King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3366
Transliteration: yeqar
Phonetic Spelling: (yek-awr')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: preciousness, price, honor
Meaning: value, wealth, costliness, dignity
Word Summary
yeqar: preciousness, price, honor
Original Word: יְקָרTransliteration: yeqar
Phonetic Spelling: (yek-awr')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: preciousness, price, honor
Meaning: value, wealth, costliness, dignity
Strong's Concordance
honor, precious things, price From yaqar; value, i.e. (concretely) wealth; abstractly, costliness, dignity -- honour, precious (things), price.
see HEBREW yaqar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3366. yeqar
יְקָר noun masculine preciousness, price, honour (late: compare BA יְקָר ᵑ7, glory); — absolute יְקָר Zechariah 11:13 5t.; בִּיקָר etc. Psalm 49:13 3t.; construct יְקָר Esther 1:4; suffix בִּיקָרוֺ 6:6 4t.; יְקָרָהּ Jeremiah 20:5; —
1 preciousness:
a. = precious (costly) things (collective) Jeremiah 20:5 (om. ᵐ5), וִיקָר חֹסֶן Ezekiel 22:25; כָּליְֿקָר Job 28:10.
b. יְקָר כְּלִי Proverbs 20:15 a jewel of preciousness = precious jewel ("" מְּנִינִים זָהָב,).
2 price Zechariah 11:13, see יָקַר
2, 3. honour, Psalm 49:13; Psalm 49:21; elsewhere only Esther: גְּדוּלָּתוֺ תִּפְאֶרֶת יְקָר Esther 1:4 ("" מַלְכוּתוֺ כְּבוֺד); לְ יְקָר יִתְּנוּ 1:20 all wives give honour to their lords; לְמָרְדְּכַי וּגְדוּלָּה יְקָר מַהנַּֿעֲשָׂה 6:3, with לְ עשׂה also 6:6; וִיקָר וְשָׂשׂן וְשִׂמְחָה אוֺרָה הָֽיְתָה לַיְּהוּדִים 8:16; בִּיקָרוֺ חָפֵץ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר (הָ)אִישׁ the man in whose honour the king delighteth 6:6-7, 9 (twice in verse); 6:11.
[יְקָר] noun masculineDaniel 2:6 honour (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute וִיקָר) 2:6; 7:14; construct id. 4:27, לִיקַר 4:33 (K§ 57. Anm. Str קָר-); emphatic וִיקָרָא 2:37; 5:18, הָ֯ 5:20.