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יַעַר H3293
H3293 is the Hebrew word יַעַר, transliterated yaʻar and said yah'-ar. The King James Version most often renders it forest.
What it means
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees).
Where it comes from
from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 50 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (honey-) comb, forest, wood.
Verses using יַעַר
The first 40 of 50 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 19:5 · KJV
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
Joshua 17:15 · KJV
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
Joshua 17:18 · KJV
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
1 Samuel 14:25 · KJV
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
1 Samuel 14:26 · KJV
And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
1 Samuel 22:5 · KJV
And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
2 Samuel 18:6 · KJV
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
2 Samuel 18:8 · KJV
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
2 Samuel 18:17 · KJV
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
1 Kings 7:2 · KJV
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
1 Kings 10:17 · KJV
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings 10:21 · KJV
And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
2 Kings 2:24 · KJV
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
2 Kings 19:23 · KJV
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
1 Chronicles 16:33 · KJV
Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
2 Chronicles 9:16 · KJV
And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
2 Chronicles 9:20 · KJV
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
Psalm 50:10 · KJV
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Psalm 80:13 · KJV
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Psalm 83:14 · KJV
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
Psalm 96:12 · KJV
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
Psalm 104:20 · KJV
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 · KJV
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Song of Solomon 2:3 · KJV
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Song of Solomon 5:1 · KJV
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Isaiah 7:2 · KJV
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Isaiah 9:18 · KJV
For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
Isaiah 10:18 · KJV
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
Isaiah 10:19 · KJV
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
Isaiah 10:34 · KJV
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
Isaiah 21:13 · KJV
The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
Isaiah 32:19 · KJV
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
Isaiah 37:24 · KJV
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
Isaiah 44:14 · KJV
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
Isaiah 44:23 · KJV
Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Jeremiah 5:6 · KJV
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Jeremiah 10:3 · KJV
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Jeremiah 12:8 · KJV
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
Jeremiah 21:14 · KJV
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
Jeremiah 46:23 · KJV
They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3293 mean?
H3293 is the Hebrew word יַעַר (yaʻar), meaning a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees).
How is H3293 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it forest (27 times), wood (14 times), out of the wood (2 times), out of the forest (2 times), therewith the wood (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3293 appear in the Bible?
יַעַר (yaʻar) is tagged in 50 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3293 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure.
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