yakar · precious, costly, rare

What it means

yakar (יָקָר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “precious, costly, rare”.

Precious, of great value; also "rare," because what is scarce is highly valued.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Of great value.
2. Uncommon, hardly ever given.
3. Radiant and splendid; or calm in spirit, not easily stirred.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• precious ×27
• costly ×4
• one cool ×1
• rare ×1
• splendor ×1
• splendors ×1
• weightier ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×7
• 1 Chronicles×2
• 2 Chronicles×5
• Job×2
• Psalms×4
• Proverbs×6
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×1
• Lamentations×1
• Ezekiel×2
• Daniel×1
• Zechariah×1

• 1 Samuel 3:1

  And the boy Samuel was ministering to YHWH before Eli. And the word of YHWH was rare in those days; there was no vision breaking through.

• 2 Samuel 12:30

  He took the crown of their king from his head (its weight was a talent of gold, and it had a precious stone), and it was on the head of David. And the spoil of the city he brought out, a very great amount.

• 1 Kings 5:17

  And the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with hewn stones.

• 1 Kings 7:9

  All these were of costly stones, by the measures of hewn stone, sawn with the saw inside and outside, from the foundation to the copings, and from outside to the great court.

• 1 Kings 7:10

  And the foundation was of costly stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

• 1 Kings 7:11

  And above were costly stones by the measures of hewn stone, and cedar.

• 1 Kings 10:2

  And she came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, camels carrying spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was in her heart.

• 1 Kings 10:10

  And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stones; never again came such spices in abundance as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

• 1 Kings 10:11

  And also the ships of Hiram, which carried gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir very much almug wood and precious stones.

• 1 Chronicles 20:2

  David took the crown of their king from his head, and he found it to weigh a talent of gold, and on it was a precious stone; and it was on the head of David. And the spoil of the city he brought out, a very great amount.

• 1 Chronicles 29:2

  With all my strength I have prepared for the house of my Elohim the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and the wood for the things of wood; onyx stones and stones for setting, stones of antimony and of colors, and every precious stone, and marble stones in abundance.

• 2 Chronicles 3:6

  He overlaid the house with precious stone for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

• 2 Chronicles 9:1

  The queen of Sheba heard the fame of Solomon, and she came to test Solomon with riddles in Jerusalem, with a very great retinue and camels carrying spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones; she came to Solomon and spoke with him all that was on her heart.

• 2 Chronicles 9:9

  She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones; there were no spices like those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

• 2 Chronicles 9:10

  Also the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stones.

• 2 Chronicles 32:27

  Hezekiah had very great riches and glory; and he made treasuries for himself for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of desirable objects;

• Job 28:16

  It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphire.

• Job 31:26

  if I looked at the light when it shone, and the moon moving in splendor,

• Psalms 36:7

  How precious is your loyal love, Elohim! And human beings in the shadow of your wings take refuge.

• Psalms 37:20

  For the wicked will perish, and the enemies of YHWH, like what is precious in the meadows, are spent; in smoke they are spent.

• Psalms 45:9

  Daughters of kings are among your precious ladies; the queen stands at your right hand in gold of Ophir.

• Psalms 116:15

  Precious in the eyes of YHWH is the death of his faithful ones.

• Proverbs 1:13

  all kinds of precious wealth we will find; we will fill our houses with plunder;

• Proverbs 3:15

  She is more precious than pearls, and all that you desire cannot compare with her.

• Proverbs 6:26

  For on account of a prostitute one comes to a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife hunts the precious soul.

• Proverbs 12:27

  Slackness does not roast its game, but the precious wealth of a man is the diligent one.

• Proverbs 17:27

  Whoever holds back his sayings knows knowledge, and one cool of spirit is a man of insight.

• Proverbs 24:4

  and by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant wealth.

• Ecclesiastes 10:1

  Flies of death make stink, make ferment the oil of the perfumer; weightier than wisdom, than honor, is a little witlessness.

• Isaiah 28:16

  Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: “Look, I have laid as a foundation in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a foundation well founded; the one who believes will not hurry.

• Jeremiah 15:19

  Therefore thus says YHWH: “If you turn back, I will bring you back; before me you will stand; and if you bring out what is precious from what is vile, you will be as my mouth. Let them turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

• Lamentations 4:2

  The sons of Zion, the precious ones, who were valued in refined gold, how they are reckoned as jars of clay, the work of the hands of a potter!

• Ezekiel 27:22

  The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traders; with the best of all balsam and with every precious stone and gold they paid for your wares.

• Ezekiel 28:13

  In Eden, the garden of Elohim, you were; every precious stone was your covering: ruby, topaz, and diamond, chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, and gold; the work of your tambourines and of your settings was in you; on the day you were created they were prepared.

• Daniel 11:38

  But the god of strongholds he will honor in his place; and a god that his fathers did not know he will honor with gold and with silver and with precious stones and with desirable things.

• Zechariah 14:6

  And it will happen on that day that there will be no light; the splendors will congeal.