שָׂעִיר sair

Hebrew word for “he-goat” · Strong’s H8163 · used 59 times in 57 verses

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Meaning

1) he-goat, buck; 1a) as sacrificial animal

Senses in the lexicon

• he-goat (53)
• satyr (4)
• hairy (2)

How it is translated

Glosses given for sair in context, with how often each is used:

• male goat 47
• male goats 4
• goats 3
• hairy 3
• goat idols 1
• goat 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 7 (13), Leviticus 16 (12), Numbers 29 (10), Numbers 28 (3), Genesis 27 (2), Leviticus 4 (2), Leviticus 9 (2), Ezekiel 43 (2), Genesis 37 (1), Leviticus 10 (1)

Forms

• שׂעיר 25
• ושׂעיר 13
• השׂעיר 10
• שׂעירי 2
• השׂעירם 2
• והשׂעיר 1
• ושׂעירי 1
• לשׂעירם 1
• ולשׂעירים 1
• ושׂעירים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sair more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 41
• עֵז ez “goat” 28
• אֶחָד echad “one” 29
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 16
• נֶסֶךְ nesekh “drink offering” 11
• תָּמִיד tamid “continually” 10
• מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 11
• בַּד bad “alone” 9
• פַּר par “bullock” 8
• כִּפֶּר kipher “to atone” 7
• תָּמִים tamim “unblemished” 5
• עֲזָאזֵל azazel “Azazel” 3

Key verses

The verses using sair that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 4:23 — Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
• Leviticus 4:24 — And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.
• Leviticus 9:3 — And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without…
• Leviticus 10:16 — And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were…
• Leviticus 16:5 — And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
• Leviticus 16:15 — Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood…
• Leviticus 16:18 — And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the…
• Leviticus 16:21 — And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their…
• Leviticus 16:27 — And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth…
• Leviticus 17:7 — And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their…
• Numbers 15:24 — Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a…
• 2 Chronicles 11:15 — And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.