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Strong's Number H3256

יָסַר
yacar · yaw-sar'
Transliteration:
yacar{yaw-sar'}
Word Origin:
a primitive root
TWOT:
877
Part of Speech:
verb
Strong's Definition:
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
Usage in the KJV:
chastise instruct 8, correct 7, taught 2, bound 1, punish 1, reformed 1, reproveth 1, sore 1

Total: 22
Occurs 43 times in the Hebrew text.
Definition:
  1. 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
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament