Word Study · Strong's H8185 · Hebrew

שַׂעֲרָה

saarah

sah-ar-aw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: saʻărâh

“hairiness”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

hairiness

Rendered in the KJV as

hair.

7
occurrencesin the Old Testament
6 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
7
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 7 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 7

הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖ה1
מִשַּֽׂעֲר֥וֹת1
מִשַּׂעֲר֣וֹת1
מִשַּׂעֲרַ֤ת1
מִשַּׂעֲרַ֥ת1
מִשַּׂעֲרָת֖וֹ1
שַֽׂעֲרַ֥ת1

How it is rendered · 5

more than [the] hairs of2
one of [the] hair[s] of2
[the] hair of1
one of hair[s] his1
the single hair1

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

How it parses · 5

preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HR/Ncfpc · 2
HR/Ncfsc · 2
HNcfsc · 1
HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
HTd/Ncfsa · 1

All 7, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms2 of 7 · 29%
Judges1 of 7 · 14%
1 Samuel1 of 7 · 14%
2 Samuel1 of 7 · 14%
1 Kings1 of 7 · 14%

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Judges1 occurrence

Judges 20:16הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖הhasaarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAmong all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.here: the single hair

1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 14:45מִשַּׂעֲרַ֤תmisaaratpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: one of [the] hair[s] of

2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 14:11מִשַּׂעֲרַ֥תmisaaratpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)“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.”here: one of [the] hair[s] of

1 Kings1 occurrence

1 Kings 1:52מִשַּׂעֲרָת֖וֹmisaaratopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd 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.”here: one of hair[s] his

Job1 occurrence

Job 4:15שַֽׂעֲרַ֥תsaaratnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.here: [the] hair of

Psalms2 occurrences

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