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To come out

יָצָאStrong’s H3318

yatsa (ya-tsa)

Appears in 990 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yatsa is the Hebrew word usually translated “went out”, “brought out” and “it went out”. It appears in 990 verses of the Old Testament.

“And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.”
Daniel 8:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. To go out, come out, exit, go forth(Qal) · (Hiphil) · (Hophal) to be brought out or forth
How it's translated
  • and he went out 91
  • and they went out 38
  • and he brought out 23
  • and it went out 22
  • go out 21
  • you will go out 19
  • coming out 17
  • they went out 16

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 88
  • Genesis 75
  • Jeremiah 68
  • Numbers 66
  • Deuteronomy 64
  • Ezekiel 63

37 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 990 verses, by book
Ecclesiastes 5
4:145:25:157:1810:5
Song of Solomon 4
1:83:115:67:11
Lamentations 3
1:63:73:38
Hosea 2
6:59:13
Joel 2
2:163:18
Jonah 1
4:5
Nahum 1
1:11
Habakkuk 4
1:41:73:53:13
Haggai 2
1:112:5
Malachi 1
4:2
Hebrew dictionary

יָצָא yatsa · to come out

: come/go_out/escape 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.