Hebrew · Strong's H3498 · Verb
יָתַר
ya·tar
to remain
106times used
100verses
23books
How it's translated
- which remained12
- and the remainder8
- which remain5
- and the what remains4
- it was left4
- who remained3
- the one who remains3
- and he was left2
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
The forms it takes
Form
- Participle 49% one who is doing
- Perfect (qatal) 19% a complete action, usually past
- Imperfect (yiqtol) 12% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 10% and then …: the storyteller’s past
- Weqatal (“and he will”) 5% and then …: future or instructions
- Infinitive 4% “to …”, or for emphasis
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- Leviticus13
- Joshua10
- Ezekiel9
- 1 Kings8
- Exodus7
- Isaiah6
- 1 Chronicles5
- Jeremiah5
- Genesis4
- Judges4
…and 13 more books.
Every verse
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