Word Study · Strong's H5458 · Hebrew

סְגוֹר

segor

seg-ore'

Strong's 1890 spelling: çᵉgôwr

“properly, shut up, i.e. the breast (as enclosing the heart)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, shut up, i.e. the breast (as enclosing the heart); also gold (as generally shut up safely)

Rendered in the KJV as

caul, gold.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
1
inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

סְג֣וֹר2

How it is rendered · 2

[the] cavity of1
fine gold1

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

How it parses · 2

noun · masculine singular1
noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1

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HNcmsa · 1
HNcmsc · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Job1 of 2 · 50%
Hosea1 of 2 · 50%

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Job1 occurrence

Job 28:15סְג֣וֹרsegornoun · masculine singularIt cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.here: fine gold

Hosea1 occurrence

Hosea 13:8סְג֣וֹרsegornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.here: [the] cavity of

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