Strong's Lexicon

H3336

H3336 — יֵצֶר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewyetsernoun mascOccurrences: 9TWOT: 898a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3336
Word:	יֵצֶר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3335
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	yetser
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yay'-tser
Meaning:	1. a form 2. (figuratively) conception (i.e. purpose)
KJV Renderings:	frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.

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BDB3676

I. יֵ֫צָר noun masculine^{Isa 26:3} form, framing, purpose; — ׳ י Gen 6:5 + 5 t.; יִצְדוֺ Deut 31:21; Hab 2:18 יִצְרֵנוּ Ps 103:14 —

1. pottery, formed by the potter Isa 29:16.

2. form of a graven image Hab 2:18.

3. form of man as made of the dust Psa 103:14 .

4. of what is framed in the mind (compare יָצַר 1.c, 2.b), imagination, device, purpose: יצר מחשׁב(ו)ת לב(בׅ Gen 6:5 ( J ), 1Chr 29:18 מחשׁבות ׳ י 1Chr 28:9 לב ׳ י Gen 8:21 ( J ); יֵצֶר alone Deut 31:21 ( J ); יֵצֶר סָמוּךְ Isa 26:3 a stedfast purpose (or frame of mind). (In Late Hebrew יֵצֶר is common in sense of impulse: יצר הטוב and יצר הרע of good and bad tendency in man.)

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יצר (yeh’-tzer)

Genesis 6:5

KJV: And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.every…: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desirescontinually: Heb. every day

EHCC: every imagination of the thoughts

Genesis 8:91

EHCC: the imagination hes heart (is) evil

1 Chronicles 28:9

KJV: And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

EHCC: -all the aie of the thoughts:

1 Chronicles 29:18

KJV: O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:prepare: or, stablish

EHCC: keep this for ever in the imagination of

Psalms 103:14

KJV: For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

EHCC: - For he knoweth our frame ;

Isaiah 26:3

KJV: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.perfect…: Heb. peace, peacemind: or, thought, or, imagination

EHCC: (whose) mind (is) mayed (on thee):

Isaiah 29:16

KJV: Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

EHCC: or shall the thi: framed say ,

Habakkuk 2:18

KJV: What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?maker of…: Heb. fashioner of his fashion

EHCC: the maker of hie work trusteth therein,