Strong's Hebrew · H3335
יָצַר
yâtsar · yaw-tsar'
[idiom] earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
Definition
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
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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