# יַקִּיר (yaqir)

Israeli respelling: ya-qir. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3357. 1 Old Testament occurrences.

precious

King James renderings: dear.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/yaqir-h3357

## Occurrences

- [Jeremiah 31:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/20) — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are t…