יָצַר
yâtsar · yaw-tsar'
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably identical with H3334 (יָצַר) (through the squeezing into shape); (compare H3331 (יַצַע));
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
- to mould into a form
- especially as apotter
- figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- 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 pursue the straight path › the head, the highest
The hand that works that works to pursue the straight path of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָצַר 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
62 occurrences · 62 OT · 0 NT · 52 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- formed4 · 11%
- that the maker2 · 6%
- to the potter's2 · 6%
- a potter's2 · 6%
- and he that formed2 · 6%
- of the potter2 · 6%
- that formed2 · 6%
- that i have formed2 · 6%
- i have formed2 · 6%
- he fashioneth1 · 3%
- of the potters1 · 3%
- like a potter's1 · 3%
- these were the potters1 · 3%
- thou hast made1 · 3%
- as the potter's1 · 3%
- on them, and he that formed1 · 3%
- unto him that fashioned1 · 3%
- were fashioned1 · 3%
- whom thou hast made1 · 3%
- with thee, which frameth1 · 3%
- he that formed1 · 3%
- of him that framed1 · 3%
- and earthen1 · 3%
- and as the potter1 · 3%
- he had formed1 · 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.