Strong's #3368: yaqar (pronounced yaw-kawr')

from 3365; valuable (obj. or subj.): -brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

yâqâr

1) valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid

1a) precious

1a1) costly

1a2) precious, highly valued

1a3) precious stones or jewels

1b) rare

1c) glorious, splendid

1d) weighty, influential

Part of Speech: adjective

Relation: from H3365

Usage:

This word is used 36 times:

 

1 Samuel 3:1: "And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open"
2 Samuel 12:30: "his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious and it was set on"
1 Kings 5:17: "and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation"
1 Kings 7:9: "All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws,"
1 Kings 7:10: "And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits,"
1 Kings 7:11: "And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars."
1 Kings 10:2: "and very much and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon,"
1 Kings 10:10: "and of spices very great store, and precious there came no more"
1 Kings 10:11: "from Ophir great of almug trees, and precious stones."
1 Chronicles 20:2: "and found it to weigh a talent and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon"
1 Chronicles 29:2: "stones, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance."
2 Chronicles 3:6: "And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold"
2 Chronicles 9:1: "spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon,"
2 Chronicles 9:9: "and of spices great abundance, and precious neither was there any such"
2 Chronicles 9:10: "from Ophir, brought trees and precious stones."
2 Chronicles 32:27: "himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner"
Job 28:16: "be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire."
Job 31:26: "it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;"
Psalms 36:7: "How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow"
Psalms 37:20: "shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away."
Psalms 45:9: "Kings' daughters were among thy honorable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir."
Psalms 116:15: " Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints."
Proverbs 1:13: "We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:"
Proverbs 3:15: "She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared"
Proverbs 6:26: "of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious"
Proverbs 12:27: "but the substance of a diligent man is precious."
Proverbs 17:27: "spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit."
Proverbs 24:4: "shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches."
Ecclesiastes 10:1: "a stinking savor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom"
Isaiah 28:16: "a stone, stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth"
Jeremiah 15:19: "before me: and if the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth:"
Lamentations 4:2: " The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen"
Ezekiel 27:22: "of all spices, precious stones, and gold."
Ezekiel 28:13: "the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz,"
Daniel 11:38: "with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things."
Zechariah 14:6: "that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:"