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Lexicon :: Strong's H3335 - yāṣar

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יָצַר
Transliteration
yāṣar
Pronunciation
yaw-tsar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably identical with יָצַר (H3334) (through the squeezing into shape), ([compare יָצַע (H3331)])
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TWOT Reference: 898

Strong’s Definitions

יָצַר yâtsar, yaw-tsar'; probably identical with H3334 (through the squeezing into shape); (compare H3331); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution):—× earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x

The KJV translates Strong's H3335 in the following manner: form (26x), potter (17x), fashion (5x), maker (4x), frame (3x), make (3x), former (2x), earthen (1x), purposed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x
The KJV translates Strong's H3335 in the following manner: form (26x), potter (17x), fashion (5x), maker (4x), frame (3x), make (3x), former (2x), earthen (1x), purposed (1x).

  1. to form, fashion, frame

    1. (Qal) to form, fashion

      1. of human activity

      2. of divine activity

        1. of creation

          1. of original creation

          2. of individuals at conception

          3. of Israel as a people

        2. to frame, pre-ordain, plan (fig. of divine) purpose of a situation)

    2. (Niphal) to be formed, be created

    3. (Pual) to be predetermined, be pre-ordained

    4. (Hophal) to be formed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָצַר yâtsar, yaw-tsar'; probably identical with H3334 (through the squeezing into shape); (compare H3331); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution):—× earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
STRONGS H3335: Abbreviations
† יָצַר verb form, fashion (Late Hebrew in participle יוֺצֵר potter, creator, and derivatives; Phoenician יצר potter; Targum יצר Syriac bdb042701 = יֵצֶר etc.; Arabic bdb042702 covenant, contract; Assyrian êṣêru, as Hebrew, DlHWB 309) —
Qal Perfect י׳ Isaiah 44:10; יָצָ֑ר Genesis 2:8; suffix יְצָרָהּ Isaiah 45:18; 2nd person masculine יָצַרְתָּ Psalm 104:26 + 8 times Perfect; Imperfect 3rd person masculine וַיִּ֫יצֶר Genesis 2:7; וַיִּ֫צֶר Genesis 2:19; suffix יִצְּרֵהוּ Isaiah 44:12; 1st person singular suffix אֶצֳּו֯רְךָ Jeremiah 1:5; Participle יוֺצֵר Isaiah 41:25 + 20 times; יֹצֵר Isaiah 45:18 + 6 times; suffix יֹצְרִי Isaiah 49:5 + 11 times suffix; plural יוֺצְרִים Isaiah 30:14; 1 Chronicles 4:23; construct יֹצְרֵי Isaiah 44:9; —
1. of human activity:
a. of a potter who forms out of clay a vessel Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 41:25; Jeremiah 18:4 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 18:6 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 4:23; Lamentations 4:2; Zechariah 11:13 (twice in verse) (these last two according to Thes SS et al. error for אוֺצָר); כְּלִי (ה)י׳ potter's vessel 2 Samuel 17:28; Psalm 2:9; Jeremiah 19:11; חֹמֶר הי׳ potter's clay Isaiah 29:16; נֵבֶל י׳ Isaiah 30:14; בַּקְבֻּק י׳ Jeremiah 19:1 בית הי׳ Jeremiah 18:2, 3.
b. of a carver of wood, graven images Isaiah 44:9, 10, 12; Habakkuk 2:18 (twice in verse).
c. frame, devise in the mind עָמָל י׳ Psalm 94:20.
2. of divine activity:
a. (as a potter) forming Adam out of עפר from אדמה Genesis 2:7, 8 (J), beasts and birds, also from אדמה Genesis 2:19 (J); Israel as a people Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 43:1, 21; Isaiah 44:21; Isaiah 45:9 (twice in verse); Isaiah 45:11; Isaiah 64:7, even from the womb Isaiah 44:2, 24; the servant of Yahweh from the womb Isaiah 49:5; of the formation of the individual man Isaiah 43:7; Jeremiah in the womb Jeremiah 1:5; the eye of man Psalm 94:9; the locust Amos 7:1; Leviathan Psalm 104:26; the dry land Psalm 95:5; the earth Isaiah 45:18 (twice in verse); the mountains Amos 4:13; הַכֹּל Jeremiah 10:16 = Jeremiah 51:19. Figurative perhaps lost sight of in some of the above, and quite certainly in the forming of light Isaiah 45:7, of summer and winter Psalm 74:17, the רוּחַ of man Zechariah 12:1, and the לב of men Psalm 33:15.
b. figurative for frame, pre-ordain, plan (in divine purpose), of a situation מֵרָחוֺק Isaiah 22:11; of an occurrence מִימֵי קֶדֶם Isaiah 37:26 = 2 Kings 19:25; יָצַרְתִּי אַף אֶעֱשֶׂנָּה I have planned, I will also do it Isaiah 46:11; רעה על י׳ Jeremiah 18:11; לַהֲכִינָהּ י׳ devised it to establish it Jeremiah 33:2.
Niph. Perfect לְפָנַי לֹאנֿוֺצַר אֵל Isaiah 43:10 before me a god was not formed (created).
Pu. Perfect יָמִים יצָֻּ֑רוּ days (that) were pre-ordained (in the divine purpose) Psalm 139:16 (compare Qal, 2 b).
Hoph. Imperfect כָּלכְּֿלִי יוּצַר עָלַיִךְ לֹא יִצְלָ֑ח Isaiah 54:17 any weapon that is formed against thee will not prosper.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:7; 2:7; 2:8; 2:8; 2:19; 2:19

2 Samuel

17:28

2 Kings

19:25

1 Chronicles

4:23; 4:23

Psalms

2:9; 33:15; 74:17; 94:9; 94:20; 95:5; 104:26; 104:26; 139:16

Isaiah

22:11; 27:11; 29:16; 29:16; 30:14; 30:14; 37:26; 41:25; 41:25; 43:1; 43:7; 43:10; 43:21; 44:2; 44:9; 44:9; 44:10; 44:10; 44:12; 44:12; 44:21; 44:24; 45:7; 45:9; 45:11; 45:18; 45:18; 45:18; 46:11; 49:5; 49:5; 54:17; 64:7

Jeremiah

1:5; 1:5; 10:16; 18:2; 18:3; 18:4; 18:6; 18:11; 19:1; 19:11; 33:2; 51:19

Lamentations

4:2

Amos

4:13; 7:1

Habakkuk

2:18

Zechariah

11:13; 12:1

H3335

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Strong's Number H3335 matches the Hebrew יָצַר (yāṣar),
which occurs 63 times in 56 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 2:7–Jer 51:19)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:7 - The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:8 - The LORD God planted a garden eastward, in `Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:19 - Out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:4 - He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Yisra'el, which brought you up out of the land of Mitzrayim."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:28 - brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:25 - Haven't you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:23 - These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they lived with the king for his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:9 - You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:15 - He who fashions all of their hearts; And he considers all of their works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:17 - You have set all the boundaries of the eretz. You have made summer and winter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:9 - He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, Which brings about mischief by statute?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:5 - The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:26 - There the ships go, And livyatan, whom you formed to play there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:16 - Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there were none of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:11 - you made also a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you didn't look to him who had done this, neither did you have respect for him who purposed it long ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 - When the boughs of it are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 - You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him who made it, He didn't make me; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - He shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces of it a broken piece with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be your to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 - I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun one who calls on my name: and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 - But now thus says the LORD who created you, Ya`akov, and he who formed you, Yisra'el: Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:7 - everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:10 - You are my witnesses, says the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:21 - the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2 - Thus says the LORD who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you: Don't be afraid, Ya`akov my servant; and you, Yeshurun, whom I have chosen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - Those who fashion an engraved image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses don't see, nor know: that they may be disappointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:10 - Who has fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The smith makes an axe, and works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:21 - Remember these things, Ya`akov, and Yisra'el; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: Yisra'el, you shall not be forgotten by me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:24 - Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: I am the LORD, who makes all things; who stretches forth the heavens alone; who spreads abroad the eretz (who is with me?);

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 - I form the light, and create darkness; I make shalom, and create evil. I am the LORD, who does all these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - Woe to him who strives with his Maker -- a potsherd among the potsherds of the eretz! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, "What are you making?" or your work, "He has no hands?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:11 - Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Yisra'el, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command you me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - For thus says the LORD who created the heavens, the God who formed the eretz and made it, who established it and didn't create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is no one else.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:11 - calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:5 - Now says the LORD who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Ya`akov again to him, and that Yisra'el be gathered to him (for I am honorable in the eyes of the LORD, and my God is become my strength);

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:17 - No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness which is of me, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:8 - But now, LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:16 - The portion of Ya`akov is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Yisra'el is the tribe of his inheritance: the LORD of Hosts is his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:2 - Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:3 - Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4 - When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:6 - House of Yisra'el, can't I do with you as this potter? says the LORD. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11 - Now therefore, speak to the men of Yehudah, and to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, saying, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1 - Thus said the LORD, Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the Zakenim of the people, and of the Zakenim of the Kohanim;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:11 - and shall tell them, Thus says the LORD of Hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that can't be made whole again; and they shall bury in Tofet, until there be no place to bury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:2 - Thus says the LORD who does it, the LORD who forms it to establish it; the LORD is his name:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:19 - The portion of Ya`akov is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Yisra'el is the tribe of his inheritance: the LORD of Hosts is his name.

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