• Judges 7:9-10: “And it came to pass on the same night that the Lord said unto him: Arise get thee down unto the host, for I have delivered it into thine hand. But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host.”   The word arise is qom

  • Jeremiah 42:11  “Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; be not afraid of him, says the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.”   Jeremiah 42-43 tells us an amazing story. Judah has now been conquered by Babylon.  The Babylonian army has

  • Genesis 32:7: “And Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed:”   This verse almost appears repetitious.  He was afraid and distressed.  Does not being afraid and distressed mean the same thing?  (For the sake of my Hebrew class the word for afraid is not one of your ra words)  The word for afraid is yara’.   This

  • WORD STUDY – AFRAID Job 9:28:  “I am afraid of all my sorrow, I know thou wilt not hold me innocent.” Afraid – Hebrew:  yagar – To fear for one’s own safety or wellbeing. First let me point out that this word for fear is not the fear used for “fearing the Lord.”  That word