"Hammurabi, who feared Marduk..." and the fear of God

I've generally thought that the idea of being "God-fearing" as an utmost virtue symbolizing devotion and submission was a Judeo-Christian concept (and no small amount of apologetic literature has been written to explain how "fear of God" is totally different from other types of fear), however, I recently encountered a translation of the law of Hammurabi, and indeed, the inscription describes Hammurabi as one who "feared Marduk, the patron deity of Babylon". Now, I wonder if this is merely a culturally biased or simplified translation (e.g. the original text used a word without connotations to dread or fear, something more along the lines of "paid tribute to"), or if the idea that someone ought to be "in fear of [local deity]" in order to be a virtuous and devoted adherent of that particular religion is more universal? Did the Greeks flaunt their fear of Zeus? Do Hindus dread Shiva?



The problem is that googling "fear and devotion" or "fear of God" and similar terms only brings up completely insane amounts of apologetic websites, and the relevant Wikipedia article only deals with Judeo-Christianity.



I'd be interested if anyone could shed some insight on this concept.