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Lexicon :: Strong's H3293 - yaʿar

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יַעַר
Transliteration
yaʿar
Pronunciation
yah'-ar
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure
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TWOT Reference: 888,889

Strong’s Definitions

יַעַר yaʻar, yah'-ar; from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees):—(honey-) comb, forest, wood.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's H3293 in the following manner: forest (37x), wood (19x), forests (1x), honeycomb (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's H3293 in the following manner: forest (37x), wood (19x), forests (1x), honeycomb (1x).
  1. forest, wood, thicket, wooded height

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יַעַר yaʻar, yah'-ar; from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees):—(honey-) comb, forest, wood.
STRONGS H3293: Abbreviations
† II. יַ֫עַר noun [masculine] honeycomb, — absolute יַעַר 1 Samuel 14:25, 26; suffix יַעְרִי Songs 5:1; — honeycomb, containing honey 1 Samuel 14:25 (where read הַשָּׂדֶה עַל־פְּנֵי הָיָה וְיַעַר with Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit in KauAT, instead of see as in MT); וַיָּבוֺא העם אֶלהַֿיַּעַר 1 Samuel 14:26 (|| דבשׁ 1 Samuel 14:25) and when the people came to the honeycomb behold its bees had departed (see Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit VB); אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִםדִּֿבְשִׁי Songs 5:1; see also I.יַעֲרָה.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

14:25; 14:25; 14:25; 14:26; 14:26

Song of Songs

5:1; 5:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3293 matches the Hebrew יַעַר (yaʿar),
which occurs 59 times in 59 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Eze 20:47–Zec 11:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - Say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the LORD: Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25 - “I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for they will make their fires of the weapons. They will seize the spoil of those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:12 - And I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees,
of which she said,
‘These are my wages,
which my lovers have given me.’
I will make them a forest,
and the beasts of the field shall devour them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Does a lion roar in the forest,
when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from his den,
if he has taken nothing?
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:12 - Therefore because of you
Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
and the mountain of the house a wooded height.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations,
in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,
which, when it goes through, treads down
and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14 - Shepherd your people with your staff,
the flock of your inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
in the midst of a garden land;[fn]
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!

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