שַׂעַר
saʻar · sah'-ar
a tempest; also a terror
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8175 (שָׂעַר);
a tempest; also a terror
- a tempest
- also, a terror
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: affrighted, [idiom] horribly, [idiom] sore, storm. See H8181 (שֵׂעָר).
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 שַׂעַר 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- were affrighted1 · 25%
- storm1 · 25%
- shall be sore1 · 25%
- shall be horribly1 · 25%
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.