Hebrew noun (masculine) · H8181
שֵׂעָר
searsay-awr'
hair
28 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sêʻâr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8181is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 21spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8181
hair (as if tossed or bristling)
The King James renders it: hair(-y), [idiom] rough.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sear is rendered "hair". It stands 28 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Fifteen of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 25:25The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.
The first use
The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
Genesis 25:25שֵׂעָ֑ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fifteen of the word's twenty-eight uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- hair10
- hair of4
- and hair3
- hair his3
- and hair its2
- hair your2
- and hair of1
- and hair your1
- for the hair1
- some of hair of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 28, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
21 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שֵׂעָ֣ר4
- וְשֵׂעָ֨ר2
- שֵׂעָ֑ר2
- שְׂעָר֗וֹ2
- שַׂעְרֵךְ֙2
- וְשֵׂעָ֥ר1
- וְשַׂ֣עַר1
- וּשְׂעָרָ֖ה1
- וּשְׂעָרָ֖הּ1
- וּשְׂעָרֵ֣ךְ1
- לַשֵּׂעָ֥ר1
- מִשְּׂעַ֤ר1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular10HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2HNcmsc/Sp2fs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp2fs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
Genesis
one use
The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
- שֵׂעָ֑רsearnoun · masculine singulartagged: hair
Leviticus
fifteen uses
The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.
- וְשֵׂעָ֨רvesearconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and hair
If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
- וּשְׂעָרָ֖הusearahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and hair its
The priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,
- שֵׂעָ֣רsearnoun · masculine singulartagged: hair
The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.
- וּשְׂעָרָ֖הּusearahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and hair its
But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
- שֵׂעָ֣רsearnoun · masculine singulartagged: hair
the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.
- שֵׂעָ֨רsearnoun · masculine singulartagged: hair
But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
- שֵׂעָ֣רsearnoun · masculine singulartagged: hair
the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.
- שֵׂעָ֥רsearnoun · masculine singulartagged: hair
But if the priest examines the scaly infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
- וְשֵׂעָ֥רvesearconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and hair
On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine the infection, and if the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,
- שֵׂעָ֣רsearnoun · masculine singulartagged: hair
the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.
- לַשֵּׂעָ֥רlasearpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: for the hair
If, however, in his sight the scaly outbreak is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed. He is clean, and the priest is to pronounce him clean.
- וְשֵׂעָ֨רvesearconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and hair
The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.
- שְׂעָר֗וֹsearonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hair his
On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.
- שְׂעָר֗וֹsearonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hair his
- שְׂעָר֖וֹsearonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hair his
Numbers
two uses
For 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.
- שְׂעַ֥רsearnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hair of
Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head, take the hair, and put it on the fire under the peace offering.
- שְׂעַר֙searnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hair of
Judges
one use
However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
- שְׂעַר־sear-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hair of
2 Samuel
one use
And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
- שְׂעַ֣רsearnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hair of
2 Kings
one use
“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
- שֵׂעָ֔רsearnoun · masculine singulartagged: hair
Ezra
one use
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.
- מִשְּׂעַ֤רmisearpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: some of hair of
Psalms
one use
Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
- שֵׂעָ֑רsearnoun · masculine singulartagged: hair
Song of Solomon
two uses
How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
- שַׂעְרֵךְ֙sa'rekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: hair your
Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.
- שַׂעְרֵךְ֙sa'rekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: hair your
Isaiah
one use
On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
- וְשַׂ֣עַרvesaarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and hair of
Ezekiel
one use
I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
- וּשְׂעָרֵ֣ךְusearekhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and hair your
Zechariah
one use
And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
- שֵׂעָ֖רsearnoun · masculine singulartagged: hair
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.