Hebrew verb · H3256
יָסַר
yasaryaw-sar'
to discipline
43 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yâçar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3256is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 36spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3256
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
The King James renders it: bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
yasar is rendered "to discipline". It stands 43 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 26:18And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-six different ways.
The first use
And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
Leviticus 26:18לְיַסְּרָ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- he disciplined4
- and I will discipline you2
- discipline2
- I will discipline2
- ¿ discipliner of1
- admonishes1
- an instructor1
- and he instructs him1
- and he will instruct me1
- and I was disciplined1
- and I will discipline1
- and I will discipline them1
and 25 more, 43 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 43, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
36 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יִסַּ֤ר4
- אֲיַסֵּ֥ר2
- וְיִסַּרְתִּ֙יךָ֙2
- יַסֵּ֣ר2
- תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃2
- אַיְסִרֵ֕ם1
- הִ֝וָּסְר֗וּ1
- הִוָּסְרִי֙1
- הֲיֹסֵ֣ר1
- וָֽאִוָּסֵ֔ר1
- וְאֶסֳּרֵ֑ם1
- וְיסְּר֣וּ1
and 24 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVpp3ms
- Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp2ms2Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp2ms
- Hc/Vpq3cp2Hc/Vpq3cp
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVpi1cs
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVpp2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular2HVpv2ms
- Hc/VDq3cp1Hc/VDq3cp
- Hc/VNw1cs1Hc/VNw1cs
- Hc/Vpq1cs1Hc/Vpq1cs
- Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp1bs1Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp1bs
- Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp3ms
- HC/Vqu1cs/Sp3mp1HC/Vqu1cs/Sp3mp
Leviticus
three uses
And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
- לְיַסְּרָ֣הleyaserahpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to discipline
And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- תִוָּסְר֖וּtivasruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will let yourself be disciplined
then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
- וְיִסַּרְתִּ֤יveyisartiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will discipline
Deuteronomy
five uses
He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
- לְיַסְּרֶ֑ךָּleyaserekapreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to discipline you
So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
- יְיַסֵּ֥רyeyaserverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he disciplines
- מְיַסְּרֶֽךָּ׃meyaserekaverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: disciplining you
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
- וְיסְּר֣וּveyiseruHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will discipline
Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
- וְיִסְּר֖וּveyiseruHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will punish
1 Kings
four uses
Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
- יִסַּ֤רyisarverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he disciplined
- אֲיַסֵּ֥רʾayaserverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will discipline
and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
- יִסַּ֤רyisarverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he disciplined
- אֲיַסֵּ֥רʾayaserverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will discipline
1 Chronicles
one use
Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
- יָסֹר֙yasorverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: an instructor
2 Chronicles
two uses
Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
- יִסַּ֤רyisarverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he disciplined
and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
- יִסַּ֤רyisarverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he disciplined
Job
one use
Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
- יִסַּ֣רְתָּyisartaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have instructed
Psalms
nine uses
Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.
- הִ֝וָּסְר֗וּhivaseruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: let yourselves be instructed
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃teyasereniverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you discipline me
I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
- יִסְּר֥וּנִיyiseruniverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they have instructed me
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃teyasereniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: may you chasten me
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
- יִסַּ֬רְתָּyisartaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have disciplined
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
- הֲיֹסֵ֣רhayoserquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ¿ discipliner of
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- תְּיַסְּרֶ֣נּוּteyasserenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: you discipline him
The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
- יַסֹּ֣רyasorverb · intensive (piel), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to discipline
- יִסְּרַ֣נִּיyiseraniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he has disciplined me
Proverbs
five uses
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
- יֹ֤סֵ֨ר׀yoserverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: admonishes
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
- יַסֵּ֣רyaserverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: discipline
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
- יַסֵּ֣רyaserverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: discipline
A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
- יִוָּ֣סֶרyivaserverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will let himself be instructed
These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:
- יִסְּרַ֥תּוּyiseratuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: she instructed him
Isaiah
two uses
For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
- וְיִסְּרֵ֕נִיveyisereniHc/Vpq3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he will instruct me
For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
- וְיִסְּר֥וֹveyiseroHc/Vpq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he instructs him
Jeremiah
seven uses
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- תְּיַסְּרֵ֣ךְteyaserekhverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: it will punish you
Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
- הִוָּסְרִי֙hivaseriverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: let yourself be instructed
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
- יַסְּרֵ֥נִיyasereniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: correct me
For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
- וְיִסַּרְתִּ֙יךָ֙veyisartikhaHc/Vpq1cs/Sp2mstagged: and I will discipline you
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
- יִסַּרְתַּ֙נִי֙yisartaniverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you have disciplined me
- וָֽאִוָּסֵ֔רvaivaserHc/VNw1cstagged: and I was disciplined
And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
- וְיִסַּרְתִּ֙יךָ֙veyisartikhaHc/Vpq1cs/Sp2mstagged: and I will discipline you
Ezekiel
one use
So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.
- וְנִֽוַּסְּרוּ֙venivaseruHc/VDq3cptagged: and they will be warned
Hosea
three uses
As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
- אַיְסִרֵ֕םʾaysiremverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: I will chasten them
Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
- יִסַּ֔רְתִּיyisartiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I instructed
I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.
- וְאֶסֳּרֵ֑םveesoremHC/Vqu1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will discipline them
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
