H3365 יָקַר
yâqar — properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit)
KJV: be (make) precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw.
Occurs 11 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [יָקַר] vb. be precious, prized, appraised
- Qal
- 1 be precious
- 2 be appraised
- Hiph. I will make men more rare (lit. precious) than fine gold
Where it occurs
- 1 Samuel 18:30 — Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself more wisely than all…
- 1 Samuel 26:21 — Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in…
- 2 Kings 1:13 — Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his…
- 2 Kings 1:14 — Behold, fire came down from the sky and consumed the last two captains of fifty with their fifties. But now let my life…
- Isaiah 13:12 — I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
- Isaiah 43:4 — Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you, therefore I will give people in your place…
- Zechariah 11:13 — The LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter—the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” I took the thirty pieces…
- Psalms 49:9 — For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
- Psalms 72:14 — He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
- Psalms 139:17 — How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!