שָׁרַר
shârar · shaw-rar'
to be hostile (only active participle an opponent)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be hostile (only active participle an opponent)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: enemy.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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 › the head, the highest › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁרַר 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.
- because of mine enemies2 · 40%
- unto mine enemies1 · 20%
- mine enemies1 · 20%
- my desire upon mine enemies1 · 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.