Strong's Number 3256

The Linked Word Project

Transliteration:

yacar {yaw-sar'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

877

Part of Speech:

verb

Usage in the KJV:

chastise instruct 8, correct 7, taught 2, bound 1, punish 1, reformed 1, reproveth 1, sore 1

Total: 22

Definition:

to chasten, discipline, instruct, admonish
1. (Qal)
  1. to chasten, admonish
  2. to instruct
  3. to discipline
2. (Niphal) to let oneself be chastened or corrected or admonished
3. (Piel)
  1. to discipline, correct
  2. to chasten, chastise
4. (Hiphil) to chasten
5. (Nithpael) to teach