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Lexicon :: Strong's H3498 - yāṯar

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יָתַר
Transliteration
yāṯar
Pronunciation
yaw-thar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 936

Strong’s Definitions

יָתַר yâthar, yaw-thar'; a primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve:—excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 107x

The KJV translates Strong's H3498 in the following manner: leave (52x), remain (23x), rest (12x), remainder (4x), remnant (4x), reserved (3x), residue (3x), plenteous (2x), behind (1x), excel (1x), much (1x), preserve (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 107x
The KJV translates Strong's H3498 in the following manner: leave (52x), remain (23x), rest (12x), remainder (4x), remnant (4x), reserved (3x), residue (3x), plenteous (2x), behind (1x), excel (1x), much (1x), preserve (1x).

  1. to be left over, remain, remain over, leave

    1. (Qal) remainder (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be left over, remain over, be left behind

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to leave over, leave

      2. to save over, preserve alive

      3. to excel, show pre-eminence

      4. to show excess, have more than enough, have an excess

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָתַר yâthar, yaw-thar'; a primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve:—excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.
STRONGS H3498: Abbreviations
[יָתַר] 107 verb remain over (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְתַר, bdb045101 id.; Zinjirli יתר noun rest, remainder; Ethiopic bdb045102 Assyrian [atâru], remain over, in derived conjugation, DlHWB; in Sabean ותר CISiv, 15, 46, p. 77; especially noun ותר as epithet of king = noble one, and as proper name ותרם MordtZMG, 1876, 37, 292 DHMZMG, 1883, 15 CISiv, 10; Arabic bdb045103 is make single make to be one, or an odd number) —
† Qal Participle הַיּוֺתֵר 1 Samuel 15:15 the remainder†.
Niph. be left over, remain over; Perfect נוֺתַר Exodus 10:15 + 8 times, etc.; Imperfect יִוָּתֵר 2 Kings 20:17 + 2 times; יִוָּתֶ֥ר בָּ֑הּ Zechariah 13:8; וַיִּוָּתֵר Genesis 32:25 + 2 times; וָאִוָּתֵר 1 Kings 19:10, 14, etc.; Participle נוֺתָר 1 Samuel 2:26 + 17 times, נֹתָר Exodus 12:10; feminine singular נוֺתֶ֫רֶת Leviticus 2:3 + 3 times; masculine plural נוֺתָרִים Judges 8:10 + 24 times, etc.; — be left over, remain (over), absolute Exodus 10:15 (J), Joshua 11:11, 22 (D), Judges 9:5; Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 30:17; 1 Kings 18:22; 2 Kings 20:17 = Isaiah 39:6; followed by לְבַדּוֺ be left alone Genesis 32:25 (J), so 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:14; followed by מִן be left from (= of) 2 Samuel 13:30; Exodus 29:34; Numbers 26:65 (both P), Psalm 106:11; participle followed by מִן Judges 8:10 + 10 times P, 1 Kings 9:20 2 Chronicles 8:7; Zechariah 14:16; 1 Chronicles 6:46; followed by לְ, be left (surviving) to, 1 Samuel 25:34; 2 Samuel 9:1, of those belonging to Genesis 44:20 (J; לְבַדּוֺ לְאִמּוֺ); followed by בְּ be left in (= of) 2 Samuel 17:12; Joshua 18:2 (JE), also participle Leviticus 8:32; Leviticus 14:18 (P), Ezekiel 48:15 (twice in verse); often followed by בְּ local Amos 6:9 + 11 times; followed by בֵּית in the house of Jeremiah 27:21; followed by עלפֿני הארץ Ezekiel 39:14 (participle); followed by אַחֲרֵי = be left behind (of sons) 1 Kings 9:21 2 Chronicles 8:8; followed by שָׁם + אֵצֶל Daniel 10:13 I was left over there beside the kings (i.e. I had nothing more to do; compare VB); elsewhere participle absolute, as adjective Genesis 30:36 (J), Joshua 17:2, 6 (JE), Leviticus 10:12, 16; Leviticus 27:18; Joshua 21:5, 26, 34 (all P), Jeremiah 34:7; 1 Chronicles 6:55; 1 Chronicles 6:62; 1 Chronicles 22:20; as substantive Judges 21:7, 16; 1 Samuel 30:9; Exodus 28:10; Exodus 29:34; Leviticus 19:6 (all P), 1 Kings 20:30 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 4:7; Ezekiel 34:18; Ezekiel 48:21; 2 Chronicles 31:10.
† Hiph. Perfect הוֺתִיר Exodus 10:15; Isaiah 1:9, etc.; Imperfect יוֺתִיר Deuteronomy 28:54; jussive יוֺתֵר Exodus 16:19; וַיּוֺתֵר 2 Samuel 8:4; 2 Chronicles 18:4; 3rd person feminine singular וַתֹּתַ֫ר Ruth 2:14; 2nd person masculine singular jussive תּוֺתַר Genesis 49:4; 1st person singular אוֺתִיר Ezekiel 39:28; 3rd person masculine plural וַיּוֺתִרוּ Exodus 16:20; 2 Kings 4:44; 2nd person masculine plural תּוֺתִירוּ Exodus 12:10 + 2 times; Imperative הוֺתֵר Psalm 79:11; Infinitive absolute הוֺתֵד 2 Kings 4:43 + 2 times; construct הוֺתִיר Jeremiah 44:7; —
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a. leave over, leave Exodus 10:15 (J), Ruth 2:14 (object omitted), Ruth 2:18; 2 Kings 4:43 (אָכוֺל וְהוֺתֵר, see below), 2 Kings 4:44 (object om. in both), 2 Chronicles 31:10; יֶתֶר בָּנָיו אֲשֶׁר יוֺתִיר Deuteronomy 28:54; followed by object שָׂרִיד + ל person Isaiah 1:9; object שְׁאֵרִית + ל person Jeremiah 44:7; followed by מִן from (= of), 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4; Numbers 33:55 (P), Ezekiel 12:16; + עַד temporal Exodus 12:10; Exodus 16:19, 20 (all P), Leviticus 22:30 (H); + שָׁם location Ezekiel 39:28.
b. absolute leave a remnant Ezekiel 6:8 (denominative from יֶתֶר ?).
c. save over, i.e. preserve alive Psalm 79:11.
2. excel, shew pre-eminence Genesis 49:4 (poem in J).
3. shew excess = have more than enough Exodus 36:7 (P; see also 2 Kings 4:43; 2 Chronicles 31:10 above); make abundant Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 30:9 (followed by suffix person + ב of thing).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3493.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:36; 32:25; 32:25; 44:20; 49:4; 49:4

Exodus

10:15; 10:15; 10:15; 10:15; 12:10; 12:10; 12:10; 16:19; 16:19; 16:20; 16:20; 28:10; 29:34; 29:34; 36:7

Leviticus

2:3; 8:32; 10:12; 10:16; 14:18; 19:6; 22:30; 27:18

Numbers

26:65; 33:55

Deuteronomy

28:11; 28:54; 28:54; 30:9

Joshua

11:11; 11:22; 17:2; 17:6; 18:2; 21:5; 21:26; 21:34

Judges

8:10; 8:10; 9:5; 21:7; 21:16

Ruth

2:14; 2:14; 2:18

1 Samuel

2:26; 15:15; 25:34; 30:9

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 9:1; 13:30; 17:12

1 Kings

9:20; 9:21; 18:22; 19:10; 19:10; 19:14; 19:14; 20:30

2 Kings

4:7; 4:43; 4:43; 4:43; 4:44; 4:44; 20:17; 20:17

1 Chronicles

6:46; 6:55; 6:62; 18:4

2 Chronicles

8:7; 8:8; 18:4; 31:10; 31:10; 31:10

Psalms

79:11; 79:11; 106:11

Isaiah

1:8; 1:9; 1:9; 30:17; 39:6

Jeremiah

27:21; 34:7; 44:7; 44:7

Ezekiel

6:8; 12:16; 34:18; 39:14; 39:28; 39:28; 48:15; 48:21

Daniel

10:13

Amos

6:9

Zechariah

13:8; 14:16

H3498

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Strong's Number H3498 matches the Hebrew יָתַר (yāṯar),
which occurs 107 times in 101 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 30:36–2Sa 8:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - And he set a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob pastured the rest of Laban’s flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:24 - And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 - Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
because you went up to your father’s bed;
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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:10 - And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:19 - And Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it over till the morning.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:20 - But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:10 - six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:34 - And if any of the flesh for the ordination or of the bread remain until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:7 - for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:3 - But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the LORD’s food offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:10 - But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the LORD’s food offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:16 - And the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten unleavened in a holy place. In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:16 - But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:17 - But what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned up with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:32 - And what remains of the flesh and the bread you shall burn up with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:12 - Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his surviving sons: “Take the grain offering that is left of the LORD’s food offerings, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:16 - Now Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it was burned up! And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the surviving sons of Aaron, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:18 - And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed. Then the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:29 - And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:6 - It shall be eaten the same day you offer it or on the day after, and anything left over until the third day shall be burned up with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:30 - It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until morning: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:18 - but if he dedicates his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall calculate the price according to the years that remain until the year of jubilee, and a deduction shall be made from the valuation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the LORD had said of them, “They shall die in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55 - But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - And the LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - The man who is the most tender and refined among you will begrudge food to his brother, to the wife he embraces,[fn] and to the last of the children whom he has left,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - The LORD your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the LORD will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:11 - And they struck with the sword all who were in it, devoting them to destruction;[fn] there was none left that breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:22 - There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the people of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:2 - And allotments were made to the rest of the people of Manasseh by their clans, Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These were the male descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph, by their clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:6 - because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance along with his sons. The land of Gilead was allotted to the rest of the people of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:2 - There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - And the rest of the Kohathites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - As to the rest of the Kohathites belonging to the Kohathite clans of the Levites, the cities allotted to them were out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:26 - The cities of the clans of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all with their pasturelands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:34 - And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:10 - Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about 15,000 men, all who were left of all the army of the people of the East, for there had fallen 120,000 men who drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:7 - What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them any of our daughters for wives?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:16 - Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:14 - And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18 - And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over after being satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:36 - And everyone who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, “Please put me in one of the priests’ places, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the LORD your God, and the rest we have devoted to destruction.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - For as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:9 - So David set out, and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:4 - And David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots.

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