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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.
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

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 BoxLev 26:23 - ‘And if H518 by these H428 things H428 you are not turned H3256 to Me, but act H1980 with hostility H7147 against H5973 Me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:28 - then I will act H1980 with wrathful H2534 hostility H7147 against H5973 you, and I, even H637 I, will punish H3256 you seven H7651 times H7651 for your sins. H2403

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:36 - “Out of the heavens H8064 He let you hear H8085 His voice H6963 to discipline H3256 you; and on earth H776 He let you see H7200 His great H1419 fire, H784 and you heard H8085 His words H1697 from the midst H8432 of the fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:5 - “Thus you are to know H3045 in your heart H3824 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 was disciplining H3256 you just H834 as a man H376 disciplines H3256 his son. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18 - “If H3588 any H376 man H376 has H1961 a stubborn H5637 and rebellious H4784 son H1121 who will not obey H8085 H6963 his father H1 or his mother, H517 and when they chastise H3256 him, he will not even listen H8085 to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:18 - “So the elders H2205 of that city H5892 shall take H3947 the man H376 and chastise H3256 him,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - ‘Whereas H6258 my father H1 loaded H6006 you with a heavy H3515 yoke, H5923 I will add H3254 to your yoke; H5923 my father H1 disciplined H3256 you with whips, H7752 but I will discipline H3256 you with scorpions.’” H6137

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - and he spoke H1696 to them according to the advice H6098 of the young H3206 men, H3206 saying, H559 “My father H1 made H3513 your yoke H5923 heavy, H3513 but I will add H3254 to your yoke; H5923 my father H1 disciplined H3256 you with whips, H7752 but I will discipline H3256 you with scorpions.” H6137

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - Chenaniah, H3663 chief H8269 of the Levites, H3881 was in charge of the singing; H4853 he gave H3256 instruction H3256 in singing H4853 because H3588 he was skillful. H995

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - ‘Whereas H6258 my father H1 loaded H6006 you with a heavy H3515 yoke, H5923 I will add H3254 to your yoke; H5923 my father H1 disciplined H3256 you with whips, H7752 but I will discipline you with scorpions.’” H6137

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - He spoke H1696 to them according to the advice H6098 of the young H3206 men, H3206 saying, H559 “[fn]My father H1 made H3513 your yoke H5923 heavy, H3513 but I will add H3254 to it; my father H1 disciplined H3256 you with whips, H7752 but I will discipline you with scorpions.” H6137

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:3 - “Behold H2009 you have admonished H3256 many, H7227
And you have strengthened H2388 weak H7504 hands. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:10 - Now H6258 therefore, O kings, H4428 show H7919 discernment; H7919
Take H3256 warning, H3256 O [fn]judges H8199 of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - For the choir director; H5329 with stringed instruments, H5058 [fn]upon an eight-string lyre. H8067 A Psalm H4210 of David. H1732
O LORD, H3068 do not rebuke H3198 me in Your anger, H639
Nor H408 chasten H3256 me in Your wrath. H2534

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:7 - I will bless H1288 the LORD H3068 who H834 has counseled H3289 me;
Indeed, H637 my [fn]mind H3629 instructs H3256 me in the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - A Psalm of David, for a memorial.
O LORD, H3068 rebuke H3198 me not in Your wrath, H7110
And chasten H3256 me not in Your burning H2534 anger. H2534

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - “With reproofs H8433 You chasten H3256 a man H376 for iniquity; H5771
You consume H4529 as a moth H6211 what is precious H2530 to him;
Surely H389 every H3605 man H120 is a mere H1892 breath. H1892 Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 - He who [fn]chastens H3256 the nations, H1471 will He not rebuke, H3198
Even He who teaches H3925 man H120 knowledge? H1847

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:12 - Blessed H835 is the man H1397 whom H834 You chasten, H3256 O [fn]LORD, H3050
And whom You teach H3925 out of Your law; H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:18 - [fn]The LORD H3050 has disciplined H3256 me severely, H3256
But He has not given H5414 me over to death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 - He who corrects H3256 a scoffer H3887 gets H3947 dishonor H7036 for himself,
And he who reproves H3198 a wicked H7563 man H7563 gets [fn]insults H3971 for himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:18 - Discipline H3256 your son H1121 while H3588 there H3426 is hope, H8615
And do not desire H5375 H5315 [fn]his death. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:17 - Correct H3256 your son, H1121 and he will give H5117 you comfort; H5117
He will also [fn]delight H4574 your soul. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:19 - A slave H5650 will not be instructed H3256 by words H1697 alone;
For though he understands, H995 there H369 will be no H369 response. H4617

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:1 - The words H1697 of King H4428 Lemuel, H3927 the [fn]oracle H4853 which H834 his mother H517 taught H3256 him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:11 - For thus H3541 the LORD H3068 spoke H559 to me [fn]with mighty H2393 power H3027 and instructed H3256 me not to walk H1980 in the way H1870 of this H2088 people, H5971 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:26 - For his God H430 instructs H3256 and teaches H3384 him properly. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - “Your own wickedness H7451 will correct H3256 you,
And your apostasies H4878 will reprove H3198 you;
Know H3045 therefore and see H7200 that it is evil H7451 and bitter H4751
For you to forsake H5800 the LORD H3068 your God, H430
And the dread H6345 of Me is not in you,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of hosts. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:8 - “Be warned, H3256 O Jerusalem, H3389
Or H6435 [fn]I shall be alienated H3363 from you,
And make H7760 you a desolation, H8077
A land H776 not inhabited.” H3427

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - Correct H3256 me, O LORD, H3068 but with justice; H4941
Not with Your anger, H639 or H6435 You will [fn]bring H4591 me to nothing. H4591

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - ‘For I am with you,’ declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 ‘to save H3467 you;
For I will destroy H6213 H3617 completely H3617 all H3605 the nations H1471 where H834 H8033 I have scattered H6327 you,
Only H389 I will not destroy H6213 H3617 you completely. H3617
But I will chasten H3256 you justly H4941
And will by no H3808 means H5352 leave H5352 you unpunished.’ H5352

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18 - “I have surely H8085 heard H8085 Ephraim H669 grieving, H5110
‘You have chastised H3256 me, and I was chastised, H3256
Like an untrained H3808 H3925 calf; H5695
Bring H7725 me back H7725 that I may be restored, H7725
For You are the LORD H3068 my God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - “O Jacob H3290 My servant, H5650 do not fear,” H3372 declares H5002 the LORD, H3068
“For I am with you.
For I will make H6213 a full H3617 end H3617 of all H3605 the nations H1471
Where H834 H8033 I have driven H5080 you,
Yet I will not make H6213 a full H3617 end H3617 of you;
But I will correct H3256 you properly H4941
And by no H3808 means H5352 leave H5352 you unpunished.” H5352

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:48 - ‘Thus I will make lewdness H2154 cease H7673 from the land, H776 that all H3605 women H802 may be admonished H3256 and not commit H6213 [fn]lewdness H2154 as you have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:12 - When H834 they go, H1980 I will spread H6566 My net H7568 over H5921 them;
I will bring H3381 them down H3381 like the birds H5775 of the sky. H8064
I will chastise H3256 them in accordance with the [fn]proclamation H8088 to their assembly. H5712

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:15 - Although I trained H3256 and strengthened H2388 their arms, H2220
Yet they devise H2803 evil H7451 against H413 Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:10 - When it is My desire, H185 I will [fn]chastise H3256 them;
And the peoples H5971 will be gathered H622 against H5921 them
When they are bound H631 for their double H8147 guilt. H5771
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