שָׂעִיר
sâʻîyr · saw-eer'
shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
Lexicon
Derivation: or שָׂעִר; from H8175 (שָׂעַר);
shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
- shaggy
- as noun, a he-goat
- by analogy, a faun
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › to see and know › the hand that works › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy that works to see and know of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂעִיר 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
59 occurrences · 59 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- kid21 · 36%
- goat8 · 14%
- the goat6 · 10%
- a kid3 · 5%
- of the goat3 · 5%
- goats2 · 3%
- and the goat2 · 3%
- is a hairy1 · 2%
- were hairy1 · 2%
- ye a kid1 · 2%
- kids1 · 2%
- but the goat1 · 2%
- unto devils1 · 2%
- and the kids1 · 2%
- and for the devils1 · 2%
- the he goats1 · 2%
- there, and satyrs1 · 2%
- and the satyr1 · 2%
- a goat1 · 2%
- and a kid1 · 2%
- and the rough1 · 2%
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.