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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 36
    spellings

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.

The other 27 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

יָסַףyasaphto add: againUses212
יָסַדyasadto foundUses43
יָסַךְyasakto pourUses1

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.

    Leviticus 26:18

    • 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,

    Leviticus 26:23

    • 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.

    Leviticus 26:28

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 4:36

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 8:5

    • 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,

    Deuteronomy 21:18

    • וְיסְּר֣וּveyiseruHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will discipline
  • Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.

    Deuteronomy 22:18

    • 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.’”

    1 Kings 12:11

    • 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.”

    1 Kings 12:14

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 15:22

    • 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.’”

    2 Chronicles 10:11

    • 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.”

    2 Chronicles 10:14

    • 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.

    Job 4:3

    • 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.

    Psalms 2:10

    • 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.

    Psalms 6:1

    • 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.

    Psalms 16:7

    • 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.

    Psalms 38:1

    • 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

    Psalms 39:11

    • 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?

    Psalms 94:10

    • 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,

    Psalms 94:12

    • 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.

    Psalms 118:18

    • 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.

    Proverbs 9:7

    • יֹ֤סֵ֨ר׀yoserverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: admonishes
  • Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

    Proverbs 19:18

    • 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.

    Proverbs 29:17

    • יַסֵּ֣רyaserverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: discipline
  • A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

    Proverbs 29:19

    • 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:

    Proverbs 31:1

    • 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:

    Isaiah 8:11

    • וְיִסְּרֵ֕נִיveyisereniHc/Vpq3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he will instruct me
  • For his God instructs and teaches him properly.

    Isaiah 28:26

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 2:19

    • 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.”

    Jeremiah 6:8

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 10:24

    • 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.”

    Jeremiah 30:11

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 31:18

    • 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.”

    Jeremiah 46:28

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 23:48

    • 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.

    Hosea 7:12

    • 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.

    Hosea 7:15

    • 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.

    Hosea 10:10

    • וְאֶסֳּרֵ֑םveesoremHC/Vqu1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will discipline them

The letters

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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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