יָסַר
yâçar · yaw-sar'
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
- to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words)
- hence, to instruct
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to support and uphold › the head, the highest
The hand that works that works to support and uphold of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָסַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- chasteneth2 · 7%
- but i will chastise2 · 7%
- chastised2 · 7%
- neither chasten2 · 7%
- correct2 · 7%
- unto me, then i will punish1 · 3%
- and if ye will not be reformed1 · 3%
- i, will chastise1 · 3%
- that he might instruct1 · 3%
- and that, when they have chastened1 · 3%
- and chastise1 · 3%
- hath chastised1 · 3%
- also chastised1 · 3%
- he instructed1 · 3%
- behold, thou hast instructed1 · 3%
- be instructed1 · 3%
- also instruct1 · 3%
- dost correct1 · 3%
- he that chastiseth1 · 3%
- whom thou chastenest1 · 3%
- hath chastened1 · 3%
- me sore1 · 3%
- he that reproveth1 · 3%
- chasten1 · 3%
- will not be corrected1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.