Strongs Number: H3256
- Hebrew Word
- יָסַר
- Transliteration
- yâçar
- Phonetic
- yaw-sar'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to {chastise} literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence to instruct
- BDB Definition
-
1. to chasten, discipline, instruct, admonish
a. (Qal)
1. to chasten, admonish
2. to instruct
3. to discipline
b. (Niphal) to let oneself be chastened or corrected or admonished
c. (Piel)
1. to discipline, correct
2. to chasten, chastise
d. (Hiphil) to chasten
e. (Nithpael) to teach
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {bind} {chasten} {chastise} {correct} {instruct} {punish} {reform} {reprove} {sore} teach.