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“Fear God” means “Respect God”.
Yes and no. In fact it’s both. In biblical times people most certainly feared God, i.e. they were afraid of him. They attributed almost all natural phenomena to him and even small things could cause hardship and death. Bad weather, a bad harvest, sickness, an accident, etc. etc.
“Respect” played a certain role, especially when people were taught to “trust in God’s mercy”. The Greek verb “timao” is used for both aspects. You can find it in the name Timothy < timo-theos “who fears/honors God”. It’s difficult to separate the two meanings as they’re complimentary. Today we tend to emphasize the “honor/respect” aspect. It’s “vertical” fear, if you will.
The Greek NT usually uses “phobeo” for outright (“horizontal”) fear. For instance Luke 1,30: “And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.”