Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit)
KJV Usage: be (make) precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָקַר (ya.qar) — be precious. 1) to esteem, be prized, be valuable, be precious, be costly, be appraised 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be precious, be highly valued, be esteemed, be costly 1a2) to be appraised 1b) (Hiphil) to make something precious
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · יַקִּיר · יָקָר · יְקָר
Great | verb qal | ≈ כבד
to be precious = state in which humans are valuable and worthy of respect in the eyes of others
Extraordinary | verb qal | ≈ עצם
to be precious literally: precious; hence: = state in which a condition or activity is highly appreciated or considered of high significance
1SA 18:30 · 1SA 26:21 · 2KI 1:13 · 2KI 1:14 · PSA 49:9 · PSA 72:14 · PSA 139:17
Frequency | verb hif
Collocation: יקר רֶגֶל
to visit seldom, to go sparingly literally: to cause (one's) foot to be precious; hence: = causative action by which humans do not visit a certain place very often
Quantity | verb hif
to make scarce literally: to cause to be precious; hence: = causative process by which deities cause objects to be relatively limited in number
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[יָקַר] vb. be precious, prized, appraised Qal be precious
be appraised
Hiph. I will make men more rare (lit. precious) than fine gold
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