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Oil

יִצְהָרStrong’s H3323

yitshar (yits-har)

Appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yitshar is the Hebrew word usually translated “fresh oil” and “fresh oil your”. It appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament.

“Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.”
Zechariah 4:14 KJV
Meaning
  1. Fresh oil, shining (pure) oil
How it's translated
  • and fresh oil 6
  • and fresh oil your 5
  • and the fresh oil 5
  • fresh oil 4
  • the fresh oil 3

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

Where it's used most
  • Deuteronomy 6
  • Nehemiah 5
  • Joel 3
  • 2 Chronicles 2
  • Hosea 2
  • Numbers 1

10 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 23 verses, by book
Numbers 1
18:12
2 Kings 1
18:32
2 Chronicles 2
31:532:28
Jeremiah 1
31:12
Hosea 2
2:82:22
Haggai 1
1:11
Zechariah 1
4:14
Hebrew dictionary

יִצְהָר yitshar · oil

fresh oil, shining (pure) oil

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “oil” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

OIL, noun

It seems to be named from its inflammability, for aelan, is to kindle, and to oil; hence anaelan, to anneal; aeled, fire. Latin oleum; Gr.]

    All definitions and other forms of “oil”

      OIL, verb transitive

      To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil

        OIL'-BAG, noun

        A bag, cyst or gland in animals containing oil

          OIL'-COLOR, noun

          A color made by grinding a coloring substance in oil

            Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

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