2. (n.) The act of revering; a token of respect or veneration; an obeisance.

3. (n.) That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.

4. (n.) A person entitled to be revered; -- a title applied to priests or other ministers with the pronouns his or your; sometimes poetically to a father.

5. (v. t.) To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to venerate.

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 Psalm 89:7 the King James Version; or toward His sanctuary, as in Leviticus 19:30; Leviticus 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 2 Samuel 9:6 the King James Version; 1 Kings 1:31 the King James Version; Esther 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" (Hebrews 12:28; compare 1 Timothy 2:9). In the second, "fear" (Ephesians 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 1 Peter 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 (Matthew 21:37 Mark 12:6 Luke 20:13 Hebrews 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; 14:07; thaumazo, "wonder," Sirach 7:29, and aischunomai, "be ashamed," Baruch 4:15.

"Reverend" occurs in the Old Testament in Psalm 111:9, of the name of God (yare'), and in the Apocrypha in 2 Maccabees 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 Titus 2:3 and "reverend" in Philippians 4:8 margin (semnos).

E. J. Forrester

4352. proskuneo -- to do reverence to
... to do reverence to. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proskuneo Phonetic Spelling:
(pros-koo-neh'-o) Short Definition: I worship Definition: I go down on my ...
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1190a. deos -- fear, reverence
... deos. 1190b . fear, reverence. Transliteration: deos Short Definition: awe. Word
Origin from deido (to fear) Definition fear, reverence NASB Word Usage awe (1 ...
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1190. Derbaios -- fear, reverence
... fear, reverence. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: Derbaios Phonetic Spelling:
(der-bah'-ee-os) Short Definition: belonging to Derbe Definition: Derbean ...
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2124. eulabeia -- caution
... caution. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eulabeia Phonetic Spelling:
(yoo-lab'-i-ah) Short Definition: reverence, piety Definition: reverence ...
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5401. phobos -- panic flight, fear, the causing of fear, terror
... of fear, terror. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: phobos Phonetic
Spelling: (fob'-os) Short Definition: fear, terror, reverence Definition: (a ...
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2125. eulabeomai -- to be cautious
... eulabeomai Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-lab-eh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I fear, am
anxious Definition: I fear, am anxious, am cautious; I reverence. ...
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2317. theosebeia -- fear of God
... fear of God. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: theosebeia Phonetic
Spelling: (theh-os-eb'-i-ah) Short Definition: reverence for God Definition ...
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127. aidos -- a sense of shame
... Word Origin from aideomai (to be ashamed) Definition a sense of shame NASB
Word Usage modestly (1). reverence, shamefacedness. Perhaps ...
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4576. sebo -- to worship
... to worship. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sebo Phonetic Spelling:
(seb'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I reverence, worship Definition: I reverence, worship ...
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3372a. yare -- to fear
... 1), fearfully (1), fearing (5), fears (9), frighten (4), frightened (1),
have...fear (1), made me afraid (1), revere (10), revered (3), reverence (3), showed ...
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7812. shachah -- to bow down
... bow self down, crouch, fall down flat, humbly beseech, do reverence, worship.
A primitive root; to depress, ie Prostrate (especially ...
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3372. yare' -- to fear
... affright, be make afraid, dreadful, put in fearful reverence, terrible
act, A primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. ...
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3374. yirah -- a fear
... Word Origin from yare Definition a fear NASB Word Usage awesome (1), extremely*
(1), fear (35), fearing (1), reverence (5). dreadful, exceedingly, fearfulness. ...
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4172. mora -- a fear, terror
... Word Origin from yare Definition a fear, terror NASB Word Usage fear (3), respect
(1), reverence (1), terror (3), terrors (1), what they fear (1), who is to be ...
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Reverence in Prayer
... PART III. SOME ASPECTS OF THE WAY OF PRAYER XVII. REVERENCE IN PRAYER. ... With how little
reverence and godly fear do we who are ministers enter the pulpit! ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/whyte/lord teach us to pray/xvii reverence in prayer.htm

Reverence for Books. March 8.
... Reverence for Books. March 8. This is the age of books. And we should
reverence books. Consider! except a living man there ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/daily thoughts /reverence for books march 8.htm

Reverence for Age. April 8.
... Reverence for Age. April 8. Reverence for age is a fair test of the vigour
of youth; and, conversely, insolence towards the old ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/daily thoughts /reverence for age april 8.htm

The First Chapter: the Great Reverence with which we Should ...
... BOOK FOUR. AN INVITATION TO HOLY COMMUNION The First Chapter: The Great
Reverence With Which We Should Receive Christ. The Disciple ...
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His Reverence for Sacred Places
... His Reverence for Sacred Places. It was but a short time after his settling
at St. Augustine's College, that one of the students ...
/.../murray/kalli the esquimaux christian /his reverence for sacred places.htm

November the Twenty-Seventh the Value of Reverence
... NOVEMBER The Twenty-seventh THE VALUE OF REVERENCE. ROMANS xiii.1-7. When
I pay honour to honourable ministers I not only honour ...
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With How Great Reverence Christ must be Received
... THE FOURTH BOOK. OF THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR CHAPTER I With how great
reverence Christ must be received. The Voice of the Disciple ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/kempis/imitation of christ/chapter i with how great.htm

I Exceedingly Love, and Highly Reverence the Divine Authority of ...
... Address 72: I exceedingly love, and highly reverence the divine authority
of the sacred writings of the? I exceedingly love, and ...
/.../address 72 0 0 i exceedingly love.htm

Say Now, Out of Reverence to Sound Literature, and Abhorrence of ...
... Address 151: Say now, out of reverence to sound literature, and abhorrence
of enthusiasm? Say now, out of reverence to sound literature ...
/.../address 151 0 0 say now out.htm

Reverence in Worship.
... SERMON I. Reverence in Worship. "Samuel ministered before the Lord, being
a child, girded with a linen ephod.""1 Samuel 2:18. ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon i reverence in worship.htm

Fear (970 Occurrences)
... true piety (Proverbs 1:7; Job 28:28; Psalm 19:9). It is a fear conjoined with love
and hope, and is therefore not a slavish dread, but rather filial reverence. ...
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Adoration
... II. Meaning. Adoration is intense admiration culminating in reverence and worship,
together with the outward acts and attitudes which accompany such reverence. ...
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Awe (32 Occurrences)
... emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful
and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence. ...
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Worship (332 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence
and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed ...
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Revere (26 Occurrences)
... (vt) To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with
awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation. ...
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Reverenced (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Reverence. Multi-Version Concordance ...
But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. (KJV WBS). ...
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Mother (2641 Occurrences)
... In one place in the Law, the mother is even placed before the father as the object
of filial reverence (Leviticus 19:3). The Psalmist depicts deepest grief as ...
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Piety (21 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character;
loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service. ...
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Honor (240 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration;
reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence. ...
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