Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3366
יְקָר
yeqaryek-awr'
preciousness
17 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yᵉqâr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3366is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3366
value, i.e. (concretely) wealth; abstractly, costliness, dignity
The King James renders it: honour, precious (things), price.
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
yeqar is rendered "preciousness". It stands 17 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Esther, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Esther 1:4And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
Esther 1:4יְקָ֔ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- in honor his5
- honor3
- and honor1
- and precious thing1
- honor of1
- in honor1
- precious thing1
- precious thing its1
- preciousness1
- the value1
- with honor1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְקָר | yeqar | honor | Uses7 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 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
- בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃3
- בִּ֭יקָר2
- יְ֝קָ֗ר2
- בִּיקָר֑וֹ1
- בִּֽיקָר֑וֹ1
- הַיְקָ֔ר1
- וִיקָר֙1
- וִיקָֽר׃1
- יְקָ֔ר1
- יְקָר֙1
- יְקָ֧ר1
- יְקָ֖ר1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular5HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3fs
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HTd/Ncmsa
Esther
ten uses
And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
- יְקָ֔רyekarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: honor of
The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
- יְקָר֙yekarnoun · masculine singulartagged: honor
The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
- יְקָ֧רyekarnoun · masculine singulartagged: honor
Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
- בִּיקָר֑וֹbikaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in honor his
- יְקָ֖רyekarnoun · masculine singulartagged: honor
And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
- בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃bikaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in honor his
Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
- בִּֽיקָר֑וֹbikaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in honor his
- בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃bikaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in honor his
So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
- בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃bikaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in honor his
For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.
- וִיקָֽר׃vikarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honor
Job
one use
He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
- יְ֝קָ֗רyekarnoun · masculine singulartagged: precious thing
Psalms
two uses
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
- בִּ֭יקָרbikorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in honor
A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
- בִּ֭יקָרbikorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with honor
Proverbs
one use
There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
- יְ֝קָ֗רyekarnoun · masculine singulartagged: preciousness
Jeremiah
one use
I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.
- יְקָרָ֑הּyekarahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: precious thing its
Ezekiel
one use
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
- וִיקָר֙vikarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and precious thing
Zechariah
one use
And 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.
- הַיְקָ֔רhaykarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the value
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.