סָרָה
çârâh · saw-raw'
apostasy, crime; figuratively, remission
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5493 (סוּר);
apostasy, crime; figuratively, remission
- apostasy, crime
- figuratively, remission
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] continual, rebellion, revolt(-ed), turn away, wrong.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To support and uphold of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rebellion2 · 25%
- to turn1 · 13%
- against him that which is wrong1 · 13%
- any more? ye will revolt1 · 13%
- with a continual1 · 13%
- revolted1 · 13%
- and revolt1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.