Intention
יֵ֫צֶרStrong’s H3336yetser (ye-tser)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yetser is the Hebrew word usually translated “inclination of”, “intention its” and “form our”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
Meaning
- Form, framing, purpose, frameworkform · purpose, imagination, device (intellectual framework)
How it's translated
- inclination of 4
- intention its 1
- form our 1
- an inclination 1
- and a pot 1
- form his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Isaiah 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Psalms 1
- Habakkuk 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 8:21And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
- Deuteronomy 31:21And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
- 1 Chronicles 29:18O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
- Psalms 103:14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
- Isaiah 26:3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Hebrew dictionary
יֵ֫צֶר yetser · intention
1) form, framing, purpose, framework 1a) form 1a1) pottery 1a2) graven image 1a3) man (as formed from the dust) 1b) purpose, imagination, device (intellectual framework)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “intention” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INTEN'TION, noun
[Latin intentio. See Intend.]
- Primarily, a stretching or bending of the mind towards an object; hence, uncommon exertion of the intellectual faculties; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
- Design; purpose; the fixed direction of the mind to a particular object, or a determination to act in a particular manner.
- End or aim; the object to be accomplished.
- The state of being strained. [See Intension.]
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.