Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
KJV Usage: bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָסַר (ya.sar) — to discipline. 1) to chasten, discipline, instruct, admonish 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to chasten, admonish 1a2) to instruct 1a3) to discipline 1b) (Niphal) to let oneself be chastened or corrected or admonished 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to discipline, correct 1c2) to chasten, chastise 1d) (Hiphil) to chasten 1e) (Nithpael) to teach
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · יִסֹּור · מוּסָר
Chastise | verb pi, verb qal, verb hif, verb nif
to discipline = action by which humans or deities respond to negative behavior of (other) humans by administering some sort of punishment, which may range from a verbal rebuke to physical correction, ► often done with corrective intent, but sometimes also as retribution
LEV 26:18 · LEV 26:28 · DEU 8:5 · DEU 8:5 · DEU 21:18 · DEU 22:18 · PSA 6:2 · PSA 38:2 · PSA 39:12 · PSA 94:10 · PSA 118:18 · PSA 118:18 · PRO 9:7 · PRO 19:18 · PRO 29:17 · PRO 29:19 · JER 2:19 · JER 10:24 · JER 30:11 · JER 31:18 · JER 46:28 · HOS 7:12 · HOS 10:10
Willing | verb nif
to accept discipline literally: to be disciplined; hence: = action by which humans bring themselves to a position of submission before God, as a result of his disciplinary actions
Unsafe | verb pi
to scourge = action by which humans in a position of authority treat their subjects with aggression and harshness
1KI 12:11 · 1KI 12:11 · 1KI 12:14 · 1KI 12:14 · 2CH 10:11 · 2CH 10:14
Urge | verb pi | ≈ אמר
to charge = causative action by which deities use strong persuasion to cause humans to adhere to a prescribed action
Control | verb qal
to direct, to be in charge = state in which humans are in control of a group of people by virtue of knowledge or position
verb
Strong | verb pi | ≈ חזק
Collocation: יסר זְרֹועֹת
to strengthen literally: to strengthen (someone's) arms; hence: = causative action by which deities cause nations to be powerful
Confident | verb pi | ≈ חזק
to strengthen = causative action by which humans cause other humans to be mentally strong
1 1CH 15:22 · HOS 10:10 MT = IA. Targum, Vulgate, some Greek understands qal impf 3ms from שׂרר "rule, have oversight"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[יָסַר] vb. discipline, chasten, admonish Qal admonish
instruct
discipline
Niph. let oneself be corrected, admonished
Pi. discipline, correct (the moral nature, with more or less severity acc. to circumstances)
more severely, chasten, chastise
Nithp. pass. be disciplined, corrected
Hiph. chasten
base