King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H3368 - Precious

Strong's No.:	H3368

Hebrew:	יָקָר

Transliteration:	yâqâr

Phonetic:	yaw-kawr'

Word Origin:	From H3365

Bible Usage:	{brightness} {clear} {costly} {excellent} {fat} honourable {women} {precious} reputation.

Part of Speech:	Adjective

Strongs Definition:	valuable (objectively or subjectively)

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	1. valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid a. precious 1. costly 2. precious, highly valued 3. precious stones or jewels b. rare c. glorious, splendid d. weighty, influential

Bible References: Precious	1 Sam 3:1 2 Sam 12:30 1 King 10:2 1 King 10:10 1 King 10:11 1 Chr 20:2 1 Chr 29:2 2 Chr 3:6 2 Chr 9:1 2 Chr 9:9 2 Chr 9:10 2 Chr 32:27 Job 28:16 Ps 116:15 Prov 1:13 Prov 3:15 Prov 6:26 Prov 12:27 Prov 24:4 Isa 28:16 Jer 15:19 Lam 4:2 Ezek 27:22 Ezek 28:13 Dan 11:38

Translation Occurrences:	brightness ( 1 ) clear ( 1 ) costly ( 4 ) excellent ( 2 ) fat ( 1 ) honourable ( 1 ) Precious ( 25 ) reputation ( 1 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.