יַ֫עַר

ya.arwood
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine59 occurrences18 books59 verses
This word comes from the names of House of the Forest and Kiriath-jearim.

Definition

from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
Traditional renderings: (honey-) comb, forest, wood.

Glossary entries

Kiriath-jearim House of the Forest of Lebanon Kiriath-baal Kirjath-baal Kiriath-arim Jaar

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

59 total
  1. Deuteronomy 19:5בַיַּעַר֮ · into the forest
    If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
  2. Joshua 17:15הַיַּ֔עְרָה · the forest
    Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
  3. Joshua 17:18יַ֣עַר · is a forest
    …because the hill country will be yours as well. It is a forest; clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours. Although the Canaanites have iron chariots and although they are strong, you can drive them out.”
  4. 1 Samuel 14:25בַיָּ֑עַר · the forest
    Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
  5. 1 Samuel 14:26הַיַּ֔עַר · the forest
    And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.
  6. 1 Samuel 22:5יַ֥עַר · to the forest
    Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
  7. 2 Samuel 18:6בְּיַ֥עַר · in the forest
    So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
  8. 2 Samuel 18:8הַיַּ֙עַר֙ · the forest
    The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
  9. 2 Samuel 18:17בַיַּ֙עַר֙ · in the forest
    They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
  10. 1 Kings 7:2יַ֣עַר · of the Forest
    He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
  11. 1 Kings 10:17יַ֥עַר · of the Forest
    He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
  12. 1 Kings 10:21יַ֥עַר · of the Forest
    All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
  13. 2 Kings 2:24הַיַּ֔עַר · the woods
    Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
  14. 2 Kings 19:23יַ֖עַר · the densest
    Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.
  15. 1 Chronicles 16:33הַיָּ֑עַר · of the forest
    Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.
  16. 2 Chronicles 9:16יַ֥עַר · of the Forest
    He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
  17. 2 Chronicles 9:20יַ֥עַר · of the Forest
    All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
  18. Psalm 29:9יְעָ֫ר֥וֹת · and strips the forests
    The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
  19. Psalm 50:10יָ֑עַר · of the forest
    …for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
  20. Psalm 80:13מִיָּ֑עַר · from the forest
    The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
  21. Psalm 83:14יָ֑עַר · a forest
    As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
  22. Psalm 96:12יָֽעַר׃ · of the forest
    Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
  23. Psalm 104:20יָֽעַר׃ · of the forest
    You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
  24. Psalm 132:6יָֽעַר׃ · of Jaar
    We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
  25. Ecclesiastes 2:6יַ֖עַר · my groves
    I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.
  26. Song of Solomon 2:3הַיַּ֔עַר · of the forest
    Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
  27. Song of Solomon 5:1יַעְרִי֙ · my honeycomb
    I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; 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, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
  28. Isaiah 7:2יַ֖עַר · in the forest
    When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.
  29. Isaiah 9:18הַיַּ֔עַר · the forest
    For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.
  30. Isaiah 10:18יַעְרוֹ֙ · of its forests
    The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.
  31. Isaiah 10:19יַעְר֖וֹ · of its forests
    The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
  32. Isaiah 10:34הַיַּ֖עַר · the forest
    He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
  33. Isaiah 21:13בַּיַּ֤עַר · In the thickets
    This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
  34. Isaiah 22:8הַיָּֽעַר׃ · of the Forest
    He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
  35. Isaiah 29:17לַיַּ֥עַר · like a forest
    In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
  36. Isaiah 32:15לַיַּ֥עַר · like a forest
    …until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
  37. Isaiah 32:19הַיָּ֑עַר · the forest
    But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
  38. Isaiah 37:24יַ֖עַר · of its forests
    Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
  39. Isaiah 44:14יָ֑עַר · of the forest
    He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
  40. Isaiah 44:23יַ֖עַר · you forests
    Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
  41. Isaiah 56:9בַּיָּֽעַר׃ס · of the forest
    Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
  42. Jeremiah 5:6מִיַּ֗עַר · from the forest
    Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
  43. Jeremiah 10:3מִיַּ֣עַר · from the forest
    For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.
  44. Jeremiah 12:8בַיָּ֑עַר · in the forest
    My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
  45. Jeremiah 21:14בְּיַעְרָ֔הּ · in your forest
    I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”
  46. Jeremiah 26:18יָֽעַר׃ · a wooded
    “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
  47. Jeremiah 46:23יַעְרָהּ֙ · her forest
    They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.
  48. Ezekiel 15:2הַיָּֽעַר׃ · in the forest
    “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
  49. Ezekiel 15:6הַיַּ֔עַר · of the forest
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.
  50. Ezekiel 20:46יַ֥עַר · the forest
    “Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.