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1 | Difference between fear and afraid? | Bible general Archive 1 | miabon | 3851 | ||
Ipeter 2:17 says "fear God". How does this relate to Mark 5:36 "Don't be afraid, just believe!" Do "fear" and "afraid" come from the same root? | ||||||
2 | Difference between fear and afraid? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ric | 3852 | ||
My NIV Bible Dictionary states: FEAR (Heb. yirah, Gr. phobos). This word has two principal meanings: (1) that apprehension of evil that normally leads one either to flee or to fight and (2) that awe and reverence felt in the presence of a higher authority (be it parent, husband, or especially God). The word "reverend," which occurs only in the KJV of Psalm 111:9 (NIV has "awesome"), means literally "to be feared" and is used only for God. And my Expository Dictionary states: Fear as an emotion. OT uses of "fear" often indicate the all-too-familiar feeling of terror. Adam and Eve fled from God in the Garden of Eden, Adam later explaining, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked" (Ge 3:10). A basic cause of this emotion is awareness of vulnerability because of sin or because of the perceived power of another to do harm. The Hebrew people experienced such terror at Sinai (Dt 5:5), and Saul was gripped by fear when he saw the size of the massive Philistine army (1 Sa 28:5). The antidote for the emotion of fear is the conviction that God is for us and with us. God told Israel he would be with his covenant people. So Moses exhorted Israel, "Do not be faint-hearted or afraid; do not be terrified or give way to panic before them. For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory" (Dt 20:3-4). |
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