יֵצֶר
yēṣer
form
Strong's H3336NounHebrewTWOT 898a

יֵצֶר (yēṣer) is a Hebrew noun meaning form. It appears 10 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3336).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 898a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 898a)form, framing, purpose; pottery; conception; frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יֵ֫צֶר noun, masculine: form, framing, purpose

Strong's H3336 יֵצֶר: a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose)
KJV:frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.

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 898: יָצַר yāṣar — form, fashion; human activity, divine activity; days, were pre-ordained; mould, potter, determine; frame, make, maker, purpose

See it in Scripture

Genesis 6:5Deuteronomy 31:211 Chronicles 28:9

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