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 39Old Testament books
- 34spellings
- 5meanings
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
The word stands in eighteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
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
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| woodStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereDeuteronomy 19:5If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a… |
| honeycombStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| JaarStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| (Ephraim) ForestStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| (House of) the ForestStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein 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.
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.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- יַ֣עַרyaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: forest
1 Samuel
three uses
Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!”
- יְעָ֫ר֥וֹתyearotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: forests
for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
- יָ֑עַרyaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: forest
The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
- מִיָּ֑עַרmiyaarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from forest
As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
- 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
- יָֽעַר׃yaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: forest
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
- יָֽעַר׃yaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: forest
We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
- יָֽעַר׃yaarproper noun (a name)tagged: Jaar
Ecclesiastes
one use
I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- לַיַּ֥עַרlaiyaarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the forest
But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- יַ֖עַרyaarnoun · masculine singulartagged: O forest
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.’”
- 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.’
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- יַ֥עַרyaarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: forest
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.
