Yatar יָתַר

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Yatar
יָתַר
Transliterationyatar
Strong's numberH3498
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto remain
Occurrences106 in 100 verses
Most frequent inLeviticus (13)

Yatar (Hebrew יָתַר, Strong's H3498) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to remain”. It occurs 106 times in 100 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to be left over, remain, remain over, leave
1a) (Qal) remainder (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be left over, remain over, be left behind
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to leave over, leave
1c2) to save over, preserve alive
1c3) to excel, show pre-eminence
1c4) to show excess, have more than enough, have an excess

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVleft (46), remain (13), rest (12), leave (6), remained (5), remaineth (4), remainder (4), remnant (4), reserved (3), residue (3), plenteous (2), excel (1), and 4 other renderings
BSBrest (10), remaining (10), remainder (8), left (6), remained (6), was left (4), will be left (4), leave (2), is left (2), were left (2), survivors (2), he kept (2), and 39 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Yatar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Amos

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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