יְקָר
yᵉqâr · yek-awr'
value, i.e. (concretely) wealth; abstractly, costliness, dignity
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3365 (יָקַר);
value, i.e. (concretely) wealth; abstractly, costliness, dignity
- value, i.e. (concretely) wealth
- abstractly, costliness, dignity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: honour, precious (things), price.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- 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 › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest
The hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְקָר 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to honour5 · 29%
- honour2 · 12%
- and the honour1 · 6%
- what honour1 · 6%
- and honour1 · 6%
- every precious thing1 · 6%
- being in honour1 · 6%
- that is in honour1 · 6%
- are a precious1 · 6%
- thereof, and all the precious things1 · 6%
- and precious things1 · 6%
- price1 · 6%
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.