Strong's Lexicon: H3366 יְקָר

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3366
Word:	יְקָר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3365
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	17
Transliteration:	yqar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yek-awr'
Meaning:	1. value 2. (concretely) wealth 3. (abstractly) costliness, dignity
KJV Renderings:	honour, precious (things), price.

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BDB3700

יְקָר noun masculine preciousness, price, honour (late: compare BA ᵑ7 יְקָר, [untranscribed source text 2295] glory); — absolute יְקָר Zech 11:13 + 5 t.; בִּיקָר etc. Ps 49:13 + 3 t.; construct יְקָר Esth 1:4 suffix בִּיקָרוֺ Esth 6:6 + 4 t.; יְקָרָהּ Jer 20:5 —

1. preciousness:

a. = precious (costly) things (collective) Jer 20:5 (om. ᵐ5 ), חֹסֶן וִיקָר Ezek 22:25 כָּליְֿקָר Job 28:10.

b. כְּלִי יְקָר Prov 20:15 a jewel of preciousness = precious jewel (|| זָהָב , פְּנִינִים).

2. price Zech 11:13 , see יָקַר 2.

3. honour, Ps 49:13; Ps 49:21 elsewhere only Esther: יְקָר תִּפְאֶרֶת גְּדוּלָּתוֺ Esth 1:4 (|| כְּבוֺד מַלְכוּתוֺ); יִתְּנוּ יְקָר לְ Esth 1:20 all wives give honour to their lords; מַהנַּֿעֲשָׂה יְקָר וּגְדוּלָּה לְמָרְדְּכַי Esth 6:3, with עשׂה לְ also Esth 6:6 לַיְּהוּדִים הָֽיְתָה אוֺרָה וְשִׂמְחָה וְשָׂשׂן וִיקָר Esth 8:16 (הָ)אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הַמֶּלֶךְ חָפֵץ בִּיקָרוֺ the man in whose honour the king delighteth Esth 6:6; Esth 6:7; Esth 6:9 (twice in verse); Esth 6:11 .

BDB9591

[יְקָר] noun masculine^{Dan 2:6} honour (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute וִיקָר) Dan 2:6; Dan 7:14 construct id. Dan 4:27, לִיקַר v. Dan 4:33 (K^{§ 57. Anm. Str} קָר-); emphatic וִיקָרָא Dan 2:37; Dan 5:18, הָ֯ Dan 5:20.

Other Resources

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