שָׂעַר
sâʻar · saw-ar'
to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear
- to storm
- by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be (horribly) afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like (take away as with) a whirlwind.
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
- 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 head, the highest
To consume, to destroy that works to see and know of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂעַר 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 · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- afraid2 · 25%
- feared1 · 13%
- and as a storm hurleth1 · 13%
- tempestuous1 · 13%
- he shall take them away as with a whirlwind1 · 13%
- at this, and be horribly afraid1 · 13%
- shall come against him like a whirlwind1 · 13%
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.