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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

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

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

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.

Jonah 1:10
H3372

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

Micah 4:4
H2729

But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.

Micah 7:17
H6342

They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

Nahum 2:11
H2729

Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

Habakkuk 2:17
H2865

For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Habakkuk 3:2
H3372

O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

Zephaniah 3:13
H2729

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Malachi 2:5
H2865

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

Matthew 2:22
G5399

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

Matthew 14:27
G5399

But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

Matthew 14:30
G5399

But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

Matthew 17:6
G5399

And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

Matthew 17:7
G5399

And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.

Matthew 25:25
G5399

And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

Matthew 28:10
G5399

Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

Mark 5:15
G5399

And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

Mark 5:36
G5399

As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.

Mark 6:50
G5399

For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.

Mark 9:6
G1630

For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

Mark 9:32
G5399

But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

Mark 10:32
G5399

And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,

Mark 16:8
G5399

And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

Luke 2:9
G5399

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

Luke 8:25
G5399

And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.

Luke 8:35
G5399

Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

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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