Strong's Hebrew · H3336
H3336 yêtser
יֵצֶר
yay'-tser
intention
Looking for Greek G3336 metálēmpsis? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3336. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
yêtser appears 9 times in Scripture, in Genesis, Deuteronomy, 1 Chronicles, Psalms, Isaiah and Habakkuk. 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 form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose)
In the King James Version
frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.
Derivation
from H3335 (יָצַר);
Appears 9 times in Scripture
“And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.””
“For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.”
“You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.”
“What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.”
“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.”
“O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.”
“When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.”
“Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.”
“You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?”
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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).
