Word Study · Strong's H8311 · Hebrew

שָׂרַע

sara

saw-rah'

Strong's 1890 spelling: sâraʻ

“to prolong, i.e. (reflex) be deformed by excess of members”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to prolong, i.e. (reflex) be deformed by excess of members

Rendered in the KJV as

stretch out self, (have any) superfluous thing.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַ1
שָׂר֣וּעַ1
שָׂרֽוּעַ׃1

How it is rendered · 2

[having] something enlarged2
for stretching oneself1

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

How it parses · 2

verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular2
preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HVqsmsa · 2
HR/Vtcc · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Leviticus2 of 3 · 67%
Isaiah1 of 3 · 33%

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Leviticus2 occurrences

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 28:20מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַmehistarea'preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.here: for stretching oneself

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