יַעְזֵר
ya.a.zer
Jazer
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word יַעְזֵר is represented by Strong's number H3270G and is a proper name, specifically referring to a person. It is transliterated as "ya.a.zer." According to the data, this name occurs 12 times in the Bible. Given its function as a proper name, we can infer that it designates a specific individual, and its significance is tied to the events, relationships, or characteristics associated with this person. The short definition, "Jazer," suggests that this name may be a geographic reference, possibly related to a location or region. This implies that the person or individuals with this name have a connection to a specific place or may be known for their association with it. The repetition of this name in the biblical text highlights its importance, but without further context, its significance remains tied to the individual or individuals it represents. As a proper name, the meaning of "ya.a.zer" is more accurately conveyed through its association with people and events rather than a direct translation of the name. Its 12 occurrences in the Bible demonstrate its relevance and importance to the narrative or themes of the texts in which it appears.
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Occurrences in Scripture
12 total occurrences across the text
For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed over the sea.
Isaiah 16:9Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the battle shout has fallen.
Jeremiah 48:32With more than the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah. Your branches passed over the sea. They reached even to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruits and on your vintage.
Numbers 21:32Moses sent to spy out Jazer. They took its villages, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Numbers 32:1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. Behold, the place was a place for livestock.
Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
Numbers 32:35Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
Joshua 13:25Their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is near Rabbah;
Joshua 21:39Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.
2 Samuel 24:5They passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer;
1 Chronicles 6:81Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands.
1 Chronicles 26:31Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers’ households. They were sought for in the fortieth year of the reign of David, and mighty men of valor were found among them at Jazer of Gilead.