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יַעַר
yaʻar · Hebrew · Strong's H3293 · 59 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “wood”
What it means
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure;
How the KJV renders it
honeycomb, forest, wood
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“honeycomb”
also renders nôpheth (H5317), tsûwph (H6688)
Where it appears
59 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
1 Chronicles 16:33 · HTd/Ncmsa
Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth.
1 Kings 7:2 · HNcmsc
For he built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
1 Kings 10:17 · HNcmsc
He made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings 10:21 · HNcmsc
All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver, because it was considered of little value in the days of Solomon.
1 Samuel 14:25 · HRd/Ncmsa
All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.
1 Samuel 14:26 · HTd/Ncmsa
When the people had come to the forest, behold, honey was dripping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
1 Samuel 22:5 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 9:16 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 9:20 HNcmsc2 Kings 2:24 HTd/Ncmsa2 Kings 19:23 HNcmsc2 Samuel 18:6 HR/Ncmsc2 Samuel 18:8 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 18:17 HRd/NcmsaAmos 3:4 HRd/NcmsaDeuteronomy 19:5 HRd/NcmsaEcclesiastes 2:6 HNcmscEzekiel 15:2 HTd/NcmsaEzekiel 15:6 HTd/NcmsaEzekiel 20:46 HNcmscEzekiel 20:47 HR/NcmscEzekiel 34:25 HRd/NcmpaEzekiel 39:10 HTd/NcmpaHosea 2:12 HR/NcmsaIsaiah 7:2 HNcmsaIsaiah 9:18 HTd/NcmsaIsaiah 10:18 HNcmsc/Sp3msIsaiah 10:19 HNcmsc/Sp3msIsaiah 10:34 HTd/NcmsaIsaiah 21:13 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 22:8 HTd/NcmsaIsaiah 29:17 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 32:15 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 32:19 HTd/NcmsaIsaiah 37:24 HNcmscIsaiah 44:14 HNcmsaIsaiah 44:23 HNcmsaIsaiah 56:9 HRd/NcmsaJeremiah 5:6 HR/NcmsaJeremiah 10:3 HR/NcmsaJeremiah 12:8 HRd/NcmsaJeremiah 21:14 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fsJeremiah 26:18 HNcmsaJeremiah 46:23 HNcmsc/Sp3fsJoshua 17:15 HTd/Ncmsa/SdJoshua 17:18 HNcmsaMicah 3:12 HNcmsaMicah 5:8 HNcmsaMicah 7:14 HNcmsaPsalm 29:9 HNcmpaPsalm 50:10 HNcmsaPsalm 80:13 HR/NcmsaPsalm 83:14 HNcmsaPsalm 96:12 HNcmsaPsalm 104:20 HNcmsaPsalm 132:6 HNpSong of Solomon 2:3 HTd/NcmsaSong of Solomon 5:1 HNcmsc/Sp1csZechariah 11:2 HNcmsc
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.