שְׂאֹר
sᵉʼôr · seh-ore'
barm or yeast-cake (as swelling by fermentation)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7604 (שָׁאַר);
barm or yeast-cake (as swelling by fermentation)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: leaven.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of strength, the leader of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׂאֹר 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- leaven1 · 20%
- shall there be no leaven1 · 20%
- with thee, neither shall there be leaven1 · 20%
- no leaven1 · 20%
- and there shall be no leavened bread1 · 20%
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.