Quote Originally Posted by Alen View Post
I'm pretty sure it was meant to mean "fear", just as it does in many other religious texts. Whether or not you Christians have decided to misinterpret it nowadays and make it more socially acceptable by substituting "fear" with "respect", doesn't change the fact that for the most part we all follow similar moral values and rules mainly because the consequences of breaking them are feared.
Meh go ask a pastor or w/e. The use of fear is mostly respect and admiration. Its hard to understand but its basically because english is fucked up originally.