יָקָר
ya.qar
“precious”
Definition
valuable (objectively or subjectively)
from H3365 (יָקַר);
- valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid 1a) precious 1a1) costly 1a2) precious, highly valued 1a3) precious stones or jewels 1b) rare 1c) glorious, splendid 1d) weighty, influential
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
יָקָר appears 33 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.
Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
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We will find all manner of precious goods;we will fill our houses with plunder.
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