יָקָר yaqar
Hebrew word for “precious” · Strong’s H3368 · used 36 times in 36 verses
Meaning
1) valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid;
How it is translated
Glosses given for yaqar in context, with how often each is used:
- precious 22
- costly 5
- rare 1
- splendid 1
- will be like a splendid thing 1
- among noble women 1
- prized 1
- person noble 1
- weighty 1
- preciousness 1
- splendid ones 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings | 7 | 0.5 | |
| Proverbs | 6 | 0.9 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Also in 3 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
1 Kings 7 (3), 1 Kings 10 (3), 2 Chronicles 9 (3), 1 Samuel 3 (1), 2 Samuel 12 (1), 1 Kings 5 (1), 1 Chronicles 20 (1), 1 Chronicles 29 (1), 2 Chronicles 3 (1), 2 Chronicles 32 (1)
Forms
- יקרה 16
- יקר 11
- יקרות 4
- יקרת 2
- כיקר 1
- ביקרותיך 1
- היקרים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yaqar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אֶבֶן even “stone” 19
- זָהָב zahav “gold” 14
- בֶּשֶׂם besem “spice” 6
- מְאֹד meod “much” 8
- אוֹפִיר ophir “Ophir” 4
- כִּכָּר kikkar “talent” 5
- שְׁבָא sheva “Sheba” 4
- רָבָה ravah “to multiply” 5
- גָּזִית gazit “cutting” 3
- שֹׁהַם shoham “onyx” 3
- שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 5
- הוֹן hon “substance” 3
Key verses
The verses using yaqar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Kings 10:10 — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices…
- 1 Chronicles 29:2 — Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for…
- 2 Chronicles 9:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels…
- Job 31:26 — If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
- Psalms 36:7 — How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
- Psalms 37:20 — But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
- Psalms 45:9 — Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
- Isaiah 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth…
- Jeremiah 15:19 — Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile,…
- Lamentations 4:2 — The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
- Ezekiel 28:13 — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the…
- Zechariah 14:6 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
See all 36 verses in the Word Atlas
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.