Strong's Definition
from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
KJV Usage: (honey-)comb, forest, wood
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יַ֫עַר (ya.ar) — wood. forest, wood, thicket, wooded height Also means: ya.or (יָעוֹר "wood" H3264)
יַ֫עַר (ya.ar) — honeycomb. honeycomb
יַ֫עַר (ya.ar) — Jaar. honeycomb Another name of qir.yat ye.a.rim (קִרְיַת יְעָרִים "Kiriath-jearim" H7157)
יַ֫עַר (ya.ar) — (Ephraim) Forest.
Combined with eph.ra.yim (אֶפְרַ֫יִם " of Ephraim" H0669K) § honeycomb
יַ֫עַר (ya.ar) — (House of) the Forest.
Combined with ba.yit (בַּ֫יִת "House" H1004J) § honeycomb
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · קִרְיַת יְעָרִים
Landscapes | ≈ גָּאֹון · חֹרֶשׁ · כַּרְמֶל · סְבַךְ · עֵץ | ≠ מִדְבָּר
forest, thickets, woods = a large group of trees or shrubs which grow close together and where several wild animals are known to live; ≈ considered to be a dangerous place for humans and domestic animals
DEU 19:5 · JOS 17:15 · JOS 17:18 · 1SA 14:25 · 1SA 14:26 · 1SA 22:5 · 2SA 18:6 · 2SA 18:8 · 2SA 18:17 · 2KI 2:24 · 2KI 19:23 · 1CH 16:33 · PSA 29:9 · PSA 50:10 · PSA 80:14 · PSA 83:15 · PSA 96:12 · PSA 104:20 · ECC 2:6 · SNG 2:3 · ISA 7:2 · ISA 9:17 · ISA 10:18 · ISA 10:19 · ISA 10:34 · ISA 21:13 · ISA 29:17 · ISA 32:15 · ISA 32:19 · ISA 37:24 · ISA 44:14 · ISA 44:23 · ISA 56:9 · JER 5:6 · JER 10:3 · JER 12:8 · JER 21:14 · JER 26:18 · JER 46:23 · EZK 15:2 · EZK 15:6 · EZK 21:2 · EZK 21:3 · EZK 34:25 · EZK 39:10 · HOS 2:14 · AMO 3:4 · MIC 3:12 · MIC 5:7 · MIC 7:14 · ZEC 11:2
Names of Constructions
Collocation: בֵית יַעַר הלְּבָנֹון
House of the Forest of Lebanon literally: "House of the Forest of Lebanon" = a very large building in Jerusalem built by King Solomon, which consisted of four rows of pillars of cedar wood; this cedar wood likely came from the forests of Lebanon, located north of Israel
1KI 7:2 · 1KI 10:17 · 1KI 10:21 · 2CH 9:16 · 2CH 9:20 · ISA 22:8
Names of Locations | ≈ בַּעֲלָה · בַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה · קִרְיַת בַּעַל · קִרְיַת יְעָרִים
Jaar = town, also known as Kiriath-jearim, Kiriath-Baal, Baalah, and Baale-Judah; ◄ where the ark of covenant was kept before David took it to Jerusalem
Names of Landforms
Collocation: הַר־יְעָרִים
Mount Jearim = a mountain between Kiriath-Jearim and Beth-Shemesh
noun m
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יַ֫עַר n.m. wood, forest, thicket base
יַ֫עַר n.[m.] honeycomb base