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Lexicon :: Strong's H3256 - yāsar

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יָסַר
Transliteration
yāsar
Pronunciation
yaw-sar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 877

Strong’s Definitions

יָסַר yâçar, yaw-sar'; a primitive root; to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct:—bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H3256 in the following manner: chastise (21x), instruct (8x), correct (7x), taught (2x), bound (1x), punish (1x), reformed (1x), reproveth (1x), sore (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H3256 in the following manner: chastise (21x), instruct (8x), correct (7x), taught (2x), bound (1x), punish (1x), reformed (1x), reproveth (1x), sore (1x).

  1. to chasten, discipline, instruct, admonish

    1. (Qal)

      1. to chasten, admonish

      2. to instruct

      3. to discipline

    2. (Niphal) to let oneself be chastened or corrected or admonished

    3. (Piel)

      1. to discipline, correct

      2. to chasten, chastise

    4. (Hiphil) to chasten

    5. (Nithpael) to teach

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָסַר yâçar, yaw-sar'; a primitive root; to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct:—bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.
STRONGS H3256: Abbreviations
† [יָסַר] verb discipline, chasten, admonish (Talmud Targum יִ(י)סּוֺר chastisement; but Aramaic יְסַר is bind) —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine suffix וְיִסְּרֵנִי Isaiah 8:11 (Di De SS see Bo§ 1103 Ew§ 249 d, but Thes MV Che and others
Pi. Perfect); 1st person singular suffix וְאֶסֳּרֵם Hosea 10:10 (Ges§ 71); Infinitive absolute יָסֹר 1 Chronicles 15:22 (noun Ke, point as participle Öttli); Participle יֹסֵר Proverbs 9:7; Psalm 94:10; יסורי Jeremiah 17:13 Kt see סוּר; —
1. admonish Isaiah 8:11 (followed by suffix + מִלֶּכֶת away from walking, i.e. not to walk), Proverbs 9:7 (|| מוֺכִיחַ).
2. instruct, 1 Chronicles 15:22.
3. discipline, of God Hosea 10:10; Psalm 94:10.
Niph. Imperfect יִוָּ֫סֶר עֶ֫בֶד Proverbs 29:19; אִוָּסֵר Jeremiah 31:18; תִּוָּֽֽֽסְרוּ Leviticus 26:23; Imperative feminine הִוָּֽֽֽסְרִי Jeremiah 6:8; masculine plural הִיָסְרוּ Psalm 2:10; — (Niph. tolerate., Ges§ 51 2.), let oneself be corrected, admonished by words of man Psalm 2:10; Proverbs 29:19); let oneself be chastened by discipline of God Jeremiah 6:8; Jeremiah 31:18; Leviticus 26:23.
Pi. Perfect יִסַּר 1 Kings 12:11 + 3 times; suffix יִסְּרַנִּי Psalm 118:18; יִסְּרוֺ Isaiah 28:26; 3rd person feminine suffix יִסְּרַתּוּ Proverbs 31:1; 2nd person masculine יִסַּרְתָּ Psalm 39:12; Job 4:3, etc. + 8 times Perfect; Imperfect יְיַסֵּר Deuteronomy 8:5; 2nd person masculine suffix תְּיַסְּרֶנּוּ Psalm 94:12, etc. + 5 times Imperfect; Imperative יַסֵּר Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:17; suffix יַסְּרֵנִי Jeremiah 10:24; Infinitive absolute יַסֹּר Psalm 118:18; construct יַסְּרָה Leviticus 26:18; suffix יַסְּרֶ֑ךָּ Deuteronomy 4:36; Participle מְיַסְּרֶ֑ךָּ Deuteronomy 8:5; —
1. discipline, correct (the moral nature, with more or less severity according to circumstances):
a. of God, with accusative Hosea 7:15 (of training arms), Deuteronomy 4:36 (see Dr), Deuteronomy 8:5 (Israel as son), Isaiah 28:26, happy the man אשׁר תיסרנו יהּ Psalm 94:12 Psalm 118:18 (twice in verse)
b. of man, with accusative Deuteronomy 8:5; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:17 (all of a father his son), Job 4:3; Proverbs 31:1; Psalm 16:7 my reins (the emotions of my own heart) correct, admonish me.
2. more severely, chasten, chastise:
a. of God, followed by accusative of person, Jeremiah 31:18; אַלבַּֿחֲמָֽתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי Psalm 6:2; Psalm 38:2; בְּמשׁפט אל באף Jeremiah 10:24; למשׁפט Jeremiah 30:11 = Jeremiah 46:28; על חטאת Leviticus 26:18, 28; בתוכחות על עון Psalm 39:12.
b. of man, a father his son Deuteronomy 21:18; elders a man Deuteronomy 22:18 (including, as perhaps Deuteronomy 21:18, bodily chastisement); a king his subjects בַּשּׁוֺטִים and בָּעַקְרַבִּים 1 Kings 12:11, 14 2 Chronicles 10:11, 14.
c. תְּיַסְּרֵךְ רָֽעָתֵךְ Jeremiah 2:19 thy badness will chastise thee.
Nithp. Perfect נִוַּסְּרוּ Ezekiel 23:48 (for נִתְוַסְּרוּ Ges§ 55 R. 7); passive be disciplined, corrected.
Hiph. Imperfect 1st person singular suffix אַיְסִירֵם (Ew§ 131 c, but error for אֲיַסְּרֵם Bö§ 437 f SS), with accusative chasten Hosea 7:12.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

26:18; 26:18; 26:23; 26:23; 26:28

Deuteronomy

4:36; 4:36; 8:5; 8:5; 8:5; 8:5; 21:18; 21:18; 22:18

1 Kings

12:11; 12:11; 12:14

1 Chronicles

15:22; 15:22

2 Chronicles

10:11; 10:14

Job

4:3; 4:3

Psalms

2:10; 2:10; 6:2; 16:7; 38:2; 39:12; 39:12; 94:10; 94:10; 94:12; 94:12; 118:18; 118:18; 118:18

Proverbs

9:7; 9:7; 19:18; 19:18; 29:17; 29:17; 29:19; 29:19; 31:1; 31:1

Isaiah

8:11; 8:11; 28:26; 28:26

Jeremiah

2:19; 6:8; 6:8; 10:24; 10:24; 17:13; 30:11; 31:18; 31:18; 31:18; 46:28

Ezekiel

23:48

Hosea

7:12; 7:15; 10:10; 10:10

H3256

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Strong's Number H3256 matches the Hebrew יָסַר (yāsar),
which occurs 43 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:18 - 'And if unto these ye hearken not to Me, -- then I have added to chastise you seven times for your sins;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:23 - 'And if by these ye are not instructed by Me, and have walked with Me in opposition,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:28 - then I have walked with you in the fury of opposition, and have chastised you, even I, seven times for your sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:36 - 'From the heavens He hath caused thee to hear His voice, to instruct thee, and on earth He hath shewed thee His great fire, and His words thou hast heard out of the midst of the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:5 - and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18 - 'When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:18 - 'And the elders of that city have taken the man, and chastise him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - and now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- I chastise you with scorpions.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - and speaketh unto them, according to the counsel of the lads, saying, 'My father made your yoke heavy, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- I chastise you with scorpions;'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - And Chenaniah, head of the Levites, is over the burden; he instructeth about the burden, for he is intelligent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - and now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and I -- I add unto your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- with scorpions.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - and speaketh unto them according to the counsel of the lads, saying, 'My father made your yoke heavy, and I -- I add unto it; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- with scorpions.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:3 - Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:10 - And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:7 - I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also in the nights my reins instruct me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - A Psalm of David, 'To cause to remember.' Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity is every man. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 - He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge is Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:12 - O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:18 - Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 - The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it -- shame, And a reprover of the wicked -- his blemish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:18 - Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:17 - Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:19 - By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, And there is nothing answering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:1 - Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:11 - For thus hath Jehovah spoken unto me with strength of hand, and instructeth me against walking in the way of this people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:26 - And instruct him for judgment doth his God, He doth direct him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing Is thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, And My fear not being on thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:8 - Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - For with thee am I, An affirmation of Jehovah -- to save thee, For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have scattered thee, Only, of thee I do not make an end, And I have chastised thee in judgment, And do not entirely acquit thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, 'Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou art Jehovah my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - Thou, thou dost not fear, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah -- for with thee I am, For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have driven thee, And of thee I do not make an end, And I have reproved thee in judgment, And do not entirely acquit thee!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:48 - And I have caused wickedness to cease from the land, And instructed have been all the women, And they do not according to your wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:12 - When they go I spread over them My net, As the fowl of the heavens I bring them down, I chastise them as their company hath heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:15 - And I instructed -- I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:10 - When I desire, then I do bind them, And gathered against them have peoples, When they bind themselves to their two iniquities.
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