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יָקָר

yâqâr · H3368 · Hebrew · 36 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. precious, choice, costly

    State in which humans or objects are considered valuable and desirable

    Examples

    2 Samuel 12:30 Then he took the crown of their king from his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and it had a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the plunder of the city in great amounts.

    1 Kings 7:9 All of these were made of valuable stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside; even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the large courtyard.

    1 Kings 7:10 And the foundation was of valuable stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

  2. rare

    Literally: precious; hence: state in which an event happens at a very low frequency

    Examples

    1 Samuel 3:1 Now the boy Samuel was attending to the service of the LORD before Eli. And word from the LORD was rare in those days; visions were infrequent.

    Proverbs 17:27 One who withholds his words has knowledge, And one who has a cool spirit is a person of understanding.

  3. precious, honorable

    Literally: precious; hence: state in which humans are considered valuable and worthy of respect

    Examples

    Psalm 45:9 Kings’ daughters are among Your noble women; At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

    Proverbs 6:26 For the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for a precious life.

  4. precious, glorious, splendor

    Literally: precious; hence: state in which a condition or activity is highly appreciated or considered of high significance

    Examples

    Job 31:26 If I have looked at the sun when it shone, Or the moon going in splendor,

    Psalm 36:7 How precious is Your mercy, God! And the sons of mankind take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

    Psalm 37:20 But the wicked will perish; And the enemies of the LORD will be like the glory of the pastures, They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.

How it’s used In 5 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

3 occurrences in 3 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

6 occurrences in 6 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

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 1 word
אַדִּיר ʼaddîyr · H117 · mighty, majestic, noble
Both lexemes denote positive qualitative attributes — excellent, noble, precious, glorious — applicable to persons or things.
In the other Testament 2 words
τίμιος tímios · G5093 · valuable, precious, honored
τίμιος (tímios, G5093) τίμιος serves as the standard Greek equivalent for יָקָר (yâqâr, H3368) יָקָר across the semantic range of costly/precious/honored, maintaining the material-value and social-honor senses that define the Hebrew term's core meaning in both testamental contexts.
יַקִּיר yaqqîyr · H3358 · noble, rare
Aramaic cognate of the same y-q-r root; both denote preciousness, nobility, or rarity, with יַקִּיר (yaqqîyr, H3358) appearing exclusively in Daniel's Aramaic portions.
Semantic domains 4 entries
Good002001001031
The adjective describes something excellent or highly esteemed, as with the precious stone taken from the Ammonite king's crown in 2 Samuel 12:30.
Frequency002001003009
The word can describe something rare or infrequent, as when word from the LORD was described as rare (יָקָר) in those days, occurring only infrequently, in 1 Samuel 3:1.
Great002001002012
The term marks something of great worth or costliness, as with the costly, carefully cut stones used in the temple's foundation and courtyard in 1 Kings 7:9.
Extraordinary002001003006
The adjective conveys something extraordinary or uncommonly excellent, fitting the range of costly stones, rare visions, and precious things it describes across its occurrences.
Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

יָקַר yâqar · H3365 · to be precious · 11×יָקָרyâqâr · H3368יְקָר yᵉqâr · H3366 · preciousness, honor, respect · 17×יְקָר yᵉqâr · H3367 · glory, honour · 7×יַקִּיר yaqqîyr · H3358 · noble, rare · 2×יַקִּיר yaqqîyr · H3357 · precious, noble, difficult · 1×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3368. yaqar יָקָר adjective precious, rare, splendid, weighty; — absolute יָקָר 1Sa 3:1…
H3368. yaqar
יָקָר adjective precious, rare, splendid, weighty; — absolute יָקָר 1Sa 3:1 1Sa 3:9t.; construct יְקַרֿ Pro 17:27 Qr (Kt וקר; see below); כִּיקַר Psa 37:20; feminine יְקָרָה 2Sa 12:30 2Sa 12:14t.; construct יִקְרַת Isa 28:16; masculine plural יְקָרִים Lam 4:2; feminine plural יְקָדוֺת 1 Kings 5:31 1Ki 5:2t. + Zec 14:6 (see below); יְקָרֹת 1Ki 7:9; suffix בְּיִקְּרוֺתֶ֑יךָ Psa 45:10 (so Baer; van d. H ׳בִּיקְּ); —
1 precious:
a. costly, יְקָרוֺת אֲבָנִים of costly building-stones 1 Kings 5:31; 1Ki 7:9-10, 1Ki 7:11 compare מוּסָּד מוּסָד יִקְרַת מִּנַּת Isa 28:16 a costly corner (-stone) of a foundation, — on construct see DaSynt. § 28, R. 3, 6; יָקָר הוֺן costly wealth Pro 1:13; Pro 12:27; וְנָעִים יָקָר הוֺן Pro 24:1.
b. precious, highly valued: יְקָרָה נֶפֶשׁ Pro 6:26 precious life; opposed to זוֺלֵל Jer 15:19 (of choice elements of character); י בְּעֵינֵי ׳יָקָר לַחֲסִידָיו הַמָּֽוְתָה Psa 116:15; מפניים הִיא יְקָרָה Pro 3:15 she (wisdom) is more precious than rubies (see also
c); prized, of י ׳חסד Psa 36:8; = substantive בְּיִקְּרותֶ֑יךָ מְלָכִים בְּנוֺת Psa 45:10 king's daughters are among thy precious ( = dear) ones.
c. יְקָרָה אֶבֶן collective precious stones, jewels 2Sa 12:30 = 1Ch 20:2; 1Ki 10:2, 1Ki 10:10; 1Ki 1:11 2Ch 9:1, 2Ch 9:9, 2Ch 9:10; 1Ch 29:3; 2Ch 3:6; 2Ch 32:27; Eze 27:22; Eze 28:13 (list of precious stones follows), Dan 11:38; so also Lam 4:2, read הַיְקָרִים צִיּוֺן אַבְנֵי (for וגו ׳בְּנֵי ᵑ0), see VB; יָקָר שֹׁהַם Job 28:16 (see also Pro 3:15 below b).
2 rare, 1Sa 3:1 (compare √ Hiph`il Isa 13:12).
3 glorious, splendid (compare Aramaic), of the moon Job 31:26; as substantive = glory, the wicked perish, כָּרִים כִּיקַר Psa 37:20 like the glory of the pastures (i.e. like gay, but short-lived, flowers).
4 (late and Aramaic) weighty, influential, מֵחָכְמָה יָקָר Ecc 10:1 weightier than wisdom and honour is a little folly. — In Pro 17:27 read Kt וְקַררֿוּחַ and one cool of spirit (see VB); in Zec 14:6 read וְקִמָּאוֺן וְקָרוֺת אוֺר יִהְיֶה לֹא there shall not be light but cold and congelation (see id. and Vrss.); **'but is very dubious; read probably וְקָרוֺת חוֺם there shall be neither heat nor cold, etc. (We and others).
קִמָּאוֺן noun [masculine] congelation; — Zec 14:6 Qr [ > Kt see √
Qal Imperfect], so ᵑ6 ᵐ5 Symm We Now (with other change, but see GASm), see יָקָר. p 429

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Good23 occurrencesGreat2 occurrencesExtraordinary7 occurrences

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.

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