Be precious
יָקַרStrong’s H3365yaqar (ya-qar)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yaqar is the Hebrew word usually translated “let it be precious”, “it was esteemed” and “it was precious”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.”
Meaning
- To esteem, be prized, be valuable, be precious, be costly, be appraised(Qal) · (Hiphil) to make something precious
How it's translated
- let it be precious 2
- and it was esteemed 1
- it was precious 1
- so it may be costly 1
- and may be precious 1
- they are precious 1
- make rare 1
- i will make precious 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- 1 Samuel 2
- 2 Kings 2
- Isaiah 2
- Proverbs 1
- Zechariah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 18:30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
- 1 Samuel 26:21Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
- 2 Kings 1:13And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
- 2 Kings 1:14Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
- Psalms 49:8(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
- Psalms 72:14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
Hebrew dictionary
יָקַר yaqar · be precious
1) to esteem, be prized, be valuable, be precious, be costly, be appraised 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be precious, be highly valued, be esteemed, be costly 1a2) to be appraised 1b) (Hiphil) to make something precious
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.