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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H3498 - Rest

Strong's No.:H3498

Hebrew:יָתַר

Transliteration:yâthar

Phonetic:yaw-thar'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:{excel} leave (a {remnant}) left {behind} too {much} make {plenteous} {preserve} ({be} let) remain ({-der} {-ing} {-nant}) {reserve} {residue} rest.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to jut over or exceed; by implication to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to {leave} cause to {abound} preserve


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to be left over, remain, remain over, leave

a. (Qal) remainder (participle)

b. (Niphal) to be left over, remain over, be left behind

c. (Hiphil)

1. to leave over, leave

2. to save over, preserve alive

3. to excel, show pre-eminence

4. to show excess, have more than enough, have an excess


Bible References:
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Translation
Occurrences:
behind ( 1 )
excel ( 1 )
leave ( 6 )
left ( 46 )
much ( 1 )
plenteous ( 2 )
preserve ( 1 )
remain ( 13 )
remainder ( 4 )
remained ( 5 )
remaineth ( 4 )
remaining ( 1 )
remnant ( 4 )
reserved ( 3 )
residue ( 3 )
rest ( 12 )

 

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