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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.
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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

H3293

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

Page 1 / 2 (Deu 19:5–Eze 20:46)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - Suppose he goes with someone else to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the ax to cut the tree, the ax head flies loose from the handle and strikes his fellow worker so hard that he dies. The person responsible may then flee to one of these cities to save himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - Joshua replied to them, "Since you have so many people, go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - The whole hill country will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:25 - Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - When the army entered the forest, they saw the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, for the army was afraid of the oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:5 - Then Gad the prophet said to David, "Don't stay in the stronghold. Go to the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:6 - Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:8 - The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - He named it "The Palace of the Lebanon Forest"; it was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:21 - All of King Solomon's cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon's time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - When he turned around and saw them, he called God's judgment down on them. Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, 'With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars, and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:33 - Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - All of King Solomon's cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon's time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:9 - The LORD's shout bends the large trees and strips the leaves from the forests. Everyone in his temple says, "Majestic!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:10 - For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:13 - The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:14 - Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:12 - Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:6 - Look, we heard about it in Ephrathah, we found it in the territory of Jaar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove of flourishing trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3 - Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. The Beloved about Her Lover:

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk! The Poet to the Couple: Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers! The Beloved about Her Lover:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - It was reported to the family of David, "Syria has allied with Ephraim." They and their people were emotionally shaken, just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 - For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:18 - The splendor of his forest and his orchard will be completely destroyed, as when a sick man's life ebbs away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:19 - There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 - The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax, and mighty Lebanon will fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:13 - Here is a message about Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night, you Dedanite caravans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:8 - They removed the defenses of Judah. At that time you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:17 - In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:15 - This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:19 - Even if the forest is destroyed and the city is annihilated,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24 - Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, 'With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14 - He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:23 - Shout for joy, O sky, for the LORD intervenes; shout out, you subterranean regions of the earth. O mountains, give a joyful shout; you too, O forest and all your trees! For the LORD protects Jacob; he reveals his splendor through Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:9 - All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:8 - The people I call my own have turned on me like a lion in the forest. They have roared defiantly at me. So I will treat them as though I hate them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:14 - But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,' says the LORD. 'I will set fire to your palace; it will burn up everything around it.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - "Micah from Moresheth prophesied during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, 'The LORD who rules over all says, "Zion will become a plowed field. Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble. The temple mount will become a mere wooded ridge."'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:23 - The population of Egypt is like a vast, impenetrable forest. But I, the LORD, affirm that the enemy will cut them down. For those who chop them down will be more numerous than locusts. They will be too numerous to count.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:2 - "Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6 - "Therefore, this is what the sovereign LORD says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire - so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem as fuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:46 - "Son of man, turn toward the south, and speak out against the south. Prophesy against the open scrub land of the Negev,

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