יָקַר
ya.qar
1. to esteem, be prized, be valuable, be precious, be costly, be appraised
a. (Qal)
1. to be precious, be highly valued, be esteemed, be costly
2. to be appraised
b. (Hiphil) to make something precious
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 11 verses
- 1 Samuel 18:30 וַיִּיקַ֥ר
Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
- 1 Samuel 26:21 יָקְרָ֥ה
Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
- 2 Kings 1:13 תִּֽיקַר־
So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.
- 2 Kings 1:14 תִּיקַ֥ר
Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”
- Psalms 49:8 וְ֭יֵקַר
For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
- Psalms 72:14 וְיֵיקַ֖ר
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
- Psalms 139:17 יָּקְר֣וּ
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
- Proverbs 25:17 הֹקַ֣ר
Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
- Isaiah 13:12 אוֹקִ֥יר
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
- Isaiah 43:4 יָקַ֧רְתָּ
Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
- Zechariah 11:13 יָקַ֖רְתִּי
And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
