Word Study · Strong's H7603 · Hebrew
שְׂאֹר
seor
seh-ore'
Strong's 1890 spelling: sᵉʼôr
“barm or yeast-cake (as swelling by fermentation)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
barm or yeast-cake (as swelling by fermentation)
Rendered in the KJV as
leaven.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- שְׂאֹ֕ר1
- שְׂאֹ֖ר1
- שְׂאֹר֙1
- שְׂאֹ֛ר1
- שְּׂאֹ֖ר1
How it is rendered · 1
- leaven5
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · masculine singular5
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- HNcmsa · 5
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Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 12:15שְּׂאֹ֖רseornoun · masculine singularFor seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.here: leaven
- Exodus 12:19שְׂאֹ֕רseornoun · masculine singularFor seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.here: leaven
- Exodus 13:7שְׂאֹ֖רseornoun · masculine singularUnleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.here: leaven