Hebrew noun (feminine) · H8185
שַׂעֲרָה
saarahsah-ar-aw'
hair
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: saʻărâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8185is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8185
hairiness
The King James renders it: hair.
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
saarah is rendered "hair". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 20:16Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
Judges 20:16הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- more than hairs of2
- one of hair of2
- hair of1
- one of hair his1
- the single hair1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שַׂעַר | saar | shuddering | Uses4 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖ה1
- מִשַּֽׂעֲר֥וֹת1
- מִשַּׂעֲר֣וֹת1
- מִשַּׂעֲרַ֤ת1
- מִשַּׂעֲרַ֥ת1
- מִשַּׂעֲרָת֖וֹ1
- שַֽׂעֲרַ֥ת1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncfpc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HTd/Ncfsa
Judges
one use
Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
- הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖הhasaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the single hair
1 Samuel
one use
But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
- מִשַּׂעֲרַ֤תmisaaratpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: one of hair of
2 Samuel
one use
“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
- מִשַּׂעֲרַ֥תmisaaratpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: one of hair of
1 Kings
one use
And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
- מִשַּׂעֲרָת֖וֹmisaaratopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: one of hair his
Job
one use
Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.
- שַֽׂעֲרַ֥תsaaratnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hair of
Psalms
two uses
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
- מִשַּֽׂעֲר֥וֹתmisaarotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: more than hairs of
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
- מִשַּׂעֲר֣וֹתmisaarotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: more than hairs of
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 family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.