Strong's Hebrew #3335 - יָצַר yatsar (to form)

earthen, fashion, form, frame, maker, potter, purpose

Probably identical with yatsar (through the squeezing into shape); ((compare yatsa')); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. Form a resolution) -- X earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.

see HEBREW yatsar

see HEBREW yatsa'

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 (figuratively 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
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably identical with H3334 (through the squeezing into shape), ([compare H3331])
Same Word by TWOT Number: 898

יָצַר verb form, fashion (Late Hebrew in participle יוֺצֵר potter, creator, and derivatives; Phoenician יצר potter; ᵑ7 יצר Syriac = יֵצֶר etc.; Arabic covenant, contract; Assyrian êƒêru, as Hebrew, Dl^{HWB 309}) —

Qal Perfect ׳י Isaiah 44:10; יָצָ֑ר Genesis 2:8; suffix יְצָרָהּ Isaiah 45:18; 2masculine יָצַרְתָּ Psalm 104:26 8t. Perfect; Imperfect3masculine וַיִּ֫יצֶר Genesis 2:7; וַיִּ֫צֶר Genesis 2:19; suffix יִצְּרֵהוּ Isaiah 44:12; 1singular suffix אֶצֳּו֯רְךָ Jeremiah 1:5; Participle יוֺצֵר Isaiah 41:25 20t.; יֹצֵר Isaiah 45:18 6t.; suffix יֹצְרִי Isaiah 49:5 11t. suffix; plural יוֺצְרִים Isaiah 30:14; 1 Chronicles 4:23; construct יֹצְרֵי Isaiah 44:9; —

1 of human activity:

a. of a potter who forms out of clay a vessel Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 41:25; Jeremiah 18:4 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 18:6 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 4:23; Lamentations 4:2; Zechariah 11:13 (twice in verse) (these last two according to Thes SS et al. error for אוֺצָר); ׳כְּלִי (ה)י potter's vessel 2 Samuel 17:28; Psalm 2:9; Jeremiah 19:11; ׳חֹמֶר הי potter's clay Isaiah 29:16; ׳נֵבֶל י Isaiah 30:14; ׳בַּקְבֻּק י Jeremiah 19:1 ׳בית הי Jeremiah 18:2,3.

b. of a carver of wood, graven images Isaiah 44:9,10,12; Habakkuk 2:18 (twice in verse).

c. frame, devise in the mind עָמָל ׳י Psalm 94:20.

2 of divine activity:

a. (as a potter) forming Adam out of עפר from אדמה Genesis 2:7,8 (J), beasts and birds, also from אדמה Genesis 2:19 (J); Israel as a people Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 43:1,21; Isaiah 44:21; Isaiah 45:9 (twice in verse); Isaiah 45:11; Isaiah 64:7, even from the womb Isaiah 44:2,24; the servant of Yahweh from the womb Isaiah 49:5; of the formation of the individual man Isaiah 43:7; Jeremiah in the womb Jeremiah 1:5; the eye of man Psalm 94:9; the locust Amos 7:1; Leviathan Psalm 104:26; the dry land Psalm 95:5; the earth Isaiah 45:18 (twice in verse); the mountains Amos 4:13; הַכֹּל Jeremiah 10:16 = Jeremiah 51:19. Figurative perhaps lost sight of in some of the above, and quite certainly in the forming of light Isaiah 45:7, of summer and winter Psalm 74:17, the רוּחַ of man Zechariah 12:1, and the לב of men Psalm 33:15.

b. figurative for frame, pre-ordain, plan (in divine purpose), of a situation מֵרָחוֺק Isaiah 22:11; of an occurrence מִימֵי קֶדֶם Isaiah 37:26 = 2 Kings 19:25; יָצַרְתִּי אַף אֶעֱשֶׂנָּה I have planned, I will also do it 2Ki 46:11; רעה על ׳י Jeremiah 18:11; לַהֲכִינָהּ ׳י devised it to establish it Jeremiah 33:2.

Niph`al Perfect לְפָנַי לֹאנֿוֺצַר אֵל Isaiah 43:10 before me a god was not formed (created).

Pu`al Perfect יָמִים יצָֻּ֑רוּ days (that) were pre-ordained (in the divine purpose) Psalm 139:16 (compare Qal, 2 b).

Hoph`al Imperfect כָּלכְּֿלִי יוּצַר עָלַיִךְ לֹא יִצְלָ֑ח Isaiah 54:17 any weapon that is formed against thee will not prosper.

Strong's Hebrew: 3335. יָצַר (yatsar) — 63 Occurrences

Genesis 2:7
HEB: וַיִּיצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים
NAS: Then the LORD God formed man of dust
KJV: God formed man
INT: formed the LORD God

Genesis 2:8
HEB: הָֽאָדָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָצָֽר׃
NAS: the man whom He had formed.
KJV: the man whom he had formed.
INT: the man whom had formed

Genesis 2:19
HEB: וַיִּצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים
NAS: the LORD God formed every beast
KJV: God formed every beast
INT: formed the LORD God

Exodus 32:4
HEB: וַיִּקַּ֣ח מִיָּדָ֗ם וַיָּ֤צַר אֹתוֹ֙ בַּחֶ֔רֶט
INT: took their hand earthen A graving and made

2 Samuel 17:28
HEB: וְסַפּוֹת֙ וּכְלִ֣י יוֹצֵ֔ר וְחִטִּ֥ים וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים
KJV: and basons, and earthen vessels,
INT: basins pottery and earthen wheat barley

2 Kings 19:25
HEB: לְמִ֥ימֵי קֶ֖דֶם וִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ עַתָּ֣ה הֲבֵיאתִ֗יהָ
NAS: times I planned it. Now
KJV: times that I have formed it? now have I brought
INT: times ancient planned Now have brought

1 Chronicles 4:23
HEB: הֵ֚מָּה הַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔ים וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י נְטָעִ֖ים
NAS: These were the potters and the inhabitants
KJV: These [were] the potters, and those that dwelt
INT: These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim

Psalm 2:9
HEB: בַּרְזֶ֑ל כִּכְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣ר תְּנַפְּצֵֽם׃
KJV: thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
INT: of iron vessel A potter's shall shatter

Psalm 33:15
HEB: הַיֹּצֵ֣ר יַ֣חַד לִבָּ֑ם
NAS: He who fashions the hearts
KJV: He fashioneth their hearts alike;
INT: fashions all the hearts

Psalm 74:17
HEB: וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּם׃
NAS: of the earth; You have made summer
KJV: of the earth: thou hast made summer
INT: and winter You have made

Psalm 94:9
HEB: יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִֽם־ יֹ֥צֵֽר עַ֝֗יִן הֲלֹ֣א
NAS: does He not hear? He who formed the eye,
KJV: shall he not hear? he that formed the eye,
INT: hear that formed the eye not

Psalm 94:20
HEB: כִּסֵּ֣א הַוּ֑וֹת יֹצֵ֖ר עָמָ֣ל עֲלֵי־
NAS: be allied with You, One which devises mischief
KJV: have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief
INT: A throne of destruction devises mischief and

Psalm 95:5
HEB: וְ֝יַבֶּ֗שֶׁת יָדָ֥יו יָצָֽרוּ׃
NAS: it, And His hands formed the dry land.
KJV: it: and his hands formed the dry
INT: the dry and his hands formed

Psalm 104:26
HEB: לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן זֶֽה־ יָצַ֥רְתָּ לְשַֽׂחֶק־ בּֽוֹ׃
KJV: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made to play
INT: along Leviathan which made to sport

Psalm 139:16
HEB: יִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּ יָמִ֥ים יֻצָּ֑רוּ [וְלֹא כ]
NAS: The days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was not one
KJV: [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none
INT: written the days were ordained not one

Isaiah 22:11
HEB: אֶל־ עֹשֶׂ֔יהָ וְיֹצְרָ֥הּ מֵֽרָח֖וֹק לֹ֥א
NAS: did you take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.
KJV: thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
INT: on made planned long Nor

Isaiah 27:11
HEB: יְרַחֲמֶ֣נּוּ עֹשֵׂ֔הוּ וְיֹצְר֖וֹ לֹ֥א יְחֻנֶּֽנּוּ׃
NAS: will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious
KJV: them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
INT: have their Maker and their Creator not will not be gracious

Isaiah 29:16
HEB: אִם־ כְּחֹ֥מֶר הַיֹּצֵ֖ר יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב כִּֽי־
NAS: You turn [things] around! Shall the potter be considered
KJV: shall be esteemed as the potter's clay:
INT: lo the clay shall the potter be considered would

Isaiah 29:16
HEB: וְיֵ֛צֶר אָמַ֥ר לְיוֹצְר֖וֹ לֹ֥א הֵבִֽין׃
NAS: me; Or what is formed say
KJV: say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
INT: what say is formed has no understanding

Isaiah 30:14
HEB: כְּשֵׁ֨בֶר נֵ֧בֶל יוֹצְרִ֛ים כָּת֖וּת לֹ֣א
NAS: is like the smashing of a potter's jar,
KJV: it as the breaking of the potters' vessel
INT: the smashing jar of a potter's shattered shall not

Isaiah 37:26
HEB: מִ֥ימֵי קֶ֖דֶם וִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ עַתָּ֣ה הֲבֵאתִ֔יהָ
NAS: times I planned it. Now
KJV: times, that I have formed it? now have I brought
INT: times ancient planned Now have brought

Isaiah 41:25
HEB: חֹ֔מֶר וּכְמ֥וֹ יוֹצֵ֖ר יִרְמָס־ טִֽיט׃
NAS: as [upon] mortar, Even as the potter treads
KJV: as [upon] morter, and as the potter treadeth
INT: as mortar Even as the potter treads clay

Isaiah 43:1
HEB: בֹּרַאֲךָ֣ יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אַל־
NAS: O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel,
KJV: thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel,
INT: your Creator Jacob formed Israel not

Isaiah 43:7
HEB: וְלִכְבוֹדִ֖י בְּרָאתִ֑יו יְצַרְתִּ֖יו אַף־ עֲשִׂיתִֽיו׃
NAS: for My glory, Whom I have formed, even
KJV: him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made
INT: my glory have created have formed even have made

Isaiah 43:10
HEB: לְפָנַי֙ לֹא־ נ֣וֹצַר אֵ֔ל וְאַחֲרַ֖י
NAS: God formed, And there will be none
KJV: me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after
INT: Before no formed God after

Isaiah 43:21
HEB: עַם־ זוּ֙ יָצַ֣רְתִּי לִ֔י תְּהִלָּתִ֖י
NAS: whom I formed for Myself Will declare
KJV: people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth
INT: the people whom formed my praise will declare

Isaiah 44:2
HEB: יְהוָ֥ה עֹשֶׂ֛ךָ וְיֹצֶרְךָ֥ מִבֶּ֖טֶן יַעְזְרֶ֑ךָּ
NAS: who made you And formed you from the womb,
KJV: that made thee, and formed thee from the womb,
INT: the LORD made and formed the womb will help

Isaiah 44:9
HEB: יֹֽצְרֵי־ פֶ֤סֶל כֻּלָּם֙
NAS: Those who fashion a graven image
KJV: They that make a graven image
INT: fashion A graven are all

Isaiah 44:10
HEB: מִֽי־ יָצַ֥ר אֵ֖ל וּפֶ֣סֶל
NAS: Who has fashioned a god or cast
KJV: Who hath formed a god, or molten
INT: Who has fashioned A god an idol

Isaiah 44:12
HEB: בַּפֶּחָ֔ם וּבַמַּקָּב֖וֹת יִצְּרֵ֑הוּ וַיִּפְעָלֵ֙הוּ֙ בִּזְר֣וֹעַ
NAS: over the coals, fashioning it with hammers
KJV: in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers,
INT: the coals hammers fashioning his work arm

Isaiah 44:21
HEB: עַבְדִּי־ אָ֑תָּה יְצַרְתִּ֤יךָ עֶֽבֶד־ לִי֙
NAS: for you are My servant; I have formed you, you are My servant,
KJV: for thou [art] my servant: I have formed thee; thou [art] my servant:
INT: are my servant I have formed are my servant O

Isaiah 44:24
HEB: יְהוָה֙ גֹּאֲלֶ֔ךָ וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖ מִבָּ֑טֶן אָנֹכִ֤י
NAS: your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb,
KJV: thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb,
INT: the LORD your Redeemer formed the womb I

Isaiah 45:7
HEB: יוֹצֵ֥ר אוֹר֙ וּבוֹרֵ֣א
NAS: The One forming light and creating
KJV: I form the light, and create
INT: forming light and creating

Isaiah 45:9
HEB: רָ֚ב אֶת־ יֹ֣צְר֔וֹ חֶ֖רֶשׂ אֶת־
NAS: to [the one] who quarrels with his Maker-- An earthenware
KJV: unto him that striveth with his Maker! [Let] the potsherd
INT: Woe quarrels his Maker vessel vessel

Isaiah 45:9
HEB: הֲיֹאמַ֨ר חֹ֤מֶר לְיֹֽצְרוֹ֙ מַֽה־ תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה
NAS: say to the potter, 'What
KJV: say to him that fashioneth it, What makest
INT: say will the clay to the potter What makest

Isaiah 45:11
HEB: קְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְיֹצְר֑וֹ הָאֹתִיּ֣וֹת שְׁאָל֔וּנִי
NAS: of Israel, and his Maker: Ask
KJV: of Israel, and his Maker, Ask
INT: the Holy of Israel and his Maker the things Ask

Isaiah 45:18
HEB: ה֣וּא הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים יֹצֵ֨ר הָאָ֤רֶץ וְעֹשָׂהּ֙
NAS: (He is the God who formed the earth
KJV: God himself that formed the earth
INT: he is the God formed the earth and made

Isaiah 45:18
HEB: בְרָאָ֖הּ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת יְצָרָ֑הּ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה
NAS: it a waste place, [but] formed it to be inhabited),
KJV: it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited:
INT: create to be inhabited formed I the LORD

Isaiah 46:11
HEB: אַף־ אֲבִיאֶ֔נָּה יָצַ֖רְתִּי אַף־ אֶעֱשֶֽׂנָּה׃
NAS: I will bring it to pass. I have planned [it, surely] I will do
KJV: [it], I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed [it], I will also do
INT: truly will bring have planned truly will do

Isaiah 49:5
HEB: אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה יֹצְרִ֤י מִבֶּ֙טֶן֙ לְעֶ֣בֶד
NAS: the LORD, who formed Me from the womb
KJV: the LORD that formed me from the womb
INT: says God formed the womb to be his Servant

Isaiah 54:17
HEB: כָּל־ כְּלִ֞י יוּצַ֤ר עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ לֹ֣א
NAS: weapon that is formed against
KJV: No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper;
INT: and every weapon is formed against not

Isaiah 64:8
HEB: הַחֹ֙מֶר֙ וְאַתָּ֣ה יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדְךָ֖
NAS: We are the clay, and You our potter; And all
KJV: we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work
INT: are the clay and You our potter are the work of your hand

Jeremiah 1:5
HEB: [אֶצֹּורְךָ כ] (אֶצָּרְךָ֤ ק) בַבֶּ֙טֶן֙
NAS: Before I formed you in the womb
KJV: Before I formed thee in the belly
INT: Before earthen the womb knew

Jeremiah 10:16
HEB: יַעֲקֹ֗ב כִּֽי־ יוֹצֵ֤ר הַכֹּל֙ ה֔וּא
NAS: is not like these; For the Maker of all
KJV: of Jacob [is] not like them: for he [is] the former of all [things]; and Israel
INT: of Jacob For the Maker of all is He

Jeremiah 18:2
HEB: וְיָרַדְתָּ֖ בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְשָׁ֖מָּה אַשְׁמִֽיעֲךָ֥
NAS: and go down to the potter's house,
KJV: and go down to the potter's house,
INT: and go house to the potter's and there will announce

Jeremiah 18:3
HEB: וָאֵרֵ֖ד בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר [וְהִנֵּהוּ כ]
NAS: Then I went down to the potter's house,
KJV: Then I went down to the potter's house,
INT: went house to the potter's behold was making

Jeremiah 18:4
HEB: בַּחֹ֖מֶר בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְשָׁ֗ב וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙
NAS: in the hand of the potter; so he remade
KJV: in the hand of the potter: so he made
INT: of clay the hand of the potter again to make

Jeremiah 18:4
HEB: יָשַׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ פ
NAS: as it pleased the potter to make.
KJV: good to the potter to make
INT: good seemed the potter to make

Jeremiah 18:6
HEB: הֲכַיּוֹצֵ֨ר הַזֶּ֜ה לֹא־
NAS: with you as this potter [does]? declares
KJV: I do with you as this potter? saith
INT: potter this not

Jeremiah 18:6
HEB: כַחֹ֙מֶר֙ בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר כֵּן־ אַתֶּ֥ם
NAS: like the clay in the potter's hand,
KJV: Behold, as the clay [is] in the potter's hand,
INT: the clay hand the potter's so in

Jeremiah 18:11
HEB: הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י יוֹצֵ֤ר עֲלֵיכֶם֙ רָעָ֔ה
NAS: Behold, I am fashioning calamity
KJV: the LORD; Behold, I frame evil
INT: Behold I am fashioning against his evil

Jeremiah 19:1
HEB: וְקָנִ֥יתָ בַקְבֻּ֖ק יוֹצֵ֣ר חָ֑רֶשׂ וּמִזִּקְנֵ֣י
NAS: and buy a potter's earthenware
KJV: Go and get a potter's earthen bottle,
INT: and buy jar A potter's earthenware of the elders

Jeremiah 19:11
HEB: אֶת־ כְּלִ֣י הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־
NAS: as one breaks a potter's vessel,
KJV: as [one] breaketh a potter's vessel,
INT: breaks vessel A potter's which not

Jeremiah 33:2
HEB: עֹשָׂ֑הּ יְהוָ֗ה יוֹצֵ֥ר אוֹתָ֛הּ לַהֲכִינָ֖הּ
NAS: [the earth], the LORD who formed it to establish
KJV: thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish
INT: made the LORD formed to establish the LORD

Jeremiah 51:19
HEB: יַעֲק֗וֹב כִּֽי־ יוֹצֵ֤ר הַכֹּל֙ ה֔וּא
NAS: is not like these; For the Maker of all
KJV: of Jacob [is] not like them; for he [is] the former of all things: and [Israel is] the rod
INT: of Jacob For the Maker of all and of

Lamentations 4:2
HEB: מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י יוֹצֵֽר׃ ס
NAS: jars, The work of a potter's hands!
KJV: the work of the hands of the potter!
INT: the work hands of a potter's

Amos 4:13
HEB: כִּ֡י הִנֵּה֩ יוֹצֵ֨ר הָרִ֜ים וּבֹרֵ֣א
NAS: For behold, He who forms mountains
KJV: For, lo, he that formeth the mountains,
INT: For behold forms mountains and creates

Amos 7:1
HEB: יְהוִ֔ה וְהִנֵּה֙ יוֹצֵ֣ר גֹּבַ֔י בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת
NAS: me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm
KJV: shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers
INT: GOD and behold was forming grasshoppers began

Habakkuk 2:18
HEB: כִּ֣י בָטַ֞ח יֹצֵ֤ר יִצְרוֹ֙ עָלָ֔יו
NAS: when its maker has carved
KJV: the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven
INT: when trusts maker maker and

Habakkuk 2:18
HEB: בָטַ֞ח יֹצֵ֤ר יִצְרוֹ֙ עָלָ֔יו לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת
NAS: of falsehood? For [its] maker trusts
KJV: of lies, that the maker of his work
INT: trusts maker maker and fashions

Zechariah 11:13
HEB: הַשְׁלִיכֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־ הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר אֶ֣דֶר הַיְקָ֔ר
NAS: to me, Throw it to the potter, [that] magnificent
KJV: unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly
INT: Throw to the potter magnificent price

Zechariah 11:13
HEB: יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־ הַיּוֹצֵֽר׃
NAS: and threw them to the potter in the house
KJV: and cast them to the potter in the house
INT: God to the potter

Zechariah 12:1
HEB: וְיֹסֵ֣ד אָ֔רֶץ וְיֹצֵ֥ר רֽוּחַ־ אָדָ֖ם
NAS: of the earth, and forms the spirit
KJV: of the earth, and formeth the spirit
INT: lays of the earth and forms the spirit of man