Strong H3293H3293Iיַ֫עַר

(House of) the Forest

Transliteration: ya‛ar
Pronunciation: yah'-ar
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

Combined with ba.yit (בַּ֫יִת "House" H1004J)

General 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): - [honey-] {comb} {forest} wood.

In the Bible

Strong H3293I appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

forest6

First verses

1 Kings 7:2
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
1 Kings 10:17
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings 10:21
And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:16
And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
2 Chronicles 9:20
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
Isaiah 22:8
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.