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Lexicon :: Strong's H3498 - yāṯar

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יָתַר
Transliteration
yāṯar
Pronunciation
yaw-thar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 936

Strong’s Definitions

יָתַר yâthar, yaw-thar'; a primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve:—excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 107x

The KJV translates Strong's H3498 in the following manner: leave (52x), remain (23x), rest (12x), remainder (4x), remnant (4x), reserved (3x), residue (3x), plenteous (2x), behind (1x), excel (1x), much (1x), preserve (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 107x
The KJV translates Strong's H3498 in the following manner: leave (52x), remain (23x), rest (12x), remainder (4x), remnant (4x), reserved (3x), residue (3x), plenteous (2x), behind (1x), excel (1x), much (1x), preserve (1x).

  1. to be left over, remain, remain over, leave

    1. (Qal) remainder (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be left over, remain over, be left behind

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to leave over, leave

      2. to save over, preserve alive

      3. to excel, show pre-eminence

      4. to show excess, have more than enough, have an excess

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָתַר yâthar, yaw-thar'; a primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve:—excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.
STRONGS H3498: Abbreviations
[יָתַר] 107 verb remain over (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְתַר, bdb045101 id.; Zinjirli יתר noun rest, remainder; Ethiopic bdb045102 Assyrian [atâru], remain over, in derived conjugation, DlHWB; in Sabean ותר CISiv, 15, 46, p. 77; especially noun ותר as epithet of king = noble one, and as proper name ותרם MordtZMG, 1876, 37, 292 DHMZMG, 1883, 15 CISiv, 10; Arabic bdb045103 is make single make to be one, or an odd number) —
† Qal Participle הַיּוֺתֵר 1 Samuel 15:15 the remainder†.
Niph. be left over, remain over; Perfect נוֺתַר Exodus 10:15 + 8 times, etc.; Imperfect יִוָּתֵר 2 Kings 20:17 + 2 times; יִוָּתֶ֥ר בָּ֑הּ Zechariah 13:8; וַיִּוָּתֵר Genesis 32:25 + 2 times; וָאִוָּתֵר 1 Kings 19:10, 14, etc.; Participle נוֺתָר 1 Samuel 2:26 + 17 times, נֹתָר Exodus 12:10; feminine singular נוֺתֶ֫רֶת Leviticus 2:3 + 3 times; masculine plural נוֺתָרִים Judges 8:10 + 24 times, etc.; — be left over, remain (over), absolute Exodus 10:15 (J), Joshua 11:11, 22 (D), Judges 9:5; Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 30:17; 1 Kings 18:22; 2 Kings 20:17 = Isaiah 39:6; followed by לְבַדּוֺ be left alone Genesis 32:25 (J), so 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:14; followed by מִן be left from (= of) 2 Samuel 13:30; Exodus 29:34; Numbers 26:65 (both P), Psalm 106:11; participle followed by מִן Judges 8:10 + 10 times P, 1 Kings 9:20 2 Chronicles 8:7; Zechariah 14:16; 1 Chronicles 6:46; followed by לְ, be left (surviving) to, 1 Samuel 25:34; 2 Samuel 9:1, of those belonging to Genesis 44:20 (J; לְבַדּוֺ לְאִמּוֺ); followed by בְּ be left in (= of) 2 Samuel 17:12; Joshua 18:2 (JE), also participle Leviticus 8:32; Leviticus 14:18 (P), Ezekiel 48:15 (twice in verse); often followed by בְּ local Amos 6:9 + 11 times; followed by בֵּית in the house of Jeremiah 27:21; followed by עלפֿני הארץ Ezekiel 39:14 (participle); followed by אַחֲרֵי = be left behind (of sons) 1 Kings 9:21 2 Chronicles 8:8; followed by שָׁם + אֵצֶל Daniel 10:13 I was left over there beside the kings (i.e. I had nothing more to do; compare VB); elsewhere participle absolute, as adjective Genesis 30:36 (J), Joshua 17:2, 6 (JE), Leviticus 10:12, 16; Leviticus 27:18; Joshua 21:5, 26, 34 (all P), Jeremiah 34:7; 1 Chronicles 6:55; 1 Chronicles 6:62; 1 Chronicles 22:20; as substantive Judges 21:7, 16; 1 Samuel 30:9; Exodus 28:10; Exodus 29:34; Leviticus 19:6 (all P), 1 Kings 20:30 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 4:7; Ezekiel 34:18; Ezekiel 48:21; 2 Chronicles 31:10.
† Hiph. Perfect הוֺתִיר Exodus 10:15; Isaiah 1:9, etc.; Imperfect יוֺתִיר Deuteronomy 28:54; jussive יוֺתֵר Exodus 16:19; וַיּוֺתֵר 2 Samuel 8:4; 2 Chronicles 18:4; 3rd person feminine singular וַתֹּתַ֫ר Ruth 2:14; 2nd person masculine singular jussive תּוֺתַר Genesis 49:4; 1st person singular אוֺתִיר Ezekiel 39:28; 3rd person masculine plural וַיּוֺתִרוּ Exodus 16:20; 2 Kings 4:44; 2nd person masculine plural תּוֺתִירוּ Exodus 12:10 + 2 times; Imperative הוֺתֵר Psalm 79:11; Infinitive absolute הוֺתֵד 2 Kings 4:43 + 2 times; construct הוֺתִיר Jeremiah 44:7; —
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a. leave over, leave Exodus 10:15 (J), Ruth 2:14 (object omitted), Ruth 2:18; 2 Kings 4:43 (אָכוֺל וְהוֺתֵר, see below), 2 Kings 4:44 (object om. in both), 2 Chronicles 31:10; יֶתֶר בָּנָיו אֲשֶׁר יוֺתִיר Deuteronomy 28:54; followed by object שָׂרִיד + ל person Isaiah 1:9; object שְׁאֵרִית + ל person Jeremiah 44:7; followed by מִן from (= of), 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4; Numbers 33:55 (P), Ezekiel 12:16; + עַד temporal Exodus 12:10; Exodus 16:19, 20 (all P), Leviticus 22:30 (H); + שָׁם location Ezekiel 39:28.
b. absolute leave a remnant Ezekiel 6:8 (denominative from יֶתֶר ?).
c. save over, i.e. preserve alive Psalm 79:11.
2. excel, shew pre-eminence Genesis 49:4 (poem in J).
3. shew excess = have more than enough Exodus 36:7 (P; see also 2 Kings 4:43; 2 Chronicles 31:10 above); make abundant Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 30:9 (followed by suffix person + ב of thing).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3493.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:36; 32:25; 32:25; 44:20; 49:4; 49:4

Exodus

10:15; 10:15; 10:15; 10:15; 12:10; 12:10; 12:10; 16:19; 16:19; 16:20; 16:20; 28:10; 29:34; 29:34; 36:7

Leviticus

2:3; 8:32; 10:12; 10:16; 14:18; 19:6; 22:30; 27:18

Numbers

26:65; 33:55

Deuteronomy

28:11; 28:54; 28:54; 30:9

Joshua

11:11; 11:22; 17:2; 17:6; 18:2; 21:5; 21:26; 21:34

Judges

8:10; 8:10; 9:5; 21:7; 21:16

Ruth

2:14; 2:14; 2:18

1 Samuel

2:26; 15:15; 25:34; 30:9

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 9:1; 13:30; 17:12

1 Kings

9:20; 9:21; 18:22; 19:10; 19:10; 19:14; 19:14; 20:30

2 Kings

4:7; 4:43; 4:43; 4:43; 4:44; 4:44; 20:17; 20:17

1 Chronicles

6:46; 6:55; 6:62; 18:4

2 Chronicles

8:7; 8:8; 18:4; 31:10; 31:10; 31:10

Psalms

79:11; 79:11; 106:11

Isaiah

1:8; 1:9; 1:9; 30:17; 39:6

Jeremiah

27:21; 34:7; 44:7; 44:7

Ezekiel

6:8; 12:16; 34:18; 39:14; 39:28; 39:28; 48:15; 48:21

Daniel

10:13

Amos

6:9

Zechariah

13:8; 14:16

H3498

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Strong's Number H3498 matches the Hebrew יָתַר (yāṯar),
which occurs 107 times in 101 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Sa 9:1–Zec 13:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:1 - And David said, “Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30 - While they were on the way, news came to David, “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons, and not one of them is left.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:12 - So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:20 - All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel—

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:21 - their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction[fn]—these Solomon drafted to be slaves, and so they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:18 - Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s house and gave them into the hands of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 - After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - Then Elijah said to the people, “I, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD, but Baal’s prophets are 450 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - He said, “I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - He said, “I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30 - And the rest fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell upon 27,000 men who were left. Ben-hadad also fled and entered an inner chamber in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:43 - But his servant said, “How can I set this before a hundred men?” So he repeated, “Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:44 - So he set it before them. And they ate and had some left, according to the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:17 - Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:61 - To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:70 - and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:77 - To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - And David took from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for 100 chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:20 - And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:7 - All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:8 - from their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—these Solomon drafted as forced labor, and so they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:10 - Azariah the chief priest, who was of the house of Zadok, answered him, “Since they began to bring the contributions into the house of the LORD, we have eaten and had enough and have plenty left, for the LORD has blessed his people, so that we have this large amount left.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:11 - Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;
according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:11 - And the waters covered their adversaries;
not one of them was left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:21 - For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those with integrity will remain in it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:8 - And the daughter of Zion is left
like a booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - If the LORD of hosts
had not left us a few survivors,
we should have been like Sodom,
and become like Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:3 - And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:22 - and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat curds and honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:17 - A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;
at the threat of five you shall flee,
till you are left
like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,
like a signal on a hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:6 - Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:18 - If they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is with them, then let them intercede with the LORD of hosts, that the vessels that are left in the house of the LORD, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:19 - For thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, the sea, the stands, and the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:21 - thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the LORD, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, Lachish and Azekah, for these were the only fortified cities of Judah that remained.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - And now thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8 - “Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations some who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16 - But I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they go, and may know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22 - But behold, some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out; behold, when they come out to you, and you see their ways and their deeds, you will be consoled for the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, for all that I have brought upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:18 - Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:14 - They will set apart men to travel through the land regularly and bury those travelers remaining on the face of the land, so as to cleanse it. At[fn] the end of seven months they will make their search.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:28 - Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:15 - “The remainder, 5,000 cubits in breadth and 25,000 in length, shall be for common use for the city, for dwellings and for open country. In the midst of it shall be the city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:18 - The remainder of the length alongside the holy portion shall be 10,000 cubits to the east, and 10,000 to the west, and it shall be alongside the holy portion. Its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:21 - “What remains on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city shall belong to the prince. Extending from the 25,000 cubits of the holy portion to the east border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the west border, parallel to the tribal portions, it shall belong to the prince. The holy portion with the sanctuary of the temple shall be in its midst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:13 - The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:9 - And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 - In the whole land, declares the LORD,
two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
and one third shall be left alive.

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