◄ 3335. yatsar ►
Strong's Lexicon yatsar: To form, fashion, create Original Word: יָצַר Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: yatsar Pronunciation: yah-tsar Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-tsar') Definition: to mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine Meaning: To mould into a form, as a potter; to determine Word Origin: A primitive root Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G1096 (γίνομαι, ginomai): To become, to come into existence • G2476 (ἵστημι, histemi): To stand, to set, to establish • G2680 (κατασκευάζω, kataskeuazo): To prepare, to construct • G2763 (κεραμεύς, kerameus): Potter • G2766 (κεραμικός, keramikos): Of or pertaining to a potter • G2936 (κτίζω, ktizo): To create, to form • G4111 (πλάσσω, plasso): To form, to mold • G4160 (ποιέω, poieo): To make, to do • G4929 (συσχηματίζω, suschematizo): To conform, to shape These Greek terms reflect similar concepts of creation, formation, and purpose, illustrating the continuity of these themes across both the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures. Usage: The verb יָצַר (yatsar) is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe the act of forming or shaping, often in the context of a potter shaping clay. It conveys the idea of intentional creation and design, as well as the determination of form and purpose. Context: The Hebrew verb יָצַר (yatsar) is a significant term in the Old Testament, frequently used to describe God's creative activity. It appears in various contexts, often illustrating the intimate and purposeful act of forming or shaping. The imagery of a potter working with clay is a common metaphor, emphasizing the skill and intention involved in creation. In Genesis 2:7, יָצַר is used to describe God's formation of man: "Then the LORD God formed (יָצַר) the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." This passage highlights the personal and deliberate nature of God's creative work. The term also appears in Isaiah 64:8, where the prophet acknowledges God's role as the potter: "But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our potter; we are all the work of Your hand." Here, the relationship between God and His people is likened to that of a potter and clay, underscoring themes of sovereignty and purpose. יָצַר is not limited to physical creation but extends to the formation of plans and purposes. In Isaiah 45:9, the futility of questioning God's designs is expressed: "Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, 'What are you making?'" The verb is also used in contexts of predestination and divine determination, as seen in Psalm 139:16: "Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin a prim. root Definition to form, fashion NASB Translation Creator (1), devises (1), earthenware* (1), fashion (1), fashioned (1), fashioning (2), fashions (1), formed (20), forming (2), forms (2), made (1), Maker (2), maker (4), ordained (1), planned (4), potter (9), potter's (7), potters (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs יָצַר verb form, fashion (Late Hebrew in participle יוֺצֵר potter, creator, and derivatives; Phoenician יצר potter; ᵑ7 יצר Syriac = יֵצֶר etc.; Arabic covenant, contract; Assyrian êƒêru, as Hebrew, DlHWB 309) — Qal Perfect ׳י Isaiah 44:10; יָצָ֑ר Genesis 2:8; suffix יְצָרָהּ Isaiah 45:18; 2masculine יָצַרְתָּ Psalm 104:26 8t. Perfect; Imperfect3masculine וַיִּ֫יצֶר Genesis 2:7; וַיִּ֫צֶר Genesis 2:19; suffix יִצְּרֵהוּ Isaiah 44:12; 1singular suffix אֶצֳּו֯רְךָ Jeremiah 1:5; Participle יוֺצֵר Isaiah 41:25 20t.; יֹצֵר Isaiah 45:18 6t.; suffix יֹצְרִי Isaiah 49:5 11t. suffix; plural יוֺצְרִים Isaiah 30:14; 1 Chronicles 4:23; construct יֹצְרֵי Isaiah 44:9; — 1 of human activity: a. of a potter who forms out of clay a vessel Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 41:25; Jeremiah 18:4 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 18:6 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 4:23; Lamentations 4:2; Zechariah 11:13 (twice in verse) (these last two according to Thes SS et al. error for אוֺצָר); ׳כְּלִי (ה)י potter's vessel 2 Samuel 17:28; Psalm 2:9; Jeremiah 19:11; ׳חֹמֶר הי potter's clay Isaiah 29:16; ׳נֵבֶל י Isaiah 30:14; ׳בַּקְבֻּק י Jeremiah 19:1 ׳בית הי Jeremiah 18:2,3. b. of a carver of wood, graven images Isaiah 44:9,10,12; Habakkuk 2:18 (twice in verse). c. frame, devise in the mind עָמָל ׳י Psalm 94:20. 2 of divine activity: a. (as a potter) forming Adam out of עפר from אדמה Genesis 2:7,8 (J), beasts and birds, also from אדמה Genesis 2:19 (J); Israel as a people Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 43:1,21; Isaiah 44:21; Isaiah 45:9 (twice in verse); Isaiah 45:11; Isaiah 64:7, even from the womb Isaiah 44:2,24; the servant of Yahweh from the womb Isaiah 49:5; of the formation of the individual man Isaiah 43:7; Jeremiah in the womb Jeremiah 1:5; the eye of man Psalm 94:9; the locust Amos 7:1; Leviathan Psalm 104:26; the dry land Psalm 95:5; the earth Isaiah 45:18 (twice in verse); the mountains Amos 4:13; הַכֹּל Jeremiah 10:16 = Jeremiah 51:19. Figurative perhaps lost sight of in some of the above, and quite certainly in the forming of light Isaiah 45:7, of summer and winter Psalm 74:17, the רוּחַ of man Zechariah 12:1, and the לב of men Psalm 33:15. b. figurative for frame, pre-ordain, plan (in divine purpose), of a situation מֵרָחוֺק Isaiah 22:11; of an occurrence מִימֵי קֶדֶם Isaiah 37:26 = 2 Kings 19:25; יָצַרְתִּי אַף אֶעֱשֶׂנָּה I have planned, I will also do it 2Ki 46:11; רעה על ׳י Jeremiah 18:11; לַהֲכִינָהּ ׳י devised it to establish it Jeremiah 33:2. Niph`al Perfect לְפָנַי לֹאנֿוֺצַר אֵל Isaiah 43:10 before me a god was not formed (created). Pu`al Perfect יָמִים יצָֻּ֑רוּ days (that) were pre-ordained (in the divine purpose) Psalm 139:16 (compare Qal, 2 b). Hoph`al Imperfect כָּלכְּֿלִי יוּצַר עָלַיִךְ לֹא יִצְלָ֑ח Isaiah 54:17 any weapon that is formed against thee will not prosper. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance earthen, fashion, form, frame, maker, potter, purpose Probably identical with yatsar (through the squeezing into shape); ((compare yatsa')); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. Form a resolution) -- X earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose. see HEBREW yatsar see HEBREW yatsa' Forms and Transliterations אֶצָּרְךָ֤ אצרך הֲכַיּוֹצֵ֨ר הַיֹּצֵ֖ר הַיֹּצֵ֣ר הַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔ים הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר הַיּוֹצֵֽר׃ היוצר היוצר׃ היוצרים היצר הכיוצר וְיֹצְר֑וֹ וְיֹצְר֖וֹ וְיֹצְרָ֥הּ וְיֹצֵ֥ר וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖ וְיֹצֶרְךָ֥ וִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ וִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ וַיִּיצֶר֩ וַיִּצֶר֩ וַיָּ֤צַר וייצר ויצר ויצרה ויצרו ויצרך ויצרתיה יְצַרְתִּ֖יו יְצַרְתִּ֤יךָ יְצַרְתָּם׃ יְצָרָ֑הּ יִצְּרֵ֑הוּ יִצְרוֹ֙ יָצַ֖רְתִּי יָצַ֣רְתִּי יָצַ֥ר יָצַ֥רְתָּ יָצָֽר׃ יָצָֽרוּ׃ יֹ֣צְר֔וֹ יֹ֥צֵֽר יֹֽצְרֵי־ יֹצְרִ֤י יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ יֹצֵ֖ר יֹצֵ֤ר יֹצֵ֨ר יֻצָּ֑רוּ יוֹצְרִ֛ים יוֹצֵ֔ר יוֹצֵ֖ר יוֹצֵ֣ר יוֹצֵ֤ר יוֹצֵ֥ר יוֹצֵ֨ר יוֹצֵֽר׃ יוּצַ֤ר יוצר יוצר׃ יוצרים יצר יצר׃ יצרה יצרהו יצרו יצרו׃ יצרי יצרי־ יצרנו יצרת יצרתי יצרתיו יצרתיך יצרתם לְיֹֽצְרוֹ֙ לְיוֹצְר֖וֹ ליוצרו ליצרו נ֣וֹצַר נוצר ’eṣ·ṣā·rə·ḵā ’eṣṣārəḵā etztzareCha hă·ḵay·yō·w·ṣêr hachaiyoTzer haiyoTzer haiYotzRim hăḵayyōwṣêr hay·yō·ṣêr hay·yō·w·ṣêr hay·yō·wṣ·rîm hayyōṣêr hayyōwṣêr hayyōwṣrîm lə·yō·ṣə·rōw lə·yō·wṣ·rōw ləyōṣərōw leyotzeRo leyotzRo ləyōwṣrōw nō·w·ṣar Notzar nōwṣar vaiYatzar vaiyiTzer veyoTzer veyotzeRah veyotzerCha veyotzeRo vitzarTiha way·yā·ṣar way·yi·ṣer way·yî·ṣer wayyāṣar wayyiṣer wayyîṣer wə·yō·ṣə·rāh wə·yō·ṣə·rōw wə·yō·ṣêr wə·yō·ṣer·ḵā wəyōṣêr wəyōṣərāh wəyōṣerḵā wəyōṣərōw wî·ṣar·tî·hā wîṣartîhā yā·ṣā·rū yā·ṣar yā·ṣār yā·ṣar·tā yā·ṣar·tî yāṣar yāṣār yāṣartā yāṣartî yāṣārū yaTzar yaTzarta yaTzarti yaTzaru yə·ṣā·rāh yə·ṣar·tām yə·ṣar·tî·ḵā yə·ṣar·tîw yəṣārāh yəṣartām yəṣartîḵā yəṣartîw yetzaRah yetzartam yetzarTicha yetzarTiv yiṣ·rōw yiṣ·ṣə·rê·hū yiṣrōw yiṣṣərêhū yitzRo yitztzeRehu yō·ṣə·rê- yō·ṣə·rê·nū yō·ṣə·rî yō·ṣə·rōw yō·ṣêr yō·w·ṣêr yō·wṣ·rîm yōṣêr yōṣərê- yōṣərênū yōṣərî yōṣərōw yoTzer yotzerei yotzeRenu yotzeRi yotzeRo yotzRim yōwṣêr yōwṣrîm yū·ṣar yuṣ·ṣā·rū yūṣar yuṣṣārū yuTzar yutzTzaru Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Genesis 2:7 HEB: וַיִּיצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים NAS: Then the LORD God formed man of dust KJV: God formed man INT: formed the LORD God Genesis 2:8 HEB: הָֽאָדָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָצָֽר׃ NAS: the man whom He had formed. KJV: the man whom he had formed. INT: the man whom had formed Genesis 2:19 HEB: וַיִּצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים NAS: the LORD God formed every beast KJV: God formed every beast INT: formed the LORD God Exodus 32:4 HEB: וַיִּקַּ֣ח מִיָּדָ֗ם וַיָּ֤צַר אֹתוֹ֙ בַּחֶ֔רֶט INT: took their hand earthen A graving and made 2 Samuel 17:28 HEB: וְסַפּוֹת֙ וּכְלִ֣י יוֹצֵ֔ר וְחִטִּ֥ים וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים KJV: and basons, and earthen vessels, INT: basins pottery and earthen wheat barley 2 Kings 19:25 HEB: לְמִ֥ימֵי קֶ֖דֶם וִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ עַתָּ֣ה הֲבֵיאתִ֗יהָ NAS: times I planned it. Now KJV: times that I have formed it? now have I brought INT: times ancient planned Now have brought 1 Chronicles 4:23 HEB: הֵ֚מָּה הַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔ים וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י נְטָעִ֖ים NAS: These were the potters and the inhabitants KJV: These [were] the potters, and those that dwelt INT: These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim Psalm 2:9 HEB: בַּרְזֶ֑ל כִּכְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣ר תְּנַפְּצֵֽם׃ KJV: thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. INT: of iron vessel A potter's shall shatter Psalm 33:15 HEB: הַיֹּצֵ֣ר יַ֣חַד לִבָּ֑ם NAS: He who fashions the hearts KJV: He fashioneth their hearts alike; INT: fashions all the hearts Psalm 74:17 HEB: וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּם׃ NAS: of the earth; You have made summer KJV: of the earth: thou hast made summer INT: and winter You have made Psalm 94:9 HEB: יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִֽם־ יֹ֥צֵֽר עַ֝֗יִן הֲלֹ֣א NAS: does He not hear? He who formed the eye, KJV: shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, INT: hear that formed the eye not Psalm 94:20 HEB: כִּסֵּ֣א הַוּ֑וֹת יֹצֵ֖ר עָמָ֣ל עֲלֵי־ NAS: be allied with You, One which devises mischief KJV: have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief INT: A throne of destruction devises mischief and Psalm 95:5 HEB: וְ֝יַבֶּ֗שֶׁת יָדָ֥יו יָצָֽרוּ׃ NAS: it, And His hands formed the dry land. KJV: it: and his hands formed the dry INT: the dry and his hands formed Psalm 104:26 HEB: לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן זֶֽה־ יָצַ֥רְתָּ לְשַֽׂחֶק־ בּֽוֹ׃ KJV: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made to play INT: along Leviathan which made to sport Psalm 139:16 HEB: יִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּ יָמִ֥ים יֻצָּ֑רוּ [וְלֹא כ] NAS: The days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was not one KJV: [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none INT: written the days were ordained not one Isaiah 22:11 HEB: אֶל־ עֹשֶׂ֔יהָ וְיֹצְרָ֥הּ מֵֽרָח֖וֹק לֹ֥א NAS: did you take into consideration Him who planned it long ago. KJV: thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. INT: on made planned long Nor Isaiah 27:11 HEB: יְרַחֲמֶ֣נּוּ עֹשֵׂ֔הוּ וְיֹצְר֖וֹ לֹ֥א יְחֻנֶּֽנּוּ׃ NAS: will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious KJV: them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. INT: have their Maker and their Creator not will not be gracious Isaiah 29:16 HEB: אִם־ כְּחֹ֥מֶר הַיֹּצֵ֖ר יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב כִּֽי־ NAS: You turn [things] around! Shall the potter be considered KJV: shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: INT: lo the clay shall the potter be considered would Isaiah 29:16 HEB: וְיֵ֛צֶר אָמַ֥ר לְיוֹצְר֖וֹ לֹ֥א הֵבִֽין׃ NAS: me; Or what is formed say KJV: say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? INT: what say is formed has no understanding Isaiah 30:14 HEB: כְּשֵׁ֨בֶר נֵ֧בֶל יוֹצְרִ֛ים כָּת֖וּת לֹ֣א NAS: is like the smashing of a potter's jar, KJV: it as the breaking of the potters' vessel INT: the smashing jar of a potter's shattered shall not Isaiah 37:26 HEB: מִ֥ימֵי קֶ֖דֶם וִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ עַתָּ֣ה הֲבֵאתִ֔יהָ NAS: times I planned it. Now KJV: times, that I have formed it? now have I brought INT: times ancient planned Now have brought Isaiah 41:25 HEB: חֹ֔מֶר וּכְמ֥וֹ יוֹצֵ֖ר יִרְמָס־ טִֽיט׃ NAS: as [upon] mortar, Even as the potter treads KJV: as [upon] morter, and as the potter treadeth INT: as mortar Even as the potter treads clay Isaiah 43:1 HEB: בֹּרַאֲךָ֣ יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אַל־ NAS: O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, KJV: thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, INT: your Creator Jacob formed Israel not Isaiah 43:7 HEB: וְלִכְבוֹדִ֖י בְּרָאתִ֑יו יְצַרְתִּ֖יו אַף־ עֲשִׂיתִֽיו׃ NAS: for My glory, Whom I have formed, even KJV: him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made INT: my glory have created have formed even have made Isaiah 43:10 HEB: לְפָנַי֙ לֹא־ נ֣וֹצַר אֵ֔ל וְאַחֲרַ֖י NAS: God formed, And there will be none KJV: me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after INT: Before no formed God after 63 Occurrences Strong's Hebrew 3335 63 Occurrences ’eṣ·ṣā·rə·ḵā — 1 Occ. hă·ḵay·yō·w·ṣêr — 1 Occ. hay·yō·ṣêr — 10 Occ. hay·yō·wṣ·rîm — 1 Occ. lə·yō·ṣə·rōw — 1 Occ. lə·yō·wṣ·rōw — 1 Occ. nō·w·ṣar — 1 Occ. way·yā·ṣar — 1 Occ. way·yî·ṣer — 2 Occ. wə·yō·ṣêr — 1 Occ. wə·yō·ṣə·rāh — 1 Occ. wə·yō·ṣer·ḵā — 3 Occ. wə·yō·ṣə·rōw — 2 Occ. wî·ṣar·tî·hā — 2 Occ. yā·ṣār — 2 Occ. yā·ṣar·tā — 1 Occ. yā·ṣar·tî — 2 Occ. yā·ṣā·rū — 1 Occ. yə·ṣā·rāh — 1 Occ. yə·ṣar·tām — 1 Occ. yə·ṣar·tî·ḵā — 1 Occ. yə·ṣar·tîw — 1 Occ. yiṣ·rōw — 1 Occ. yiṣ·ṣə·rê·hū — 1 Occ. yō·w·ṣêr — 16 Occ. yō·ṣə·rê- — 1 Occ. yō·ṣə·rê·nū — 1 Occ. yō·ṣə·rî — 1 Occ. yō·ṣə·rōw — 1 Occ. yō·wṣ·rîm — 1 Occ. yū·ṣar — 1 Occ. yuṣ·ṣā·rū — 1 Occ.