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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§ 437 f SS), with accusative chasten Hosea 7:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:18 - ‘If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish H3256 you seven times more for your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:23 -

‘And if by these things you do not learn H3256 your lesson H3256 regarding Me, but you show hostility toward Me,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:28 - then I will act with wrathful hostility against you, and I for My part will punish H3256 you seven times for your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:36 - “Out of the heavens He let you hear His voice to discipline H3256 you; and on earth He let you see His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:5 - “So you are to know in your heart that the LORD your God was disciplining H3256 you just as a man disciplines H3256 his son.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18 -

“If any person has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or his mother, and when they discipline H3256 him, he does not listen to them,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:18 - “Then the elders of that city shall take the man and rebuke H3256 him,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - ‘Now then, my father loaded you with a heavy yoke; yet I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined H3256 you with whips, but I will discipline H3256 you with [fn]scorpions!’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined H3256 you with whips, but I will discipline H3256 you with [fn]scorpions!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave H3256 instruction H3256 in singing because he was skillful.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - ‘Now then, my father loaded you with a heavy yoke; yet I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined H3256 you with whips, but I will discipline you with [fn]scorpions!’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - He spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “[fn]My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined H3256 you with whips, but I will discipline you with [fn]scorpions.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:3 -

“Behold, you have taught H3256 many,

And you have strengthened weak hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:10 -

Now then, you kings, use insight;

Let yourselves be instructed H3256, you [fn]judges of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 -

For the music director; with stringed instruments, [fn]upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.

LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger,

Nor discipline H3256 me in Your wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:7 -

I will bless the LORD who has advised me;

Indeed, my [fn]mind instructs H3256 me in the night.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 -

A Psalm of David, for a memorial.

LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,

And do not punish H3256 me in Your burning anger.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 -

“With rebukes You punish H3256 a person for wrongdoing;

You consume like a moth what is precious to him;

Certainly all mankind is mere breath! Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 -

He who [fn]disciplines H3256 the nations, will He not rebuke,

He who teaches mankind knowledge?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:12 -

Blessed is the man whom You discipline H3256, [fn]LORD,

And whom You teach from Your Law,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:18 -

[fn]The LORD has disciplined H3256 me severely H3256,

But He has not turned me over to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 -

One who corrects H3256 a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,

And one who rebukes a wicked person gets [fn]insults for himself.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:18 -

Discipline H3256 your son while there is hope,

And do not desire [fn]his death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:17 -

Correct H3256 your son, and he will give you comfort;

He will also [fn]delight your soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:19 -

A slave will not be instructed H3256 by words alone;

For though he understands, there will be no response.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:1 -

The words of King Lemuel, the pronouncement which his mother taught H3256 him:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:11 -

For so the LORD spoke to me [fn]with mighty power and instructed H3256 me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:26 -

For his God instructs H3256 and teaches him properly.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 -

“Your own wickedness will correct H3256 you,

And your apostasies will punish you;

Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter

For you to abandon the LORD your God,

And the fear of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord [fn]GOD of armies.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:8 -

“Be warned H3256, Jerusalem,

Or [fn]I shall be alienated from you,

And make you a desolation,

An uninhabited land.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 -

Correct H3256 me, LORD, but with justice;

Not with Your anger, or You will [fn]bring me to nothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 -

‘For I am with you,’ declares the LORD, ‘to save you;

For I will completely destroy all the nations where I have scattered you,

Only I will not destroy you completely.

But I will discipline H3256 you fairly

And will by no means leave you unpunished.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18 -

“I have certainly heard Ephraim grieving,

‘You have disciplined H3256 me, and I was corrected H3256,

Like an untrained calf;

Bring me back that I may be restored,

For You are the LORD my God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 -

“Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the LORD,

“For I am with you.

For I will make a complete destruction of all the nations

Where I have driven you,

Yet I will not make a complete destruction of you;

But I will correct H3256 you properly

And by no means leave you unpunished.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:48 - ‘So I will eliminate outrageous conduct from the land, so that all women will take H3256 warning H3256 and not commit [fn]outrageous sin as you have done.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:12 -

When they go, I will spread My net over them;

I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.

I will discipline H3256 them in accordance with the [fn]proclamation to their assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:15 -

Although I trained H3256 and strengthened their arms,

Yet they devise evil against Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:10 -

When it is My desire, I will [fn]discipline H3256 them;

And the peoples will be gathered against them

When they are bound for their double guilt.

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