3256. yasar
Strong's Lexicon
yasar: To discipline, to chasten, to instruct, to correct

Original Word: יָסַר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: yacar
Pronunciation: yah-SAR
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-sar')
Definition: To discipline, to chasten, to instruct, to correct
Meaning: to chastise, to instruct

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3811 - παιδεύω (paideuō): To train up a child, to educate, to discipline

- G3809 - παιδεία (paideia): Instruction, discipline, training

Usage: The Hebrew verb "yasar" primarily conveys the idea of discipline or correction, often with the purpose of instruction or improvement. It is used in contexts where guidance, reproof, or chastening is necessary to bring about a positive change or to maintain moral and spiritual order. The term can imply both physical discipline and moral or spiritual correction.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite society, discipline was an integral part of education and moral upbringing. The concept of "yasar" reflects the broader Ancient Near Eastern understanding of correction as a means to instill wisdom and righteousness. Discipline was seen as an expression of love and care, particularly within the family and community, and was often associated with the responsibilities of parents, leaders, and God Himself in guiding and shaping the character of individuals.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to discipline, chasten, admonish
NASB Translation
admonished (2), chasten (5), chastens (1), chastise (4), chastised (2), correct (4), corrects (1), discipline (4), disciplined (4), disciplined me severely (1), disciplines (1), disciplining (1), gave instruction (1), instructed (2), instructs (2), punish (2), take warning (1), taught (1), trained (1), turned (1), warned (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[יָסַר] verb discipline, chasten, admonish (Talmud ᵑ7 יִ(י)סּוֺר chastisement; but Aramaic יְסַר is bind ) —

Qal Imperfect3masculine suffix וְיִסְּרֵנִי Isaiah 8:11 (Di De SS see Bo§ 1103 Ew§ 249 d, but Thes MV Che and others

Pi`el Perfect); 1 singular suffix וְאֶסְֳּרֵם Hosea 10:10 (Ges§ 71); Infinitive absolute יָסֹר 1 Chronicles 15:22 (noun Ke, point as participle Öttli); Participle יֹסֵר Proverbs 9:7; Psalm 94:10; יסורי Jeremiah 17:13 Kt see סוּר; —

1 admonish Isaiah 8:11 (followed by suffix + מִלֶּכֶת away from walking, i. e. not to walk), Proverbs 9:7 ("" מוֺכִיחַ).

2 instruct, 1 Chronicles 15:22.

3 discipline, of God Hosea 10:10; Psalm 94:10.

Niph`al Imperfect יִוָּ֫סֶר עֶ֫בֶד Proverbs 29:19; אִוָּסֵר Jeremiah 31:18; תִּוָּ˜סְרוּ Leviticus 26:23; Imperative feminine הִוָּ˜סְרִי Jeremiah 6:8; masculine plural הִיָסְרוּ Psalm 2:10; — (Niph`al tolerate., Ges§ 51. 2), let oneself be corrected, admonished by words of man Psalm 2:10; Proverbs 29:19); let oneself be chastened by discipline of God Jeremiah 6:8; Jeremiah 31:18; Leviticus 26:23.

Pi`el Perfect יִסַּר 1 Kings 12:11 3t.; suffix יִסְּרַנִּי Psalm 118:18; יִסְּרוֺ Isaiah 28:26; 3feminine suffix יִסְּרַתּוּ Proverbs 31:1; 2masculine יִסַּרְתָּ Psalm 39:12; Job 4:3, etc. + 8 t. Perfect; Imperfect יְיַסֵּר Deuteronomy 8:5; 2masculine suffix תְּיַסְּרֶנּוּ Psalm 94:12, etc. + 5 t. Imperfect; Imperative יַסֵּר Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:17; suffix יַסְּרֵנִי Jeremiah 10:24; Infinitive absolute יַסֹּר Psalm 118:18; construct יַסְּרָה Leviticus 26:18; suffix יַסְּרֶ֑ךָּDeuteronomy 4:36; Participle מְיַסְּרֶ֑ךָּ Deuteronomy 8:5; —

1 discipline, correct (the moral nature, with more or less severity according to circumstances):

a. of God, with accusative Hosea 7:15 (of training arms), Deuteronomy 4:36 (see Dr), Deuteronomy 8:5 (Israel as son), Isaiah 28:26, happy the man אשׁר תיסרנו יהּ Psalm 94:12 Psalm 118:18 (twice in verse)

b. of man, with accusative Deuteronomy 8:5; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:17 (all of a father his son), Job 4:3; Proverbs 31:1; Psalm 16:7 my reins (the emotions of my own heart) correct, admonish me.

2 more severely, chasten, chastise:

a. of God, followed by accusative of person, Jeremiah 31:18; אַלבַּֿחֲמָֽתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי Psalm 6:2; Psalm 38:2; בְּמשׁפט אל באף Jeremiah 10:24; למשׁפט Jeremiah 30:11 = Jeremiah 46:28; על חטאת Leviticus 26:18,28; בתוכחות על עון Psalm 39:12.

b. of man, a father his son Deuteronomy 21:18; elders a man Deuteronomy 22:18 (including, as perhaps Deuteronomy 21:18, bodily chastisement); a king his subjects בַּשּׁוֺטִים and בָּעַקְרַבִּים 1 Kings 12:11,14 2Chronicles 10:11,14.

c. תְּיַסְּרֵךְ רָֽעָתֵךְ Jeremiah 2:19 thy badness will chastise thee.

Nithp. Perfect נִוַּסְּרוּ Ezekiel 23:48 (for נִתְוַסְּרוּ Ges§ 55 R. 7); passive be disciplined, corrected.

Hiph`il Imperfect1singular suffix אַיְסִירֵם (Ew§ 131 c, but error for אֲיַסְּרֵם§ 437 f SS), with accusative chasten Hosea 7:12.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove,

A primitive root; to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct -- bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.

Forms and Transliterations
אֲיַסֵּ֥ר אַיְסִרֵ֕ם איסר איסרם הֲיֹסֵ֣ר הִ֝וָּסְר֗וּ הִוָּסְרִי֙ הוסרו הוסרי היסר וְאֶסֳּרֵ֑ם וְיִסְּר֖וּ וְיִסְּר֣וּ וְיִסְּר֥וֹ וְיִסְּרֵ֕נִי וְיִסַּרְתִּ֙יךָ֙ וְיִסַּרְתִּ֤י וְנִֽוַּסְּרוּ֙ וָֽאִוָּסֵ֔ר ואוסר ואסרם ויסרו ויסרני ויסרתי ויסרתיך ונוסרו יְיַסֵּ֥ר יִוָּ֣סֶר יִסְּר֥וּנִי יִסְּרַ֣נִּי יִסְּרַ֥תּוּ יִסַּ֔רְתִּי יִסַּ֣רְתָּ יִסַּ֤ר יִסַּ֬רְתָּ יִסַּרְתַּ֙נִי֙ יַסְּרֵ֥נִי יַסֵּ֣ר יַסֹּ֣ר יָסֹר֙ יֹ֤סֵ֨ר ׀ יוסר ייסר יסר יסרוני יסרני יסרת יסרתו יסרתי יסרתני לְיַסְּרֶ֑ךָּ לְיַסְּרָ֣ה ליסרה ליסרך מְיַסְּרֶֽךָּ׃ מיסרך׃ תְּיַסְּרֵ֣ךְ תְּיַסְּרֶ֣נּוּ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃ תִוָּסְר֖וּ תוסרו תיסרך תיסרנו תיסרני׃ ’ă·yas·sêr ’ay·si·rêm ’ăyassêr ’aysirêm ayasSer aysiRem hă·yō·sêr hayoSer hăyōsêr hivvaseRi hivvaseRu hiw·wā·sə·rî hiw·wā·sə·rū hiwwāsərî hiwwāsərū lə·yas·sə·rāh lə·yas·sə·re·kā leyasseRah ləyassərāh leyasseReka ləyassərekā mə·yas·sə·re·kā meyasseReka məyassərekā ṯə·yas·sə·rê·nî tə·yas·sə·rêḵ tə·yas·sə·ren·nū teyasseRech təyassərêḵ teyasseReni ṯəyassərênî teyasseRennu təyassərennū tivvasRu ṯiw·wā·sə·rū ṯiwwāsərū vaivvaSer veessoRem venivvasseRu veyissarTi veyissarTicha veyisseReni veyisseRo veyisseRu wā’iwwāsêr wā·’iw·wā·sêr wə’essorêm wə·’es·so·rêm wə·niw·was·sə·rū wə·yis·sar·tî wə·yis·sar·tî·ḵā wə·yis·sə·rê·nî wə·yis·sə·rōw wə·yis·sə·rū wəniwwassərū wəyissartî wəyissartîḵā wəyissərênî wəyissərōw wəyissərū yā·sōr yas·sə·rê·nî yas·sêr yas·sōr yaSor yāsōr yasSer yassêr yasseReni yassərênî yasSor yassōr yə·yas·sêr yeyasSer yəyassêr yis·sar yis·sar·tā yis·sar·ta·nî yis·sar·tî yis·sə·ran·nî yis·sə·rat·tū yis·sə·rū·nî yissar yisSarta yissartā yissarTani yissartanî yisSarti yissartî yisseRanni yissərannî yisseRattu yissərattū yisseRuni yissərūnî yivVaser yiw·wā·ser yiwwāser yō·sêr yoSer yōsêr
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Leviticus 26:18
HEB: לִ֑י וְיָסַפְתִּי֙ לְיַסְּרָ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם שֶׁ֖בַע
NAS: you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times
KJV: for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times
INT: obey more will punish seven for

Leviticus 26:23
HEB: בְּאֵ֔לֶּה לֹ֥א תִוָּסְר֖וּ לִ֑י וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֥ם
NAS: by these things you are not turned to Me, but act
KJV: And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk
INT: these are not turned act against

Leviticus 26:28
HEB: בַּחֲמַת־ קֶ֑רִי וְיִסַּרְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ אַף־
NAS: you, and I, even I, will punish you seven times
KJV: and I, even I, will chastise you seven times
INT: wrathful hostility will punish even you

Deuteronomy 4:36
HEB: אֶת־ קֹל֖וֹ לְיַסְּרֶ֑ךָּ וְעַל־ הָאָ֗רֶץ
NAS: His voice to discipline you; and on earth
KJV: his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth
INT: hear his voice to discipline and on earth

Deuteronomy 8:5
HEB: כִּ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יְיַסֵּ֥ר אִישׁ֙ אֶת־
NAS: your God was disciplining you just
KJV: that, as a man chasteneth his son,
INT: for after disciplining A man his son

Deuteronomy 8:5
HEB: יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מְיַסְּרֶֽךָּ׃
NAS: you just as a man disciplines his son.
KJV: [so] the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
INT: the LORD your God disciplines

Deuteronomy 21:18
HEB: וּבְק֣וֹל אִמּ֑וֹ וְיִסְּר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א
NAS: or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen
KJV: of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken
INT: the voice his mother chastise even listen

Deuteronomy 22:18
HEB: אֶת־ הָאִ֑ישׁ וְיִסְּר֖וּ אֹתֽוֹ׃
NAS: shall take the man and chastise him,
KJV: shall take that man and chastise him;
INT: he the man and chastise

1 Kings 12:11
HEB: עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים
NAS: my father disciplined you with whips,
KJV: my father hath chastised you with whips,
INT: your yoke my father disciplined whips I

1 Kings 12:11
HEB: בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֕י אֲיַסֵּ֥ר אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃
NAS: you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'
KJV: you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
INT: whips I will discipline scorpions

1 Kings 12:14
HEB: עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים
NAS: my father disciplined you with whips,
KJV: my father [also] chastised you with whips,
INT: your yoke my father disciplined whips I

1 Kings 12:14
HEB: בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֕י אֲיַסֵּ֥ר אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃
NAS: you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.
KJV: you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
INT: whips I will discipline scorpions

1 Chronicles 15:22
HEB: הַלְוִיִּ֖ם בְּמַשָּׂ֑א יָסֹר֙ בַּמַּשָּׂ֔א כִּ֥י
NAS: was [in charge of] the singing; he gave instruction in singing
KJV: [was] for song: he instructed about the song,
INT: of the Levites the singing gave singing because

2 Chronicles 10:11
HEB: עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים
NAS: my father disciplined you with whips,
KJV: my father chastised you with whips,
INT: your yoke my father disciplined whips I

2 Chronicles 10:14
HEB: עָלָ֑יו אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים
NAS: to it; my father disciplined you with whips,
KJV: thereto: my father chastised you with whips,
INT: and my father disciplined whips I

Job 4:3
HEB: הִ֭נֵּה יִסַּ֣רְתָּ רַבִּ֑ים וְיָדַ֖יִם
NAS: Behold you have admonished many,
KJV: Behold, thou hast instructed many,
INT: Behold have admonished many hands

Psalm 2:10
HEB: מְלָכִ֣ים הַשְׂכִּ֑ילוּ הִ֝וָּסְר֗וּ שֹׁ֣פְטֵי אָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: show discernment; Take warning, O judges
KJV: now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges
INT: kings show Take judges of the earth

Psalm 6:1
HEB: וְֽאַל־ בַּחֲמָתְךָ֥ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃
NAS: Nor chasten me in Your wrath.
KJV: me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
INT: Nor your wrath chasten

Psalm 16:7
HEB: אַף־ לֵ֝יל֗וֹת יִסְּר֥וּנִי כִלְיוֹתָֽי׃
NAS: my mind instructs me in the night.
KJV: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
INT: Indeed the night instructs my mind

Psalm 38:1
HEB: תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃
NAS: me not in Your wrath, And chasten me not in Your burning anger.
KJV: me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
INT: rebuke your burning and chasten

Psalm 39:11
HEB: עַל־ עָוֹ֨ן ׀ יִסַּ֬רְתָּ אִ֗ישׁ וַתֶּ֣מֶס
NAS: With reproofs You chasten a man
KJV: When thou with rebukes dost correct man
INT: for iniquity chasten A man consume

Psalm 94:10
HEB: הֲיֹסֵ֣ר גּ֭וֹיִם הֲלֹ֣א
NAS: He who chastens the nations,
KJV: He that chastiseth the heathen,
INT: chastens the nations not

Psalm 94:12
HEB: הַגֶּ֣בֶר אֲשֶׁר־ תְּיַסְּרֶ֣נּוּ יָּ֑הּ וּֽמִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥
NAS: whom You chasten, O LORD,
KJV: [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD,
INT: is the man whom chasten LORD of your law

Psalm 118:18
HEB: יַסֹּ֣ר יִסְּרַ֣נִּי יָּ֑הּ
NAS: The LORD has disciplined me severely,
KJV: The LORD hath chastened me sore:
INT: has disciplined severely the LORD

Psalm 118:18
HEB: יַסֹּ֣ר יִסְּרַ֣נִּי יָּ֑הּ וְ֝לַמָּ֗וֶת
NAS: has disciplined me severely, But He has not given
KJV: hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over
INT: has disciplined severely the LORD to death

43 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3256
43 Occurrences


’ă·yas·sêr — 2 Occ.
’ay·si·rêm — 1 Occ.
hă·yō·sêr — 1 Occ.
hiw·wā·sə·rî — 1 Occ.
hiw·wā·sə·rū — 1 Occ.
lə·yas·sə·rāh — 1 Occ.
lə·yas·sə·re·kā — 1 Occ.
mə·yas·sə·re·kā — 1 Occ.
tə·yas·sə·rêḵ — 1 Occ.
ṯə·yas·sə·rê·nî — 2 Occ.
tə·yas·sə·ren·nū — 1 Occ.
ṯiw·wā·sə·rū — 1 Occ.
wā·’iw·wā·sêr — 1 Occ.
wə·’es·so·rêm — 1 Occ.
wə·niw·was·sə·rū — 1 Occ.
wə·yis·sar·tî — 1 Occ.
wə·yis·sar·tî·ḵā — 2 Occ.
wə·yis·sə·rê·nî — 1 Occ.
wə·yis·sə·rōw — 1 Occ.
wə·yis·sə·rū — 2 Occ.
yā·sōr — 1 Occ.
yas·sêr — 2 Occ.
yas·sə·rê·nî — 1 Occ.
yas·sōr — 1 Occ.
yə·yas·sêr — 1 Occ.
yis·sar — 4 Occ.
yis·sar·tā — 2 Occ.
yis·sar·ta·nî — 1 Occ.
yis·sar·tî — 1 Occ.
yis·sə·ran·nî — 1 Occ.
yis·sə·rat·tū — 1 Occ.
yis·sə·rū·nî — 1 Occ.
yiw·wā·ser — 1 Occ.
yō·sêr — 1 Occ.















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