יָקַר
yâqar(yaw-kar')
“properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit)”
11 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit)
Translated in KJV as
be (make) preciousbe prizedbe set bywithdraw.
Etymology
a primitive root;
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“Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.”