Beginnings
GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomy
Judges
JoshuaJudgesRuth
Kingdoms
1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings
Chronicles
1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEsther
Poetry
JobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of Solomon
Prophets
IsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDaniel
Minor Prophets
HoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicah
NahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachi
Messiah
MatthewMarkLukeJohnActs
Paul's Letters
Romans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians
1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrews
General Letters
James1 Peter2 Peter1 John
2 John3 JohnJude
Revelation
Revelation
Kept for this visit
Notes, starred verses and bookmarks kept while signed out last until this visit ends. Create a free account and everything you keep here moves into it, saved for good.
Create an account Sign in

Strong's numbers

יָסַר (H3256)

yâçar

yaw-sar'

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.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

[יָסַר] vb. discipline, chasten, admonish
Qal
1 admonish
2 instruct
3 discipline
Niph. let oneself be corrected, admonished
Pi.
1 discipline, correct (the moral nature, with more or less severity acc. to circumstances)
2 more severely, chasten, chastise
Nithp. pass. be disciplined, corrected
Hiph. chasten

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

38 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Psalms 118:18
    The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
  • Proverbs 9:7
    He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
  • Proverbs 19:18
    Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
  • Proverbs 29:17
    Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
  • Proverbs 29:19
    A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
  • Proverbs 31:1
    The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
  • Isaiah 8:11
    For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
  • Isaiah 28:26
    For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
  • Jeremiah 2:19
    Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
  • Jeremiah 6:8
    Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.