Strong's Hebrew · H3335
H3335 yâtsar
יָצַר
yaw-tsar'
to form
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yâtsar appears 62 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:7 and 2 Samuel 17:28. 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
to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
In the King James Version
× earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
Derivation
probably identical with H3334 (יָצַר) (through the squeezing into shape); (compare H3331 (יַצַע));
Appears 62 times in Scripture
“You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.”
“And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.”
“I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.”
“They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,”
“And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.”
“You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.””
“Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.”
“Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.”
“These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.”
“Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?”
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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).
