Lexicon :: Strong's H3336 - yēṣer

יֵצֶר

Transliteration

yēṣer

Pronunciation

yay'-tser

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From יָצַר (H3335)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 898a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

יֵצֶר yêtser, yay'-tser; from H3335; a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose):—frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H3336 in the following manner: imagination (5x), frame (1x), mind (1x), thing framed (1x), work (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H3336 in the following manner: imagination (5x), frame (1x), mind (1x), thing framed (1x), work (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

form, framing, purpose, framework
1. form
  1. pottery
  2. graven image
  3. man (as formed from the dust)
2. purpose, imagination, device (intellectual framework)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

יֵצֶר yêtser, yay'-tser; from H3335; a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose):—frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3336: Abbreviations

† I. יֵ֫צָר noun masculine^{Isaiah 26:3} form, framing, purpose; — י׳ Genesis 6:5 + 5 times; יִצְדוֺ Deuteronomy 31:21; Habakkuk 2:18; יִצְרֵנוּ Psalm 103:14; —

1. pottery, formed by the potter Isaiah 29:16.

2. form of a graven image Habakkuk 2:18.

3. form of man as made of the dust Psalm 103:14.

4. of what is framed in the mind (compare יָצַר 1c, 2 b), imagination, device, purpose: לב(ב) מחשׁב(ו)ת יצר Genesis 6:5 (J), 1 Chronicles 29:18; מחשׁבות י׳ 1 Chronicles 28:9; לב י׳ Genesis 8:21 (J); יֵצֶר alone Deuteronomy 31:21 (J); יֵצֶר סָמוּךְ Isaiah 26:3 a stedfast purpose (or frame of mind). (In Late Hebrew יֵצֶר is common in sense of impulse: יצר הטוב and יצר הרע of good and bad tendency in man.)