יַעַר
yaʿar
honeycomb
Strong's H3293NounHebrewTWOT 888a

יַעַר (yaʿar) is a Hebrew noun meaning honeycomb. It appears 59 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3293).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 888a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 888a)wood, forest, thicket; copse of bushes, honey in the comb; comb
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יַ֫עַר noun, masculine: wood, forest, thicket

Strong's H3293 יַעַר: a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
KJV:(honey-) comb, forest, wood.

Strong's H3264 יָעוֹר: a forest
KJV:wood.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 888: יער yʿr — be rugged, be difficult, rough, difficult place, mountain

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 19:5Joshua 17:151 Samuel 14:25

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