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Lexicon :: Strong's H3336 - yēṣer

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יֵצֶר
Transliteration
yēṣer
Pronunciation
yay'-tser
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 898a

Strong’s Definitions

יֵצֶר yêtser, yay'-tser; from H3335; a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose):—frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H3336 in the following manner: imagination (5x), frame (1x), mind (1x), thing framed (1x), work (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H3336 in the following manner: imagination (5x), frame (1x), mind (1x), thing framed (1x), work (1x).

  1. form, framing, purpose, framework

    1. form

      1. pottery

      2. graven image

      3. man (as formed from the dust)

    2. purpose, imagination, device (intellectual framework)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יֵצֶר yêtser, yay'-tser; from H3335; a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose):—frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.
STRONGS H3336: Abbreviations
† I. יֵ֫צָר noun masculineIsaiah 26:3 form, framing, purpose; — י׳ Genesis 6:5 + 5 times; יִצְדוֺ Deuteronomy 31:21; Habakkuk 2:18; יִצְרֵנוּ Psalm 103:14; —
1. pottery, formed by the potter Isaiah 29:16.
2. form of a graven image Habakkuk 2:18.
3. form of man as made of the dust Psalm 103:14.
4. of what is framed in the mind (compare יָצַר 1c, 2 b), imagination, device, purpose: לב(ב) מחשׁב(ו)ת יצר Genesis 6:5 (J), 1 Chronicles 29:18; מחשׁבות י׳ 1 Chronicles 28:9; לב י׳ Genesis 8:21 (J); יֵצֶר alone Deuteronomy 31:21 (J); יֵצֶר סָמוּךְ Isaiah 26:3 a stedfast purpose (or frame of mind). (In Late Hebrew יֵצֶר is common in sense of impulse: יצר הטוב and יצר הרע of good and bad tendency in man.)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:5; 6:5; 8:21

Deuteronomy

31:21; 31:21

1 Chronicles

28:9; 29:18

Psalms

103:14; 103:14

Isaiah

26:3; 26:3; 29:16

Habakkuk

2:18; 2:18

H3336

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3336 matches the Hebrew יֵצֶר (yēṣer),
which occurs 10 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:5 - And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:9 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:18 - O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:14 -
For he knoweth our frame;
He remembereth that we are dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:3 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 - Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
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