Word Study · Strong's H3335 · Hebrew
יָצַר
yatsar
yaw-tsar'
Strong's 1890 spelling: yâtsar
“to mould into a form”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
- 62occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 52inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 62 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 52
- הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר3
- הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר3
- יוֹצֵ֣ר3
- יוֹצֵ֤ר3
- וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖2
- יוֹצֵ֥ר2
- אֶצָּרְךָ֤1
- הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר1
- הַיּוֹצֵֽר׃1
- הַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔ים1
- הַיֹּצֵ֣ר1
- הַיֹּצֵ֖ר1
and 40 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 43
- the potter9
- a potter4
- [is [the] one who] formed2
- [one who] formed2
- [who] formed2
- and [the] [one who] formed it2
- and [who] formed you2
- and he formed2
- and I planned it2
- I formed you2
- ¿ like the potter1
- [am] about to fashion1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 33
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular9
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular8
- noun · masculine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- Hc/Vqq1cs/Sp3fs2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- Hc/Vqw3ms2
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmsa · 9
- HVqrmsa · 8
- HNcmsa · 4
- HC/Vqrmsc/Sp2ms · 3
- HVqrmsc · 3
- Hc/Vqq1cs/Sp3fs · 2
- HC/Vqrmsc/Sp3ms · 2
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 2
- HR/Vqrmsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HVqp1cs · 2
- HVqp3ms · 2
- HVqrmsc/Sp3ms · 2
All 62, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah27 of 62 · 44%
- Jeremiah13 of 62 · 21%
- Psalms8 of 62 · 13%
- Genesis3 of 62 · 5%
- Zechariah3 of 62 · 5%
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Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 2:7וַיִּיצֶר֩vaiyitzerHc/Vqw3msThen the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.here: and he formed
- Genesis 2:8יָצָֽר׃yatzarverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.here: he had formed
- Genesis 2:19וַיִּצֶר֩vaiyitzerHc/Vqw3msAnd out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.here: and he formed
2 Samuel1 occurrence
Psalms8 occurrences
- Psalms 2:9יוֹצֵ֣רyotzernoun · masculine singularYou will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”here: a potter
- Psalms 33:15הַיֹּצֵ֣רhaiyotzerthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.here: the [one who] forms
- Psalms 74:17יְצַרְתָּם׃yetzartamverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralYou set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.here: you formed them
- Psalms 94:9יֹ֥צֵֽרyotzerverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?here: [the] former of
- Psalms 94:20יֹצֵ֖רyotzerverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularCan a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?here: [which] fashions
- Psalms 95:5יָצָֽרוּ׃yatzaruverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThe sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.here: they formed
- Psalms 104:26יָצַ֥רְתָּyatzartaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularThere the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.here: you formed
- Psalms 139:16יֻצָּ֑רוּyutzaruverb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 3rd person common pluralYour eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.here: [which] they were ordained
Isaiah27 occurrences
- Isaiah 22:11וְיֹצְרָ֥הּveyotzerahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularYou built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.here: and [the] [one who] planned it
- Isaiah 27:11וְיֹצְר֖וֹveyotzeroconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.here: and [the] [one who] formed it
- Isaiah 29:16הַיֹּצֵ֖רhaiyotzerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularYou have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?here: the potter
- Isaiah 29:16לְיוֹצְר֖וֹleyotzropreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularYou have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?here: to potter its
- Isaiah 30:14יוֹצְרִ֛יםyotzrimnoun · masculine pluralIt will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”here: potters
- Isaiah 37:26וִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָvitzartihaHc/Vqq1cs/Sp3fsHave you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.here: and I planned it
- Isaiah 41:25יוֹצֵ֖רyotzernoun · masculine singularI have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.here: a potter
- Isaiah 43:1וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖veyotzerkhaconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularNow this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!here: and [who] formed you
- Isaiah 43:7יְצַרְתִּ֖יוyetzartivverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulareveryone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”here: [whom] I formed him
- Isaiah 43:10נ֣וֹצַרnotzarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.here: it was formed
- Isaiah 43:21יָצַ֣רְתִּיyatzartiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularThe people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.here: I formed
- Isaiah 44:2וְיֹצֶרְךָ֥veyotzerkhaconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThis is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.here: and [who] formed you
- Isaiah 44:9יֹֽצְרֵי־yotzerei-verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.here: [those who] form
- Isaiah 44:10יָצַ֥רyatzarverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWho fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?here: has he formed
- Isaiah 44:12יִצְּרֵ֑הוּyitzerehuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.here: he forms it
- Isaiah 44:21יְצַרְתִּ֤יךָyetzartikhaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularRemember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.here: I formed you
- Isaiah 44:24וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖veyotzerkhaconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,here: and [the one who] formed you
- Isaiah 45:7יוֹצֵ֥רyotzerverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.here: [who] forms
- Isaiah 45:9יֹ֣צְר֔וֹyotzeroverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWoe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?here: [the one who] formed him
- Isaiah 45:9לְיֹֽצְרוֹ֙leyotzeropreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWoe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?here: to [the one who] forms it
- Isaiah 45:11וְיֹצְר֑וֹveyotzeroconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?here: and [the] [one who] formed it
- Isaiah 45:18יֹצֵ֨רyotzerverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularFor thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.here: [who] formed
- Isaiah 45:18יְצָרָ֑הּyetzarahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularFor thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.here: he formed it
- Isaiah 46:11יָצַ֖רְתִּיyatzartiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularI summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.here: I have planned
- Isaiah 49:5יֹצְרִ֤יyotzeriverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAnd now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him— for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—here: [who] formed me
- Isaiah 54:17יוּצַ֤רyutzarverb · causative passive (hophal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularNo weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.here: [which] it will be formed
- Isaiah 64:8יֹצְרֵ֔נוּyotzerenuverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralBut now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.here: [are] [the] [one who] formed us
Jeremiah13 occurrences
- Jeremiah 1:5אֶצָּרְךָ֤ʾetzorkhaverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”here: I formed you
- Jeremiah 10:16יוֹצֵ֤רyotzerverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.here: [is [the] one who] formed
- Jeremiah 18:2הַיּוֹצֵ֑רhaiyotzerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.”here: the potter
- Jeremiah 18:3הַיּוֹצֵ֑רhaiyotzerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.here: the potter
- Jeremiah 18:4הַיּוֹצֵ֑רhaiyotzerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.here: the potter
- Jeremiah 18:4הַיּוֹצֵ֖רhaiyotzerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.here: the potter
- Jeremiah 18:6הֲכַיּוֹצֵ֨רhakhaiyotzerquestion particle + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.here: ¿ like the potter
- Jeremiah 18:6הַיּוֹצֵ֔רhaiyotzerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.here: the potter
- Jeremiah 18:11יוֹצֵ֤רyotzerverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularNow therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’here: [am] about to fashion
- Jeremiah 19:1יוֹצֵ֣רyotzernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,here: a potter of
- Jeremiah 19:11הַיּוֹצֵ֔רhaiyotzerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.here: the potter
- Jeremiah 33:2יוֹצֵ֥רyotzerverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:here: [who] formed
- Jeremiah 51:19יוֹצֵ֤רyotzerverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.here: [is [the] one who] formed
Lamentations1 occurrence
Amos2 occurrences
- Amos 4:13יוֹצֵ֨רyotzerverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularFor behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”here: [one who] formed
- Amos 7:1יוֹצֵ֣רyotzerverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThis is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.here: [he was] forming
Habakkuk2 occurrences
- Habakkuk 2:18יֹֽצְר֔וֹyotzeroverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhat use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.here: [one who] formed it
- Habakkuk 2:18יֹצֵ֤רyotzerverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhat use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.here: [one who] formed
Zechariah3 occurrences
- Zechariah 11:13הַיּוֹצֵ֔רhaiyotzerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.here: the potter
- Zechariah 11:13הַיּוֹצֵֽר׃haiyotzerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.here: the potter
- Zechariah 12:1וְיֹצֵ֥רveyotzerconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThis is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:here: and [who] formed
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