Reverence:
rev'-er-ens: In the Old Testament, "reverence" occurs as the translation of two Hebrew words, yare' and shachah. The root idea of the former is "fear." It is used to express the attitude toward God Himself, as in Ps 89:7 the King James Version; or toward His sanctuary, as in Le 19:30; 26:2. So the group of ideas there would be "fear," "awe," "reverence." The root idea of the second is "falling down," as prostration of the body. It is used to express the bearing toward another who is considered superior, as in 2Sa 9:6 the King James Version; 1Ki 1:31 the King James Version; Es 3:2,5. The group of ideas here, therefore, is "honor," "obeisance," "reverence."
In the New Testament "reverence" occurs as the translation of three Greek words, aidos, phobeomai, and entrepomai. In the first, the idea is "modesty" (Heb 12:28; compare 1Ti 2:9). In the second, "fear" (Eph 5:33 the King James Version), though here it is used to set forth the attitude of proper subjection on the part of a wife toward her husband (compare 1Pe 3:2,5). In the third, the idea is that of the "self-valuation of inferiority," and so sets forth an attitude toward another of doing him honor (Mt 21:37; Mr 12:6; Lu 20:13; Heb 12:9).
In the Apocrypha entrepomai occurs in The Wisdom of Solomon 2:10; Sirach 4:22. In addition, proskuneo, "make obeisance," occurs in Judith 10:23; 14:7; thaumazo, "wonder," Sirach 7:29, and aischunomai, "be ashamed," Baruch 4:15.
"Reverend" occurs in the Old Testament in Ps 111:9, of the name of God (yare'), and in the Apocrypha in 2 Macc 15:12, "a man reverend (aidemon, "modest") in bearing," and in the New Testament the Revised Version (British and American) has "reverent in demeanor" (hieroprepes) in Tit 2:3 and "reverend" in Php 4:8 margin (semnos).
Written by E. J. Forrester
Reverence: To Show Respect or Fear.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she REVERENCE her husband. (Ephesians 5:31-33)
Reverence: For God
Gen 17:3; Exd 3:5; 19:16-24; 34:29-35; Isa 45:9
See FEAR OF GOD
Reverence: For God's House
Lev 19:30; 26:2
Reverence: For Servants of God
1Sa 16:4; Act 28:10; 1Cr 16:18; Phl 2:29; 1Th 5:12, 13; 1Ti 5:17; Hbr 13:7, 17
See MINISTERS
Reverence: For Parents
Exd 20:12; Lev 19:3; Isa 45:10
See PARENTS
Reverence: For Magistrates
Exd 22:28; 2Pe 2:10; Jud 1:8
See RULERS
Reverence: For Kings
1Sa 24:6; 26:9, 11; 2Sa 1:14; 16:21; Ecc 10:20; 1Pe 2:17
See RULERS
Reverence: For the Aged
Lev 19:32; Job 32:4-7
Fear of God: Reverence
Gen 35:5; Exd 18:21; 20:18-20; Lev 22:32; Deu 4:10; 5:29; 6:2, 13; 10:12, 20, 21; 13:4; 14:23; 28:49, 58; Jos 4:24; 24:14; 1Sa 2:30; 12:14, 24; 2Sa 23:3; 1Ki 8:40; 2Ki 17:28, 36, 39; 1Ch 16:30; 2Ch 19:7, 9; Ezr 10:3; Neh 5:9; Job 28:28; 37:24; Psa 2:11; 4:4; 15:4; 19:9; 22:23, 25; 25:12-14; 31:19; 33:8, 18; 34:7, 9; 46:10; 52:6; 60:4; 64:9; 66:16; 67:7; 72:5; 76:7; 85:9; 86:11; 89:7; 90:11; 96:4, 9; 99:1; 102:15; 103:11, 17; 111:5, 10; 112:1; 115:11, 13; 118:4; 119:63, 74, 79; 128:1, 4; 130:4; 135:20; 145:19; 147:11; Pro 1:7; 2:5; 3:7; 8:13; 9:10; 10:27; 13:13; 14:2, 16, 26, 27; 15:16, 33; 16:6; 19:23; 22:4; 23:17; 24:21; 28:14; 31:30; Ecc 3:14; 5:7; 7:18; 8:12; 12:13; Isa 2:10, 19-21; 8:13; 25:3; 29:13, 23; 33:6, 13; 50:10; 59:19; 60:5; Jer 5:22; 10:7; 32:39, 40; 33:9; Isa 3:5; Mic 7:16, 17; Zep 1:7; 3:7; Zec 2:13; Mal 1:6; 3:16; 4:2; Mat 10:28; Luk 1:50; 12:5; 23:40; Act 10:35; 13:16, 26; Rom 11:20; 2Cr 7:1; Eph 5:21; 6:5; Phl 2:12; Col 3:22; Hbr 5:5, 7; 12:28, 29; Jam 2:19; 1Pe 1:17; 2:17, 18; 3:2, 15; 1Jo 4:16-18; Rev 11:18; 14:7; 19:5
Fear of God: Conspicuous Instances of Those Who Feared
Noah, in preparing the ark,
Hbr 11:7.
Abraham, tested in the offering of his son Isaac,
Gen 22:12.
Jacob, in the vision of the ladder, and the covenant of God,
Gen 28:16, 17; 42:18.
The midwives of Egypt, in refusing to take the lives of the Hebrew children,
Exd 1:17, 21.
The Egyptians, at the time of the plague of thunder and hail and fire,
Exd 9:20.
The nine and one-half tribes of Israel west of the Jordan River,
Jos 22:15-20.
Phinehas, in turning away the anger of God at the time of the plague,
Num 25:11; with Num 25:6-15.
Obadiah, in sheltering one-hundred prophets against the wrath of Jezebel,
1Ki 18:3, 4.
Jehoshaphat, in proclaiming a feast, when the land was about to be invaded by the armies of the Ammonites and Moabites,
2Ch 20:3.
Nehemiah, in his reform of the public administration,
Neh 5:15.
Hanani, which qualified him to be ruler over Jerusalem,
Neh 7:2.
Job, according to the testimony of Satan,
Job 1:8.
David,
Psa 5:7; 119:38.
Hezekiah, in his treatment of the prophet Micah, who prophesied harm against Jerusalem,
Jer 26:19.
Jonah, during the storm,
Jon 1:9.
The Jews, in obeying the voice of the Lord,
Hag 1:12.
Levi, in receiving the covenant of life and peace,
Hag 1:5.
The women at the grave,
Mat 28:8.
Cornelius, who revered God with all his house,
Act 10:2.
See CONVICTION OF SIN; FAITH.
Fear of God: Cultivated
Exd 3:5; 19:12, 13; Hbr 12:18-24
Fear of God: Guilty
Job 5:20-25; 18:11; Pro 1:24-27; 10:24; Dan 5:6; Jam 2:19
Fear of God: Instances of Guilty Fear
Adam and Eve,
Gen 3:8-13.
The guards at Jesus' tomb,
Mat 28:4.
Judas,
Mat 27:3-5.
Demons,
Jam 2:19.
See CONVICTION, OF SIN
Fear of God: A Motive of Obedience
Lev 19:14, 32; 25:17, 36, 43; Num 32:15; Deu 6:13-15; 7:4; 8:5, 6; 10:12, 13, 20; 13:4, 6-11; 14:23; 15:9; 17:11-13; 19:16-20; 21:18-21; 28:14-68; 31:11-13; Jos 23:11-16; 1Sa 12:14, 15, 24, 25; Job 13:21; 31:1-4, 13-15, 23; Pro 16:6; Isa 1:20; Jer 4:4; 22:5; Mat 10:28; Luk 12:4, 5; 2Cr 5:10, 11; 2Ti 4:1, 2; 2Pe 3:10-12; Rev 14:9, 10
See PUNISHMENT, DESIGN OF, TO SECURE OBEDIENCE; REWARD, A MOTIVE FOR FAITHFULNESS
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