Hebrew word · H8181
שֵׂעָר
se'ar
hair
Appears 28 times in 27 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
1) hair
1a) hair (of animals, man)
1b) hair (of garment made of hair)
Aramaic equivalent: se.ar (שְׂעַר "hair" H8177)
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
Genesis · 1
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Genesis 25:25 שֵׂעָ֑ר hair
The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
Leviticus · 15
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Leviticus 13:3 וְשֵׂעָ֨ר and [the] hair
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.
Here: Body hair growing in the affected patch: the first of two signs the priest looks for.
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Leviticus 13:4 וּשְׂעָרָ֖ה and hair its
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.
Here: The body hair growing inside the spot. 'Its' refers back to the spot.
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Leviticus 13:10 שֵׂעָ֣ר [the] hair
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,
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Leviticus 13:20 וּשְׂעָרָ֖הּ and hair its
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.
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Leviticus 13:21 שֵׂעָ֣ר [is] hair
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.
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Leviticus 13:25 שֵׂעָ֨ר [the] 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.
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Leviticus 13:26 שֵׂעָ֣ר [is] 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.
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Leviticus 13:30 שֵׂעָ֥ר 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.
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Leviticus 13:31 וְשֵׂעָ֥ר and [is] 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.
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Leviticus 13:32 שֵׂעָ֣ר 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,
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Leviticus 13:36 לַשֵּׂעָ֥ר for the 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.
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Leviticus 13:37 וְשֵׂעָ֨ר and 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.
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Leviticus 14:8 שְׂעָר֗וֹ hair his
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.
Here: Body hair in general, not just the hair on his head. Hair matters in the diagnosis of the disease in chapter 13 (hair turning white or yellow), so removing it takes away a surface the affliction had marked.
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Leviticus 14:9 שְׂעָר֗וֹ שְׂעָר֖וֹ 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.
Here: A collective noun meaning the hair of the body as a whole. In Leviticus 13 hair is one of the things the priest checks when diagnosing the condition (white hair, thin yellow hair).
Numbers · 2
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Numbers 6:5 שְׂעַ֥ר [the] hair of
For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch 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.
Here: The ordinary word for hair. Together with the word before it, it gives "the free-growing locks of the hair."
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Numbers 6:18 שְׂעַר֙ [the] 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.
Judges · 1
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Judges 16:22 שְׂעַר־ [the] hair of
However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
2 Samuel · 1
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2 Samuel 14:26 שְׂעַ֣ר [the] hair of
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.
2 Kings · 1
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2 Kings 1:8 שֵׂעָ֔ר hair
“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
Ezra · 1
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Ezra 9:3 מִשְּׂעַ֤ר some of [the] hair of
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.
Here: "From the hair of." The prefix 'from' is partitive: he pulled out some of his hair, not all of it (BSB's 'some hair' catches this).
Psalms · 1
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Psalm 68:21 שֵׂעָ֑ר hair
Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
Song of Songs · 2
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Song of Songs 4:1 שַׂעְרֵךְ֙ hair your
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.
Here: 'Your hair', the ordinary word, taken as a whole mass: long and dark, as the goat image shows.
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Song of Songs 6:5 שַׂעְרֵךְ֙ 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.
Isaiah · 1
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Isaiah 7:20 וְשַׂ֣עַר and [the] hair of
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.
Ezekiel · 1
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Ezekiel 16:7 וּשְׂעָרֵ֣ךְ and hair your
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.
Here: 'And your hair.' The general word for hair of the head or body. Coming right after 'breasts' as a second sign of puberty, it most likely means body (pubic) hair.
Zechariah · 1
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Zechariah 13:4 שֵׂעָ֖ר hair
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.
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