Word Study · Strong's H8296 · Hebrew
שֶׂרֶט
seret
seh'-ret
Strong's 1890 spelling: sereṭ
“an incision”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an incision
Rendered in the KJV as
cutting.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- וְשֶׂ֣רֶט1
- שָׂרָֽטֶת׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- and cut[s]1
- cut[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · feminine singular1
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- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Leviticus2 occurrences
- Leviticus 19:28וְשֶׂ֣רֶטveseretconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularYou must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.here: and cut[s]
- Leviticus 21:5שָׂרָֽטֶת׃saratetnoun · feminine singularPriests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.here: cut[s]