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Word Study · Strong's H8181 · Hebrew

שֵׂעָר

sear

say-awr'

Strong's 1890 spelling: sêʻâr

hair (as if tossed or bristling)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

hair (as if tossed or bristling)

Rendered in the KJV as

hair(-y), [idiom] rough.

  • 28
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 21
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 28 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 21

  • שֵׂעָ֣ר4
  • וְשֵׂעָ֨ר2
  • שֵׂעָ֑ר2
  • שְׂעָר֗וֹ2
  • שַׂעְרֵךְ֙2
  • וְשֵׂעָ֥ר1
  • וְשַׂ֣עַר1
  • וּשְׂעָרָ֖ה1
  • וּשְׂעָרָ֖הּ1
  • וּשְׂעָרֵ֣ךְ1
  • לַשֵּׂעָ֥ר1
  • מִשְּׂעַ֤ר1

and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 14

  • hair6
  • [the] hair of4
  • hair his3
  • [is] hair2
  • [the] hair2
  • and hair its2
  • hair your2
  • and [is] hair1
  • and [the] hair1
  • and [the] hair of1
  • and hair1
  • and hair your1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 10

  • noun · masculine singular10
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HNcmsa · 10
  • HNcmsc · 4
  • HC/Ncmsa · 3
  • HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 3
  • HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs · 2
  • HNcmsc/Sp2fs · 2
  • HC/Ncmsc · 1
  • HC/Ncmsc/Sp2fs · 1
  • HR/Ncmsc · 1
  • HRd/Ncmsa · 1

All 28, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis1 occurrence
Leviticus15 occurrences
Numbers2 occurrences
Judges1 occurrence
2 Samuel1 occurrence
2 Kings1 occurrence
Ezra1 occurrence
Psalms1 occurrence
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
Isaiah1 occurrence
Ezekiel1 occurrence
Zechariah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).