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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“And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God,…”