יְקָר
yᵉqâr · H3366 · Hebrew · 17 occurrences
Meanings
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preciousness, honor, respect, splendor, value
State in which humans or objects are considered valuable and worthy of appreciation and respect
ExamplesEsther 1:4 At that time he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 days.
Esther 6:3 Then the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” And the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”
Job 28:10 He carves out channels through the rocks, And his eye sees anything precious.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
7 occurrences in 3 groups
- הוּhis 5
- תִּפְאָרָהglory, beauty 1
- הּher 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָקַרto be precious 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָהwhat?, why? 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What is done to itIt is the object
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2
- רָאָהto see 2
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 13
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֶדֶרhonor 1
- כְּלִיvessel, utensil, weapon 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- τιμή timḗ · G5092 · honor, respect, status
- Greek τιμή directly translates Hebrew יְקָר in its shared semantic range of value, honor, and preciousness, functioning as the standard LXX rendering for expressing worth in both material and dignitary senses.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Great002001002012
- The noun denotes honor, splendor, or greatness of standing, as in the display of the king's royal glory and great majesty in Esther 1:4, and the honor bestowed on Mordecai in Esther 6:3.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3366. yeqar יְקָר noun masculine preciousness, price, honour (late: compare BA יְקָר ᵑ7,…
יְקָר noun masculine preciousness, price, honour (late: compare BA יְקָר ᵑ7, glory); — absolute יְקָר Zec 11:13 Zec 11:5t.; בִּיקָר etc. Psa 49:13 Psa 49:3t.; construct יְקָר Est 1:4; suffix בִּיקָרוֺ Est 6:6 Est 6:4t.; יְקָרָהּ Jer 20:5; —
1 preciousness:
a. = precious (costly) things (collective) Jer 20:5 (om. ᵐ5), וִיקָר חֹסֶן Eze 22:25; כָּליְֿקָר Job 28:10.
b. יְקָר כְּלִי Pro 20:15 a jewel of preciousness = precious jewel (|| מְּנִינִים זָהָב,).
2 price Zec 11:13, see יָקַר
2, 3. honour, Psa 49:13; Psalm 49:21; elsewhere only Esther: גְּדוּלָּתוֺ תִּפְאֶרֶת יְקָר Est 1:4 (|| מַלְכוּתוֺ כְּבוֺד); לְ יְקָר יִתְּנוּ Est 1:20 all wives give honour to their lords; לְמָרְדְּכַי וּגְדוּלָּה יְקָר מַהנַּֿעֲשָׂה Est 6:3, with לְ עשׂה also Est 6:6; וִיקָר וְשָׂשׂן וְשִׂמְחָה אוֺרָה הָֽיְתָה לַיְּהוּדִים Est 8:16; בִּיקָרוֺ חָפֵץ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר (הָ)אִישׁ the man in whose honour the king delighteth Est 6:6-7, Est 6:9 (twice in verse); Est 6:11.
[יְקָר] noun masculineDan 2:6 honour (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute וִיקָר) Dan 2:6; Dan 7:14; construct id. Dan 4:27, לִיקַר Dan 4:33 (K§ 57. Anm. Str קָר-); emphatic וִיקָרָא Dan 2:37; Dan 5:18, הָ֯ Dan 5:20.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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