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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - For instance, a man may go into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and as he swings his ax to fell a tree, the head may fly off and hit his neighbor and kill him. That man may flee to one of these cities and save his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - “If you are so numerous,” Joshua answered, “and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron and though they are strong, you can drive them out.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:25 - The entire army entered the woods, and there was honey on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - When they went into the woods, they saw the honey oozing out; yet no one put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:5 - But the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into 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 - David’s army marched out of the city to fight Israel, and 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 spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest swallowed up more men that day than the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - They took Absalom, threw him into a big pit in the forest and piled up a large heap of rocks over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high,[fn] with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams.

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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, with three minas[fn] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:21 - All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - By your messengers you have ridiculed the Lord. And you have said, “With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its junipers. I have reached its remotest parts, the finest of its forests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:33 - Let the trees of the forest sing, let them sing for 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, with three hundred shekels[fn] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:9 - The voice of the LORD twists the oaks[fn] and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:10 - for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:13 - Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:14 - As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:12 - Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:6 - We heard it in Ephrathah, we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3 - She: Like an apple[fn] tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - He: I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Friends: Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - Now the house of David was told, “Aram has allied itself with[fn] Ephraim”; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken, as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 - Surely wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns, it sets the forest thickets ablaze, so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:18 - The splendor of his forests and fertile fields it will completely destroy, as when a sick person wastes away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:19 - And the remaining trees of his forests will be so few that a child could write them down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 - He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax; Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:13 - A prophecy against Arabia: You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:8 - The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:17 - In a very short time, will not Lebanon be turned into a fertile field and the fertile field seem like a forest?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:15 - till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:19 - Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24 - By your messengers you have ridiculed the Lord. And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its junipers. I have reached its remotest heights, the finest of its forests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14 - He cut down cedars, or perhaps took a cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:23 - Sing for joy, you heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, you earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:9 - Come, all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will ravage them, a leopard will lie in wait near their towns to tear to pieces any who venture out, for their rebellion is great and their backslidings many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:8 - My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest. She roars at me; therefore I hate her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:14 - I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forests that will consume everything around you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - “Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the LORD Almighty says: “ ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:23 - They will chop down her forest,”

declares the LORD,

“dense though it be. They are more numerous than locusts, they cannot be counted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:2 - “Son of man, how is the wood of a vine different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6 - “Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:46 - “Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest of the southland.

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