STRONGS NUMBER H3357


Word Summary
yaqqir: very precious, dear
Original Word: יַקִּיר
Transliteration: yaqqir
Phonetic Spelling: (yak-keer')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: very precious, dear
Meaning: very precious, dear
Strong's Concordance
dear

From yaqar; precious -- dear.

see HEBREW yaqar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3357. yaqqir

יַקִּירadjective intransitive very precious, dear; only אֶפְרַיִם לִי יַקִּיר הֲבֵןJeremiah 31:20 is Ephraim a very precious son unto me ? ("" שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים יֶלֶד‎).