In this discussion, biblical usages of yārēʾ are divided into five general categories: the emotion of fear,the intellectual anticipation of evil without emphasis upon the emotional reaction, reverence or awe, righteous behaviour or piety, and formal religious worship. Major ot synonyms include pāḥad, ḥātat, and ḥārad as well as several words referring to shaking or quaking as a result of fear.