Strong's Hebrew · H3293

H3293 yaʻar

יַעַר

yah'-ar

wood

yaʻar appears 59 times in Scripture, including Deuteronomy 19:5 and Joshua 17:15. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)

In the King James Version

(honey-) comb, forest, wood.

Derivation

from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure;

Appears 59 times in Scripture

2 Samuel 18:8

“The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.”

1 Samuel 22:5

“Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.”

1 Samuel 14:25

“Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.”

2 Samuel 18:6

“So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.”

Ezekiel 20:47

“Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.”

Joshua 17:15

“Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.””

Deuteronomy 19:5

“If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.”

1 Samuel 14:26

“And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.”

Isaiah 32:15

“until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.”

Joshua 17:18

“because the hill country will be yours as well. It is a forest; clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours. Although the Canaanites have iron chariots and although they are strong, you can drive them out.””

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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Strong's concordance glosses from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0). Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain.

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