Word Study · Strong's H4177 · Hebrew
מוֹרָה
morah
mo-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: môwrâh
“a razor”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a razor
Rendered in the KJV as
razor.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וּמוֹרָה֙1
- וּמוֹרָ֖ה1
- מוֹרָה֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- and a razor2
- a razor1
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 · feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncfsa · 2
- HNcfsa · 1
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Where this word lives
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Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 13:5וּמוֹרָה֙umorahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularFor behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”here: and a razor
- Judges 16:17מוֹרָה֙morahnoun · feminine singularSamson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”here: a razor