Hebrew verb · H8311
שָׂרַע
sarasaw-rah'
to extend
3 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sâraʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8311is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8311
to prolong, i.e. (reflex) be deformed by excess of members
The King James renders it: stretch out self, (have any) superfluous thing.
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
sara is rendered "to extend". It stands 3 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 21:18No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
Leviticus 21:18שָׂרֽוּעַ׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three 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
- something enlarged2
- for stretching oneself1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׂרַף | saraph | to burn | Uses117 |
| שָׂרִיד | sarid | survivor | Uses28 |
| שָׂרָף | saraph | serpent | Uses7 |
| שָׂרָה | sarah | princess | Uses5 |
| שָׂרַר | sarar | to rule | Uses5 |
| שָׂרַט | sarat | to incise | Uses3 |
| שָׂרִיג | sarig | tendril | Uses3 |
| שָׂרַג | sarag | to intertwine | Uses2 |
| שָׂרָה | sarah | to strive | Uses2 |
| שָׂרַד | sarad | to escape | Uses1 |
| שָׂרֻק | saruq | sorrel | Uses1 |
| שָׂרוּק | saruq | tendril | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַ1
- שָׂר֣וּעַ1
- שָׂרֽוּעַ׃1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular2HVqsmsa
- preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vtcc
Leviticus
two uses
No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
- שָׂרֽוּעַ׃sarua'verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: something enlarged
You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
- שָׂר֣וּעַsarua'verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: something enlarged
Isaiah
one use
Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.
- מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַmehistarea'preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: for stretching oneself
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.