Word Study · Strong's H8593 · Hebrew
תַּעַר
taar
tah'-ar
Strong's 1890 spelling: taʻar
“a knife or razor (as making bare)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e. empty)
Rendered in the KJV as
(pen-) knife, razor, scabbard, shave, sheath.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ2
- בְּתַ֨עַר1
- בְּתַ֣עַר1
- בְּתַעְרָ֔הּ1
- כְּתַ֥עַר1
- מִתַּעְרָהּ֙1
- מִתַּעְרָ֛הּ1
- תַ֙עַר֙1
- תַּ֖עַר1
- תַּ֤עַר1
- תַּעְרָ֑הּ1
- תַּעְרֵ֔ךְ1
How it is rendered · 9
- from sheath its4
- a razor2
- in sheath its1
- like a razor1
- sheath its1
- sheath your1
- the razor of1
- with [the] knife of1
- with a razor1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular5
- noun · masculine or feminine singular2
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular2
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncbsc/Sp3fs · 5
- HNcbsa · 2
- HR/Ncbsa · 2
- HNcbsc · 1
- HNcbsc/Sp2fs · 1
- HNcbsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HR/Ncbsc · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel5 of 13 · 38%
- Numbers2 of 13 · 15%
- Jeremiah2 of 13 · 15%
- 1 Samuel1 of 13 · 8%
- 2 Samuel1 of 13 · 8%
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Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 6:5תַּ֖עַרtaarnoun · masculine or feminine singularFor the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall pass over his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.here: a razor
- Numbers 8:7תַ֙עַר֙taarnoun · masculine or feminine singularThis is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.here: a razor
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 36:23בְּתַ֣עַרbetaarpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.here: with [the] knife of
- Jeremiah 47:6תַּעְרֵ֔ךְta'rekhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’here: sheath your
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 5:1תַּ֤עַרtaarnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.here: the razor of
- Ezekiel 21:3מִתַּעְרָ֑הּmita'rahpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularand tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.here: from sheath its
- Ezekiel 21:4מִתַּעְרָ֛הּmita'rahpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularBecause I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.here: from sheath its
- Ezekiel 21:5מִתַּעְרָ֑הּmita'rahpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’here: from sheath its
- Ezekiel 21:30תַּעְרָ֑הּta'rahnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularReturn the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.here: sheath its