension; fearful. This word expresses a less degree of fear than terrified or frightened. It is followed by of before the object of fear; as, to be afraid of death.

Joseph was afraid to sin against God.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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