יֵצֶרyêtser
form, framing, purpose
Pronunciation: yay'-tser · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3336
Meanings
1. pottery (Isaiah 29:16)
2. form of a graven image (Habakkuk 2:18)
3. form of man as made of the dust (Psalms 103:14)
4. imagination, device, purpose, of what is framed in the mind (compare יָצַר 1.c, 2.b) (Genesis 6:5; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 1 Chronicles 28:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 6:5 The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.
- Genesis 8:21 And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.
- Deuteronomy 31:21 And when great disasters come down on them, this song will stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. I know the intentions of these people, even now before they have entered the land I swore to give them.”
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 “And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
- 1 Chronicles 29:18 “O Lord, the God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make your people always want to obey you. See to it that their love for you never changes.
- Psalms 103:14 For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.
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).