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Hebrew adjective · H3368

יָקָר

yaqaryaw-kawr'

precious

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

Concordance spelling: yâqâr

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3368is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 15 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 24
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H3368

valuable (objectively or subjectively)

The King James renders it: brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.

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

yaqar is rendered "precious". It stands 36 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 3:1And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.

The first use

And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.

1 Samuel 3:1יָקָר֙

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

Where the word stands

The word stands in fifteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 24 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

  • precious21
  • costly5
  • splendid2
  • among noble your1
  • like a splendid of1
  • noble of1
  • preciousness of1
  • prized1
  • rare1
  • the precious1
  • weighty1

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.

All 36, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

24 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

  • יָקָ֣ר4
  • יְקָרָ֑ה4
  • יָקָ֛ר2
  • יְקָרָ֔ה2
  • יְקָרָ֖ה2
  • יְקָרָֽה׃2
  • יְקָר֛וֹת2
  • יְקָר֖וֹת2
  • בְּיִקְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָ1
  • הַיְקָרִ֔ים1
  • יְקַר1
  • יָ֭קָר1

and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · feminine singular16HAafsa
  • adjective · masculine singular10HAamsa
  • adjective · feminine plural5HAafpa
  • adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HAamsc
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
  • preposition + adjective · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HR/Aafpc/Sp2ms
  • preposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Aamsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural1HTd/Aampa

1 Samuel

one use
  • And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.

    1 Samuel 3:1

    • יָקָר֙yakaradjective · masculine singulartagged: rare

2 Samuel

one use
  • Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

    2 Samuel 12:30

    • יְקָרָ֔הyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious

1 Kings

seven uses
  • And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

    1 Kings 5:17

    • יְקָר֛וֹתyekarotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: costly
  • All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.

    1 Kings 7:9

    • יְקָרֹת֙yekarotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: costly
  • The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.

    1 Kings 7:10

    • יְקָר֖וֹתyekarotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: costly
  • Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.

    1 Kings 7:11

    • יְקָר֛וֹתyekarotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: costly
  • She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.

    1 Kings 10:2

    • יְקָרָ֑הyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious
  • Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    1 Kings 10:10

    • יְקָרָ֑הyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious
  • (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.

    1 Kings 10:11

    • יְקָרָֽה׃yekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious

1 Chronicles

two uses
  • Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

    1 Chronicles 20:2

    • יְקָרָ֔הyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious
  • Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.

    1 Chronicles 29:2

    • יְקָרָ֛הyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious

2 Chronicles

five uses
  • He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.

    2 Chronicles 3:6

    • יְקָרָ֖הyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious
  • Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.

    2 Chronicles 9:1

    • יְקָרָ֑הyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious
  • Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    2 Chronicles 9:9

    • יְקָרָ֑הyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious
  • (The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

    2 Chronicles 9:10

    • יְקָרָֽה׃yekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious
  • Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.

    2 Chronicles 32:27

    • יְקָרָ֗הyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious

Job

two uses
  • It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

    Job 28:16

    • יָקָ֣רyakaradjective · masculine singulartagged: precious
  • if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

    Job 31:26

    • יָקָ֥רyakaradjective · masculine singulartagged: splendid

Psalms

four uses
  • How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

    Psalms 36:7

    • יָּקָ֥רyakaradjective · masculine singulartagged: precious
  • But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.

    Psalms 37:20

    • כִּיקַ֣רkikarpreposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like a splendid of
  • The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

    Psalms 45:9

    • בְּיִקְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָbeyikeroteichapreposition + adjective · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: among noble your
  • Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.

    Psalms 116:15

    • יָ֭קָרyakoradjective · masculine singulartagged: precious

Proverbs

six uses
  • We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.

    Proverbs 1:13

    • יָקָ֣רyakaradjective · masculine singulartagged: prized
  • She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.

    Proverbs 3:15

    • יְקָ֣רָהyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious
  • For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

    Proverbs 6:26

    • יְקָרָ֣הyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious
  • A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.

    Proverbs 12:27

    • יָקָ֣רyakaradjective · masculine singulartagged: precious
  • A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.

    Proverbs 17:27

    • יְקַרvekar-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: noble of
  • through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.

    Proverbs 24:4

    • יָקָ֣רyakaradjective · masculine singulartagged: precious

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

    Ecclesiastes 10:1

    • יָקָ֛רyakaradjective · masculine singulartagged: weighty

Isaiah

one use
  • So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

    Isaiah 28:16

    • יִקְרַת֙yikratnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: preciousness of

Jeremiah

one use
  • Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

    Jeremiah 15:19

    • יָקָ֛רyakaradjective · masculine singulartagged: precious

Lamentations

one use
  • How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

    Lamentations 4:2

    • הַיְקָרִ֔יםhaykarimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the precious

Ezekiel

two uses
  • The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.

    Ezekiel 27:22

    • יְקָרָה֙yekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious
  • You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

    Ezekiel 28:13

    • יְקָרָ֤הyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: precious

Daniel

one use
  • And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.

    Daniel 11:38

    • יְקָרָ֖הyekarahadjective · feminine singulartagged: costly

Zechariah

one use
  • On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.

    Zechariah 14:6

    • יְקָר֖וֹתyekarotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: splendid

The letters

Where it leads

Studies that open this word1

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.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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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