שֵׂעִיר
Sêʻîyr · say-eer'
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: formed like H8163 (שָׂעִיר); rough;
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Seir.
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 שֵׂעִיר 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
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- seir17 · 44%
- of seir9 · 23%
- in seir5 · 13%
- unto seir2 · 5%
- to seir2 · 5%
- you in seir1 · 3%
- from seir1 · 3%
- to me out of seir1 · 3%
- and seir1 · 3%
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.