יָקָר
yāqār
precious
Strong's H3368AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 905a

יָקָר (yāqār) is a Hebrew adjective meaning precious. It appears 36 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3368).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 905a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 905a)precious, rare, splendid, weighty; valuable; brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, reputation
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יָקָר adjective: precious, rare, splendid, weighty

Strong's H3368 יָקָר: valuable (objectively or subjectively)
KJV:brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.

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 905: יָקַר yāqar — be precious, prized, appraised; be heavy, valuable, make rare, inhibit; be set by, withdraw

See it in Scripture

1 Samuel 3:12 Samuel 12:301 Kings 7:9

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