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 said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”