יַעַר
yaʻar · yah'-ar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure;
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
- a copse of bushes
- hence, a forest
- hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (honey-) comb, forest, wood.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 see and know › the head, the highest
The hand that works that works to see and know of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יַעַר 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
59 occurrences · 59 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the forest15 · 29%
- of the wood5 · 10%
- in the forest5 · 10%
- into the wood2 · 4%
- in the wood2 · 4%
- out of the wood2 · 4%
- of his forest2 · 4%
- out of the forest2 · 4%
- to the wood1 · 2%
- shall be thine; for it is a wood1 · 2%
- to a wood1 · 2%
- into the forest1 · 2%
- was in the wood1 · 2%
- and the wood1 · 2%
- and into the forest1 · 2%
- a wood1 · 2%
- therewith the wood1 · 2%
- my honeycomb1 · 2%
- as a forest1 · 2%
- for a forest1 · 2%
- on the forest1 · 2%
- and the forest1 · 2%
- o forest1 · 2%
- of a forest1 · 2%
- her forest1 · 2%
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.