Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H3256
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- yacar
- Pronunciation
- yaw-sar'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H3256
- Brief meaning
- To chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words), hence, to instruct
- Source renderings
- bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
03256\ 3256 yacar yaw-sar' a primitive root; to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct:--bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.