יַעַר yaar

Hebrew word for “wood” · Strong’s H3293 · used 59 times in 59 verses

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Meaning

forest, wood, thicket, wooded height; Also means: ya.or (יָעוֹר "wood" H3264)

Senses in the lexicon

• wood (48)
• (House of) the Forest (6)
• honeycomb (3)
• (Ephraim) Forest (1)
• Jaar (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for yaar in context, with how often each is used:

• forest 51
• forests 3
• forest towards 1
• thickets 1
• thicket 1
• honeycomb 1
• jaar 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 18 (3), Isaiah 10 (3), Joshua 17 (2), 1 Samuel 14 (2), 1 Kings 10 (2), 2 Chronicles 9 (2), Isaiah 32 (2), Isaiah 44 (2), Ezekiel 15 (2), Ezekiel 20 (2)

Forms

• יער 24
• היער 11
• ביער 8
• ליער 4
• מיער 3
• יערו 2
• היערה 1
• יערות 1
• ביערה 1
• יערה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yaar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עֵץ ets “tree” 14
• לְבָנוֹן levanon “Lebanon” 9
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 11
• כַּרְמֶל karmel “plantation” 6
• הַר har “mountain” 8
• כָּרַת karat “to cut” 7
• אֶרֶז erez “cedar” 5
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 6
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 7
• אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 4
• בְּרוֹשׁ berosh “cypress” 3
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 6

Key verses

The verses using yaar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Song of Solomon 2:3 — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my…
• Song of Solomon 5:1 — I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my…
• Isaiah 7:2 — And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood…
• Isaiah 32:15 — Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
• Isaiah 44:23 — Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for…
• Jeremiah 5:6 — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth…
• Jeremiah 10:3 — For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
• Ezekiel 20:47 — And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green…
• Ezekiel 34:25 — And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and…
• Micah 3:12 — Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
• Micah 5:8 — And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of…
• Micah 7:14 — Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.