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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3293

יַעַר

yaaryah'-ar

wood; honeycomb; Jaar; (Ephraim) Forest; (House of) the Forest

59 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: yaʻar

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3293is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 18 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 34
    spellings
  • 5
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H3293

a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)

The King James renders it: (honey-) comb, forest, wood.

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

yaar is rendered "wood; honeycomb; Jaar; (Ephraim) Forest; (House of) the Forest". It stands 59 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.

  • Fourteen of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists five meanings for it, beginning with "wood".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 19:5If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-four different ways.

The first use

If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.

Deuteronomy 19:5בַיַּעַר֮

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries five meanings: wood, and honeycomb, and Jaar, and (Ephraim) Forest, and (House of) the Forest.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
woodStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereDeuteronomy 19:5If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a…
honeycombStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
JaarStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
(Ephraim) ForestStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
(House of) the ForestStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the forest11
  • Forest of9
  • forest8
  • in the forest6
  • a forest5
  • forest his2
  • from a forest2
  • to the forest2
  • forest its1
  • forests1
  • from forest1
  • honeycomb my1

and 10 more, 59 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.

יַעַןyaanbecauseUses99
יַעַלyaalto gainUses23

The words it stands beside

All 59, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

34 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

  • יַ֥עַר7
  • יַ֖עַר6
  • הַיַּ֔עַר5
  • יָֽעַר׃4
  • יָ֑עַר3
  • בַיָּ֑עַר2
  • הַיָּ֑עַר2
  • הַיָּֽעַר׃2
  • יַ֣עַר2
  • לַיַּ֥עַר2
  • בְּיַ֥עַר1
  • בַיַּעַר֮1

and 22 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular12HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)11HNcmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular11HTd/Ncmsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular9HRd/Ncmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular4HR/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmsc
  • noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3fs
  • proper noun (a name)1HNpl
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fs

Deuteronomy

one use
  • If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.

    Deuteronomy 19:5

    • בַיַּעַר֮vaiyaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the forest

Joshua

two uses
  • Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”

    Joshua 17:15

    • הַיַּ֔עְרָהhaiya'rahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the forest towards
  • because the hill country will be yours as well. It is a forest; clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours. Although the Canaanites have iron chariots and although they are strong, you can drive them out.”

    Joshua 17:18

    • יַ֣עַרyaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: forest

1 Samuel

three uses
  • Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

    1 Samuel 14:25

    • בַיָּ֑עַרvaiyaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the forest
  • And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.

    1 Samuel 14:26

    • הַיַּ֔עַרhaiyaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forest
  • Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

    1 Samuel 22:5

    • יַ֥עַרyaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: forest of

2 Samuel

three uses
  • So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.

    2 Samuel 18:6

    • בְּיַ֥עַרbeyaarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in forest of
  • The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.

    2 Samuel 18:8

    • הַיַּ֙עַר֙haiyaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forest
  • They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.

    2 Samuel 18:17

    • בַיַּ֙עַר֙vaiyaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the forest

1 Kings

three uses
  • He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.

    1 Kings 7:2

    • יַ֣עַרyaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Forest of
  • He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

    1 Kings 10:17

    • יַ֥עַרyaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Forest of
  • All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

    1 Kings 10:21

    • יַ֥עַרyaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Forest of

2 Kings

two uses
  • Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

    2 Kings 2:24

    • הַיַּ֔עַרhaiyaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forest
  • Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.

    2 Kings 19:23

    • יַ֖עַרyaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: forest of

1 Chronicles

one use
  • Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.

    1 Chronicles 16:33

    • הַיָּ֑עַרhaiyaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forest

2 Chronicles

two uses
  • He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

    2 Chronicles 9:16

    • יַ֥עַרyaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Forest of
  • All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

    2 Chronicles 9:20

    • יַ֥עַרyaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Forest of

Psalms

seven uses
  • The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”

    Psalms 29:9

    • יְעָ֫ר֥וֹתyearotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: forests
  • for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.

    Psalms 50:10

    • יָ֑עַרyaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: forest
  • The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.

    Psalms 80:13

    • מִיָּ֑עַרmiyaarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from forest
  • As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

    Psalms 83:14

    • יָ֑עַרyaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a forest
  • Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

    Psalms 96:12

    • יָֽעַר׃yaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: forest
  • You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

    Psalms 104:20

    • יָֽעַר׃yaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: forest
  • We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

    Psalms 132:6

    • יָֽעַר׃yaarproper noun (a name)tagged: Jaar

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.

    Ecclesiastes 2:6

    • יַ֖עַרyaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a forest

Song of Solomon

two uses
  • Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

    Song of Solomon 2:3

    • הַיַּ֔עַרhaiyaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forest
  • I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.

    Song of Solomon 5:1

    • יַעְרִי֙ya'rinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: honeycomb my

Isaiah

fourteen uses
  • When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

    Isaiah 7:2

    • יַ֖עַרyaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: forest
  • For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke.

    Isaiah 9:18

    • הַיַּ֔עַרhaiyaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forest
  • The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.

    Isaiah 10:18

    • יַעְרוֹ֙ya'ronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: forest his
  • The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.

    Isaiah 10:19

    • יַעְר֖וֹya'ronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: forest his
  • He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

    Isaiah 10:34

    • הַיַּ֖עַרhaiyaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forest
  • This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

    Isaiah 21:13

    • בַּיַּ֤עַרbaiyaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the thicket
  • He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

    Isaiah 22:8

    • הַיָּֽעַר׃haiyaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the Forest
  • In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?

    Isaiah 29:17

    • לַיַּ֥עַרlaiyaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the forest
  • until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

    Isaiah 32:15

    • לַיַּ֥עַרlaiyaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the forest
  • But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.

    Isaiah 32:19

    • הַיָּ֑עַרhaiyaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forest
  • Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.

    Isaiah 37:24

    • יַ֖עַרyaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: forest of
  • He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

    Isaiah 44:14

    • יָ֑עַרyaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: forest
  • Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.

    Isaiah 44:23

    • יַ֖עַרyaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: O forest
  • Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.

    Isaiah 56:9

    • בַּיָּֽעַר׃ סbaiyaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the forest

Jeremiah

six uses
  • Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

    Jeremiah 5:6

    • מִיַּ֗עַרmiyaarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a forest
  • For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.

    Jeremiah 10:3

    • מִיַּ֣עַרmiyaarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a forest
  • My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.

    Jeremiah 12:8

    • בַיָּ֑עַרvaiyaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the forest
  • I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”

    Jeremiah 21:14

    • בְּיַעְרָ֔הּbeya'rahpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in forest its
  • “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’

    Jeremiah 26:18

    • יָֽעַר׃yaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a forest
  • They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.

    Jeremiah 46:23

    • יַעְרָהּ֙ya'rahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: forest its

Ezekiel

six uses
  • “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?

    Ezekiel 15:2

    • הַיָּֽעַר׃haiyaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forest
  • Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.

    Ezekiel 15:6

    • הַיַּ֔עַרhaiyaarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forest
  • “Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

    Ezekiel 20:46

    • יַ֥עַרyaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: forest of
  • Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.

    Ezekiel 20:47

    • לְיַ֣עַרleyaarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to forest of
  • I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

    Ezekiel 34:25

    • בַּיְּעָרִֽים׃baiyearimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the forests
  • They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 39:10

    • הַיְּעָרִ֔יםhaiyearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the forests

Hosea

one use
  • I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.

    Hosea 2:12

    • לְיַ֔עַרleyaarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a thicket

Amos

one use
  • Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?

    Amos 3:4

    • בַּיַּ֔עַרbaiyaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the forest

Micah

three uses
  • Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

    Micah 3:12

    • יָֽעַר׃ פyaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a forest
  • Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.

    Micah 5:8

    • יַ֔עַרyaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: forest
  • Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

    Micah 7:14

    • יַ֖עַרyaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a forest

Zechariah

one use
  • Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!

    Zechariah 11:2

    • יַ֥עַרyaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: forest

The letters

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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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