יַעַרyaʻar
honeycomb (1 Samuel 14:25; 1 Samuel 14:26; Song of Solomon 5:1)
Pronunciation: yah'-ar · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3293
Same root
- יָעוּרYâʻûwr · H3265Jaur, an Israelite
- יַעֲרָהyaʻărâh · H3295{a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)}
- יַעֲרֵי אֹרְגִיםYaʻărêy ʼÔrᵉgîym · H3296Jaare-Oregim, an Israelite
- יְעָרִיםYᵉʻârîym · H3297Jearim, a place in Palestine
- קִרְיַת יְעָרִיםQiryath Yᵉʻârîym · H7157Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 59 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 19:5 For example, suppose someone goes into the forest with a neighbor to cut wood. And suppose one of them swings an ax to chop down a tree, and the ax head flies off the handle, killing the other person. In such cases, the slayer may flee to one of the cities of refuge to live in safety.
- Joshua 17:15 Joshua replied, “If there are so many of you, and if the hill country of Ephraim is not large enough for you, clear out land for yourselves in the forest where the Perizzites and Rephaites live.”
- Joshua 17:18 The forests of the hill country will be yours as well. Clear as much of the land as you wish, and take possession of its farthest corners. And you will drive out the Canaanites from the valleys, too, even though they are strong and have iron chariots.”
- 1 Samuel 14:25 even though they had all found honeycomb on the ground in the forest.
- 1 Samuel 14:26 They didn’t dare touch the honey because they all feared the oath they had taken.
- 1 Samuel 22:5 One day the prophet Gad told David, “Leave the stronghold and return to the land of Judah.” So David went to the forest of Hereth.
See every passage
- Deuteronomy 19:5
- Joshua 17:15, 17:18
- 1 Samuel 14:25, 14:26, 22:5
- 2 Samuel 18:6, 18:8, 18:17
- 1 Kings 7:2, 10:17, 10:21
- 2 Kings 2:24, 19:23
- 1 Chronicles 16:33
- 2 Chronicles 9:16, 9:20
- Psalms 29:9, 50:10, 80:13, 83:14, 96:12, 104:20, 132:6
- Ecclesiastes 2:6
- Song of Solomon 2:3, 5:1
- Isaiah 7:2, 9:18, 10:18, 10:19, 10:34, 21:13, 22:8, 29:17, 32:15, 32:19, 37:24, 44:14, 44:23, 56:9
- Jeremiah 5:6, 10:3, 12:8, 21:14, 26:18, 46:23
- Ezekiel 15:2, 15:6, 20:46, 20:47, 34:25, 39:10
- Hosea 2:12
- Amos 3:4
- Micah 3:12, 5:8, 7:14
- Zechariah 11:2
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).