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# боявся — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *боявся* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no Ukrainian section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: боявся (59). By style: everyday 50 · biblical 9.

## afraid

Used about 48 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 44 · biblical ≈ 4). Meaning: [afraid in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/afraid/).

- Я **боявся** Тома.
  I was **afraid** of Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by miketheknight and cairnhead · checked, community translation · [\#4766934](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4766934) [\#7446270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7446270))

- Бо страшне, чого я **боявся**, те й постигло мене, й перед чим тремтїв я, те склалось надо мною.
  For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am **afraid** of comes to me.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 3:25)

- Але я не **боявся**.
  But I wasn't **afraid**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rmdas and CM · checked, community translation · [\#53539](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/53539) [\#1639578](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1639578))

- Рече тодї свойму перворідневі Етерові: Встань! постинай обох! Хлопець же не виймав з піхви меча свого: **боявся**, був ще недорослий.
  He said to Jether his firstborn, “Get up and kill them!” But the youth didn’t draw his sword; for he was **afraid**, because he was yet a youth.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 8:20)

- Чого ти **боявся**?
  What were you **afraid** of?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3042183](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3042183) [\#6631930](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6631930))

## scared

Used about 4 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4). Meaning: [scared in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/scared/).

- Том **боявся** Мері.
  Tom was **scared** of Mary.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2958599](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2958599) [\#5809593](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5809593))

- Том колись **боявся** собак.
  Tom used to be **scared** of dogs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4972796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4972796) [\#6965210](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6965210))

- Том раніше **боявся** собак.
  Tom used to be **scared** of dogs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4972796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4972796) [\#6965209](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6965209))

- Том **боявся** йти до печери один.
  Tom was **scared** to go in the cave by himself.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6123385](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6123385) [\#6278950](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6278950))

## fear

Used about 4 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 3). Meaning: [fear in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fear/).

- Він зачинив вікно, бо **боявся** дощу.
  He closed the window for **fear** of rain.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lingvokrolik and timmartin · checked, community translation · [\#26989](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/26989) [\#5706336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5706336))

- Як він зустрів тебе в дорозї та й порозбивав твої задні лави, всїх малосильних позад тебе; як ти утомився і охляв; і він Бога не **боявся**.
  how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t **fear** God.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 25:18)

- Щоб ти **боявся** Господа, Бога твого, по всї днї живота твого, додержував усї встанови й заповідї його, що заповідаю тобі, ти сам і сини твої і внуки твої, щоб довго жити вам на сьвітї.
  that you might **fear** the LORD your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you—you, your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 6:2)

- Тепер же, Ізраїлю, чого вимагає в тебе Господь, Бог твій, як не того, щоб ти **боявся** Господа, Бога твого, ходив усїма дорогами його, і любив його і служив Господеві, Богу твому, всїм серцем твоїм і всією душею твоєю,
  Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to **fear** the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 10:12)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Він **боявся** того, що проведе Різдво в лікарні.
  He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ChickenKiev and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#318370](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/318370) [\#506191](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/506191))

- А той завіт мій із ним був завітом життя й щастя, а дав я його задля страху, та й він **боявся** мене й страхався перед імям моїм.
  “My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAL 2:5)

- Коли ж я пійду від тебе, то дух Господень занесе тебе, хто знає, куди; а як я пійду звістити Ахабові, а він тебе не знайде, так він убє мене; раб же твій з молодощів **боявся** Господа.
  It will happen, as soon as I leave you, that the LORD’s Spirit will carry you I don’t know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 18:12)

## Grammar

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