Strong's Definition
from 3365; valuable (obj. or subj.): -brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָקָר (ya.qar) — precious. 1) valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid 1a) precious 1a1) costly 1a2) precious, highly valued 1a3) precious stones or jewels 1b) rare 1c) glorious, splendid 1d) weighty, influential
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adj · יקר
Good | ≈ נָעִים | ≠ זֹולֵל
precious, choice, costly = state in which humans or objects are considered valuable and desirable
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Frequency
rare literally: precious; hence: = state in which an event happens at a very low frequency
Great
precious, honorable literally: precious; hence: = state in which humans are considered valuable and worthy of respect
1 PRO 17:27 MT-K וקר | MT-Q יְקַר
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָקָר adj. precious, rare, splendid, weighty base