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Lexicon :: Strong's H3365 - yāqar

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יָקַר
Transliteration
yāqar
Pronunciation
yaw-kar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 905

Strong’s Definitions

יָקַר yâqar, yaw-kar'; a primitive root; properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit):—be (make) precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H3365 in the following manner: precious (8x), prised (1x), set by (1x), withdraw (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H3365 in the following manner: precious (8x), prised (1x), set by (1x), withdraw (1x).

  1. to esteem, be prized, be valuable, be precious, be costly, be appraised

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be precious, be highly valued, be esteemed, be costly

      2. to be appraised

    2. (Hiphil) to make something precious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָקַר yâqar, yaw-kar'; a primitive root; properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit):—be (make) precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw.
STRONGS H3365: Abbreviations
† [יָקַר] verb be precious, prized, appraised (Late Hebrew id., Pi., Hiph.; Aramaic יְקַר, bdb042909, be heavy, precious; Pa. honour; יַקִּיר, bdb042910 weighty, precious, honoured; compare Assyrian aḳâru, be precious, costly, and derivatives, DlHWB 240; Arabic bdb042911 be heavy, II. honour; bdb042912 dignity; Sabean noun יקר honour DHMZMG 1883, 402) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular יָֽקְרָה 1 Samuel 16:21; 2nd person masculine singular יָקַרְתָּ Isaiah 43:4; 1st person singular יָקַרְתִּי Zechariah 11:13; 3rd person plural יָֽֽֽקְרוּ Psalm 139:17; Imperfect וַיִּיקַר 1 Samuel 18:30; וְיֵקַר Psalm 49:9; וְיֵיקַר Psalm 72:14; jussive תִּיקַר(נָֿאׅ 2 Kings 1:13, 14; —
1. be precious:
a. = highly valued, esteemed, David's name, וַיִּיקַר שְׁמוֺ מְאֹד 1 Samuel 18:30; of Israel, יָקַרְתָּ בְעֵינַי Isaiah 43:4 (+ נִכְבַּדְתָּ, אֲהַבְתִּיךָ); of God's thoughts מַה־יָּֽקִרוּ וְלִי רֵעֶיךָ Psalm 139:17 (Ew Hi Hup render hard, difficult: compare יַקִּירָה Daniel 2:11).
b. especially of life (נֶפֶשׁ), in phrase בְּעֵינֶיךָ נַפְשִׁי יָֽקְרָה 1 Samuel 26:21, i.e. thou hast spared it; so (jussive) 2 Kings 1:13, 14; similarly יֵיקַר דָּמָם בְּעֵינָיו Psalm 72:14 (|| מִתּוֺךְ וּמֵחָמָס יִגְאַל נַפְשָׁס).
c. be costly, נַפְשָׁם פִּדְיוֹן וְיֵקַר Psalm 49:9.
2. be appraised, valued, אֶדֶר הַיְקָר אֲשֶׁר יָקַרְתִּי מֵעֲלֵיהֶם Zechariah 11:13 the magnificence of the price at which I was appraised (and dismissed) from them!
Hiph. Imperfect 1st person singular מִפָּ֑ז אֱנוֹשׁ אוֹקִיר Isaiah 13:12 I will make men more rare (literally precious) than fine gold. Imperative הֹקַר Proverbs 25:17 make rare (i.e. withhold) thy foot from the house of thy friend.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

16:21; 18:30; 18:30; 26:21

2 Kings

1:13; 1:13; 1:14; 1:14

Psalms

49:9; 49:9; 72:14; 72:14; 139:17; 139:17

Proverbs

25:17

Isaiah

13:12; 43:4; 43:4

Daniel

2:11

Zechariah

11:13; 11:13

H3365

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3365 matches the Hebrew יָקַר (yāqar),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:30

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Then the Philistine commanders (princes) came out to battle, and it happened as often as they did, that David acted more wisely and had more success than all Saul’s servants. So his name was highly esteemed.

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Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again because my life was precious in your sight this day. Hear me, I have played the fool and have done a very great wrong [to you].”

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So Ahaziah again sent a captain of a third fifty with his fifty [fighting men]. And the third captain of fifty went up and came bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and begged him [for compassion] and said to him, “O man of God, please let my life and the lives of your servants, these fifty, be precious in your sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:14 - “Behold, fire came down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in your sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 -

For the ransom of his soul is too costly,

And he should cease trying forever—

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:14

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He will redeem their life from oppression and fraud and violence,

And their blood will be precious in His sight.

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How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

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Let your foot seldom be in your neighbor’s house,

Or he will become tired of you and hate you.

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I will make mortal man more rare than fine gold,

And mankind [scarcer] than the pure gold of Ophir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:4

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“Because you are precious in My sight,

You are honored and I love you,

I will give other men in return for you and other peoples in exchange for your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:13 - [fn]Then the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter [as if to the dogs]—that magnificent sum at which I am valued by them!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
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