יַקִּיר
yaqqîyr · H3358 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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precious, noble
State in which humans are valuable and worthy of respect in the eyes of others
ExamplesEzra 4:10 and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the Euphrates River. And now
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difficult
Literally: precious; hence: state in which a matter cannot be easily put into practice
ExamplesDaniel 2:11 “Moreover, the thing which the king demands is difficult, and there is no one else who could declare it to the king except gods, whose dwelling place is not with mortal flesh.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אׇסְנַפַּרAsnapper 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִלָּהcommandment 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- אַדִּיר ʼaddîyr · H117 · mighty, majestic, noble
- Hebrew adjective denoting nobility, magnificence, or excellence; shares the sense of elevated status and honor with יַקִּיר
- נָדִיב nâdîyb · H5081 · willing, noble person
- Hebrew adjective/noun meaning noble or princely; closely overlaps with the 'noble' gloss of יַקִּיר in denoting high social status
In the other Testament 2 words
- τίμιος tímios · G5093 · valuable, precious, honored
- Greek adjective denoting something precious, valuable, or honored; standard translation equivalent for Hebrew words in the יקר root family conveying rarity and value
- ἔντιμος éntimos · G1784 · valuable, precious, honored
- Greek adjective meaning honored, esteemed, or valuable; overlaps semantically with the noble/precious sense of יַקִּיר
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Great002001002012
- Ezra 4:10 recounts the letter's list of the nations “which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria.”
- Complicated002001003004
- Daniel 2:11 recounts the Chaldeans' protest, “the thing which the king demands is difficult, and there is no one else who could declare it to the king except gods, whose dwelling place is not with mortal flesh.”
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3358. yaqqir [יַקִּיר] adjective honourable, difficult; — 1 honourable, emphatic…
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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