ya.tsar H3335

יָצַר (ya.tsar) means “to form: formed” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

יָצַר Hebrew · H3335 62 tagged occurrences in 55 verses

Pronunciation guide: yaw-tsar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3335G

יָצַר · ya.tsar · to form: formed

: formed 1) to form, fashion, frame 1a) (Qal) to form, fashion 1a1) of human activity 1a2) of divine activity 1a2a) of creation 1a2a1) of original creation 1a2a2) of individuals at conception 1a2a3) of Israel as a people 1a2b) to frame, pre-ordain, plan (fig. of divine) purpose of a situation) 1b) (Niphal) to be formed, be created 1c) (Pual) to be predetermined, be pre-ordained 1d) (Hophal) to be formed

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TBESH · H3335H

יָצַר · ya.tsar · to form: potter

: potter 1) to form, fashion, frame 1a) (Qal) to form, fashion 1a1) of human activity 1a2) of divine activity 1a2a) of creation 1a2a1) of original creation 1a2a2) of individuals at conception 1a2a3) of Israel as a people 1a2b) to frame, pre-ordain, plan (fig. of divine) purpose of a situation) 1b) (Niphal) to be formed, be created 1c) (Pual) to be predetermined, be pre-ordained 1d) (Hophal) to be formed

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TBESH · H3335I

יָצַר · ya.tsar · to form: plan

: plan 1) to form, fashion, frame 1a) (Qal) to form, fashion 1a1) of human activity 1a2) of divine activity 1a2a) of creation 1a2a1) of original creation 1a2a2) of individuals at conception 1a2a3) of Israel as a people 1a2b) to frame, pre-ordain, plan (fig. of divine) purpose of a situation) 1b) (Niphal) to be formed, be created 1c) (Pual) to be predetermined, be pre-ordained 1d) (Hophal) to be formed

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

probably identical with H3334 (יָצַר) (through the squeezing into shape); (compare H3331 (יַצַע)); to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)

KJV glosses: [idiom] earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.

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How translators render H3335

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
formed	5
the potter	4
i formed	2
i planned it	2
is the maker	2
to the potters	2
who formed you	2
a craftsman	1
a potter	1
a potters	1
am planning	1
and earthen	1
and he who formed you	1
and its maker	1
and ordained for me	1
and their creator	1
are the potter	1
but formed	1
fashions	1
for him	1
from a potter	1
he fashions an idol	1
he formed	1
he had formed	1
he shapes	1
he was preparing	1
he who forms	1
him who planned	1
i form	1
i have made you	1
i have planned it	1
in his	1
in the potters	1
its maker	1
like a potters	1
like pottery	1
made	1
makers	1
of a potters	1
of the potter	1
one devising	1
potter treats his clay	1
the potters	1
was formed	1
who formed	1
who formed me	1
who forms	1
whom i have indeed formed	1
with his maker	1
you formed	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
formed	4
a potters	2
and he that formed	2
i have formed	2
of the potter	2
that formed	2
that i have formed	2
that the maker	2
the former	2
thou hast made	2
to the potters	2
and as the potter	1
and earthen	1
and fashioneth	1
and formeth	1
and his maker	1
and thou our potter	1
as the potters	1
behold i frame	1
for lo he that formeth	1
have i formed	1
he fashioneth	1
he formed	1
he had formed	1
he that formed	1
himself that formed	1
i form	1
i formed	1
in the potters	1
it to pass i have purposed	1
it unto the potter	1
like a potters	1
of him that framed	1
of the potters	1
on them and he that formed	1
that is formed	1
the potters	1
thee and formed	1
them to the potter	1
they that make	1
to him that fashioneth	1
to the potter	1
unto him that fashioned	1
unto me and behold he formed	1
were fashioned	1
who hath formed	1
with his maker	1
with thee which frameth	1
with you as this potter	1

Verses containing H3335

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Genesis 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
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Genesis 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
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Genesis 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
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2 Samuel 17:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
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2 Kings 19:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
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1 Chronicles 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.
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Psalms 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
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Psalms 33:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.
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Psalms 74:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
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Psalms 94:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
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Psalms 94:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
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Psalms 95:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
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Psalms 104:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
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Psalms 139:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
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Isaiah 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.
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Isaiah 27:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
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Isaiah 29:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
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Isaiah 30:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
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Isaiah 37:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
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Isaiah 41:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
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Isaiah 43:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
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Isaiah 43:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
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Isaiah 43:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
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Isaiah 43:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
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Isaiah 44:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
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Isaiah 44:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
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Isaiah 44:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
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Isaiah 44:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
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Isaiah 44:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
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Isaiah 44:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
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Isaiah 45:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
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Isaiah 45:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
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Isaiah 45:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?
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Isaiah 45:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
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Isaiah 46:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
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Isaiah 49:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—
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Isaiah 54:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
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Isaiah 64:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
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Source alternate reference: 64.7
Jeremiah 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
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Jeremiah 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
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Jeremiah 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message.”
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Jeremiah 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.
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Jeremiah 18:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.
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Jeremiah 18:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
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Jeremiah 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’
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Jeremiah 19:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,
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Jeremiah 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.
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Jeremiah 33:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:
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Jeremiah 51:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
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Lamentations 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
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