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Lexicon :: Strong's H3335 - yāṣar

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יָצַר
Transliteration
yāṣar
Pronunciation
yaw-tsar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably identical with יָצַר (H3334) (through the squeezing into shape), ([compare יָצַע (H3331)])
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TWOT Reference: 898

Strong’s Definitions

יָצַר yâtsar, yaw-tsar'; probably identical with H3334 (through the squeezing into shape); (compare H3331); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution):—× earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x

The KJV translates Strong's H3335 in the following manner: form (26x), potter (17x), fashion (5x), maker (4x), frame (3x), make (3x), former (2x), earthen (1x), purposed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x
The KJV translates Strong's H3335 in the following manner: form (26x), potter (17x), fashion (5x), maker (4x), frame (3x), make (3x), former (2x), earthen (1x), purposed (1x).

  1. to form, fashion, frame

    1. (Qal) to form, fashion

      1. of human activity

      2. of divine activity

        1. of creation

          1. of original creation

          2. of individuals at conception

          3. of Israel as a people

        2. to frame, pre-ordain, plan (fig. of divine) purpose of a situation)

    2. (Niphal) to be formed, be created

    3. (Pual) to be predetermined, be pre-ordained

    4. (Hophal) to be formed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָצַר yâtsar, yaw-tsar'; probably identical with H3334 (through the squeezing into shape); (compare H3331); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution):—× earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
STRONGS H3335: Abbreviations
† יָצַר verb form, fashion (Late Hebrew in participle יוֺצֵר potter, creator, and derivatives; Phoenician יצר potter; Targum יצר Syriac bdb042701 = יֵצֶר etc.; Arabic bdb042702 covenant, contract; Assyrian êṣêru, as Hebrew, DlHWB 309) —
Qal Perfect י׳ Isaiah 44:10; יָצָ֑ר Genesis 2:8; suffix יְצָרָהּ Isaiah 45:18; 2nd person masculine יָצַרְתָּ Psalm 104:26 + 8 times Perfect; Imperfect 3rd person masculine וַיִּ֫יצֶר Genesis 2:7; וַיִּ֫צֶר Genesis 2:19; suffix יִצְּרֵהוּ Isaiah 44:12; 1st person singular suffix אֶצֳּו֯רְךָ Jeremiah 1:5; Participle יוֺצֵר Isaiah 41:25 + 20 times; יֹצֵר Isaiah 45:18 + 6 times; suffix יֹצְרִי Isaiah 49:5 + 11 times suffix; plural יוֺצְרִים Isaiah 30:14; 1 Chronicles 4:23; construct יֹצְרֵי Isaiah 44:9; —
1. of human activity:
a. of a potter who forms out of clay a vessel Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 41:25; Jeremiah 18:4 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 18:6 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 4:23; Lamentations 4:2; Zechariah 11:13 (twice in verse) (these last two according to Thes SS et al. error for אוֺצָר); כְּלִי (ה)י׳ potter's vessel 2 Samuel 17:28; Psalm 2:9; Jeremiah 19:11; חֹמֶר הי׳ potter's clay Isaiah 29:16; נֵבֶל י׳ Isaiah 30:14; בַּקְבֻּק י׳ Jeremiah 19:1 בית הי׳ Jeremiah 18:2, 3.
b. of a carver of wood, graven images Isaiah 44:9, 10, 12; Habakkuk 2:18 (twice in verse).
c. frame, devise in the mind עָמָל י׳ Psalm 94:20.
2. of divine activity:
a. (as a potter) forming Adam out of עפר from אדמה Genesis 2:7, 8 (J), beasts and birds, also from אדמה Genesis 2:19 (J); Israel as a people Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 43:1, 21; Isaiah 44:21; Isaiah 45:9 (twice in verse); Isaiah 45:11; Isaiah 64:7, even from the womb Isaiah 44:2, 24; the servant of Yahweh from the womb Isaiah 49:5; of the formation of the individual man Isaiah 43:7; Jeremiah in the womb Jeremiah 1:5; the eye of man Psalm 94:9; the locust Amos 7:1; Leviathan Psalm 104:26; the dry land Psalm 95:5; the earth Isaiah 45:18 (twice in verse); the mountains Amos 4:13; הַכֹּל Jeremiah 10:16 = Jeremiah 51:19. Figurative perhaps lost sight of in some of the above, and quite certainly in the forming of light Isaiah 45:7, of summer and winter Psalm 74:17, the רוּחַ of man Zechariah 12:1, and the לב of men Psalm 33:15.
b. figurative for frame, pre-ordain, plan (in divine purpose), of a situation מֵרָחוֺק Isaiah 22:11; of an occurrence מִימֵי קֶדֶם Isaiah 37:26 = 2 Kings 19:25; יָצַרְתִּי אַף אֶעֱשֶׂנָּה I have planned, I will also do it Isaiah 46:11; רעה על י׳ Jeremiah 18:11; לַהֲכִינָהּ י׳ devised it to establish it Jeremiah 33:2.
Niph. Perfect לְפָנַי לֹאנֿוֺצַר אֵל Isaiah 43:10 before me a god was not formed (created).
Pu. Perfect יָמִים יצָֻּ֑רוּ days (that) were pre-ordained (in the divine purpose) Psalm 139:16 (compare Qal, 2 b).
Hoph. Imperfect כָּלכְּֿלִי יוּצַר עָלַיִךְ לֹא יִצְלָ֑ח Isaiah 54:17 any weapon that is formed against thee will not prosper.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:7; 2:7; 2:8; 2:8; 2:19; 2:19

2 Samuel

17:28

2 Kings

19:25

1 Chronicles

4:23; 4:23

Psalms

2:9; 33:15; 74:17; 94:9; 94:20; 95:5; 104:26; 104:26; 139:16

Isaiah

22:11; 27:11; 29:16; 29:16; 30:14; 30:14; 37:26; 41:25; 41:25; 43:1; 43:7; 43:10; 43:21; 44:2; 44:9; 44:9; 44:10; 44:10; 44:12; 44:12; 44:21; 44:24; 45:7; 45:9; 45:11; 45:18; 45:18; 45:18; 46:11; 49:5; 49:5; 54:17; 64:7

Jeremiah

1:5; 1:5; 10:16; 18:2; 18:3; 18:4; 18:6; 18:11; 19:1; 19:11; 33:2; 51:19

Lamentations

4:2

Amos

4:13; 7:1

Habakkuk

2:18

Zechariah

11:13; 12:1

H3335

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Strong's Number H3335 matches the Hebrew יָצַר (yāṣar),
which occurs 63 times in 56 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 2:7–Jer 51:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:7 - And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:8 - And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:19 - And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that is its name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:4 - and he receiveth from their hand, and doth fashion it with a graving tool, and doth make it a molten calf, and they say, 'These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:28 - couch, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted corn, and beans, and lentiles, and roasted pulse,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:25 - Hast thou not heard from afar, it I made, From days of old that I formed it? Now I have brought it in, And it becometh a desolation, Ruinous heaps are fenced cities,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:23 - They are the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; with the king in his work they dwelt there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:9 - Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:15 - Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:17 - Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:9 - He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Is a throne of mischief joined with Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:5 - Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:26 - There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:16 - Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:11 - And a ditch ye made between the two walls, For the waters of the old pool, And ye have not looked unto its Maker, And its Framer of old ye have not seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 - In the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it is not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 - Your perversion! as clay is the potter esteemed? That the work saith of its maker, 'He hath not made me?' And the framed thing said of its framer, 'He did not understand?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - And He hath broken it As the breaking of the potters' bottle, Beaten down -- He doth not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - Hast thou not heard from afar? -- it I did, From days of old -- that I formed it. Now, I have brought it in, And it is to make desolate, Ruinous heaps -- fenced cities,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 - I have stirred up one from the north, And he cometh, From the rising of the sun he calleth in My name, And he cometh in on prefects as on clay, And as a potter treadeth down mire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 - And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name -- thou art Mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:7 - Every one who is called by My name, Even for My honour I have created him, I have formed him, yea, I have made him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:10 - Ye are My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that ye know and give credence to Me, And understand that I am He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:21 - This people I have formed for Myself, My praise they recount.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2 - Thus said Jehovah, thy Maker, and thy Former, From the womb He doth help thee; Fear not, my servant Jacob, And Jeshurun, whom I have fixed on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - Framers of a graven image are all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they are, They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:10 - Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - He hath wrought iron with an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:21 - Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, For My servant thou art, I formed thee, a servant to Me thou art, O Israel, thou dost not forget Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:24 - Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, And thy framer from the womb: 'I am Jehovah, doing all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, Spreading out the earth -- who is with Me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 - Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I am Jehovah, doing all these things.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - Wo to him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, 'What dost thou?' And thy work, 'He hath no hands?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:11 - Thus said Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, and his Former: Ask Me of the things coming concerning My sons, Yea, concerning the work of My hands, ye command Me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - For thus said Jehovah, Creator of heaven, He is God, Former of earth, and its Maker, He established it -- not empty He prepared it, For inhabiting He formed it: 'I am Jehovah, and there is none else.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:11 - Calling from the east a ravenous bird, From a far land the man of My counsel, Yea, I have spoken, yea, I bring it in, I have formed it, yea, I do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:5 - And now, said Jehovah, who is forming me from the belly for a servant to Him, To bring back Jacob unto Him, (Though Israel is not gathered, Yet I am honoured in the eyes of Jehovah, And my God hath been my strength.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:17 - No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:8 - And now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father, We are the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand -- all of us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - 'Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:16 - Not like these is the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things is He, And Israel is the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:2 - Rise, and thou hast gone down to the potter's house, and there I cause thee to hear My words;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:3 - and I go down to the potter's house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4 - and marred is the vessel that he is making, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he hath turned and he maketh it another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:6 - As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So are ye in My hand, O house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11 - And now, speak, I pray thee, unto men of Judah, And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, Saying: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am framing against you evil, And devising against you a device, Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way And amen your ways and your doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1 - Thus said Jehovah, 'Go, and thou hast got a potter's earthen vessel, and of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:11 - and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter's vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury -- without place to bury;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:2 - Thus said Jehovah its maker, Jehovah its former, at establishing it, Jehovah is His name:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:19 - Not like these is the portion of Jacob, For He is former of all things, And Israel is the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

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