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Lexicon :: Strong's H3336 - yēṣer

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יֵצֶר

Transliteration

yēṣer

Pronunciation

yay'-tser

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Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From יָצַר (H3335)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 898a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

יֵצֶר yêtser, yay'-tser; from H3335; a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose):—frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H3336 in the following manner: imagination (5x), frame (1x), mind (1x), thing framed (1x), work (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H3336 in the following manner: imagination (5x), frame (1x), mind (1x), thing framed (1x), work (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

form, framing, purpose, framework
1. form
  1. pottery
  2. graven image
  3. man (as formed from the dust)
2. purpose, imagination, device (intellectual framework)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

יֵצֶר yêtser, yay'-tser; from H3335; a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose):—frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3336: Abbreviations

† I. יֵ֫צָר noun masculine^{Isaiah 26:3} form, framing, purpose; — י׳ Genesis 6:5 + 5 times; יִצְדוֺ Deuteronomy 31:21; Habakkuk 2:18; יִצְרֵנוּ Psalm 103:14; —

1. pottery, formed by the potter Isaiah 29:16.

2. form of a graven image Habakkuk 2:18.

3. form of man as made of the dust Psalm 103:14.

4. of what is framed in the mind (compare יָצַר 1c, 2 b), imagination, device, purpose: לב(ב) מחשׁב(ו)ת יצר Genesis 6:5 (J), 1 Chronicles 29:18; מחשׁבות י׳ 1 Chronicles 28:9; לב י׳ Genesis 8:21 (J); יֵצֶר alone Deuteronomy 31:21 (J); יֵצֶר סָמוּךְ Isaiah 26:3 a stedfast purpose (or frame of mind). (In Late Hebrew יֵצֶר is common in sense of impulse: יצר הטוב and יצר הרע of good and bad tendency in man.)

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:5; 6:5; 8:21

Deuteronomy

31:21; 31:21

1 Chronicles

28:9; 29:18

Psalms

103:14; 103:14

Isaiah

26:3; 26:3; 29:16

Habakkuk

2:18; 2:18

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

H3336

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Strong's Number H3336 matches the Hebrew יֵצֶר (yēṣer),
which occurs 10 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:5

Gen 6:5 - And GOD^H3068 saw^H7200 that the wickedness^H7451 of man^H120 was great^H7227 in the earth,^H776 and that every imagination^H3336 of the thoughts^H4284 of his heart^H3820 was only^H7535 evil^H7451 continually.^H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:21

Gen 8:21 - And the LORD^H3068 smelled^H7306 a sweet^H5207 savour;^H7381 and the LORD^H3068 said^H559 in^H413 his heart,^H3820 I will not again^H3254 curse^H7043 the ground^H127 any more for man's^H120 sake;^H5668 for the imagination^H3336 of man's^H120 heart^H3820 is evil^H7451 from his youth;^H5271 neither will I again^H3254 smite^H5221 any more every thing living,^H2416 as I have done.^H6213

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Deu 31:21 - And it shall come to pass, when many^H7227 evils^H7451 and troubles^H6869 are befallen^H4672 them, that this song^H7892 shall testify^H6030 against^H6440 them as a witness;^H5707 for it shall not be forgotten^H7911 out of the mouths^H6310 of their seed:^H2233 for I know^H3045 their imagination^H3336 which they go about,^H6213 even now,^H3117 before I have brought^H935 them into the land^H776 which I sware.^H7650

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:9

1Ch 28:9 - And thou, Solomon^H8010 my son,^H1121 know^H3045 thou the God^H430 of thy father,^H1 and serve^H5647 him with a perfect^H8003 heart^H3820 and with a willing^H2655 mind:^H5315 for the LORD^H3068 searcheth^H1875 all hearts,^H3824 and understandeth^H995 all the imaginations^H3336 of the thoughts:^H4284 if thou seek^H1875 him, he will be found^H4672 of thee; but if thou forsake^H5800 him, he will cast thee off^H2186 for ever.^H5703

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1Ch 29:18 - O LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Abraham,^H85 Isaac,^H3327 and of Israel,^H3478 our fathers,^H1 keep^H8104 this for ever^H5769 in the imagination^H3336 of the thoughts^H4284 of the heart^H3824 of thy people,^H5971 and prepare^H3559 their heart^H3824 unto thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:14

Psa 103:14 - For he knoweth^H3045 our frame;^H3336 he remembereth^H2142 that we are dust.^H6083

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Isa 26:3 - Thou wilt keep^H5341 him in perfect^H7965 peace,^H7965 whose mind^H3336 is stayed^H5564 on thee: because he trusteth^H982 in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:16

Isa 29:16 - Surely your turning of things upside down^H2017 shall be esteemed^H2803 as the potter's^H3335 clay:^H2563 for shall the work^H4639 say^H559 of him that made^H6213 it, He made^H6213 me not? or shall the thing framed^H3336 say^H559 of him that framed^H3335 it, He had no understanding?^H995

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Hab 2:18 - What profiteth^H3276 the graven image^H6459 that the maker^H3335 thereof hath graven^H6458 it; the molten image,^H4541 and a teacher^H3384 of lies,^H8267 that the maker^H3335 of his work^H3336 trusteth^H982 therein, to make^H6213 dumb^H483 idols?^H457

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