שֵׂעָר sear
Hebrew word for “hair” · Strong’s H8181 · used 28 times in 27 verses
Meaning
1) hair; 1a) hair (of animals, man); 1b) hair (of garment made of hair); Aramaic equivalent: se.ar (שְׂעַר "hair" H8177)
How it is translated
Glosses given for sear in context, with how often each is used:
- hair 27
- some of the hair 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 15 | 1.3 | |
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Song of Solomon | 2 | 1.6 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezra | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Zechariah | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 13 (12), Leviticus 14 (2), Numbers 6 (2), Genesis 25 (1), Judges 16 (1), 2 Samuel 14 (1), 2 Kings 1 (1), Ezra 9 (1), Psalms 68 (1), Song of Solomon 4 (1)
Forms
- שׂער 14
- ושׂער 4
- שׂערו 3
- ושׂערה 2
- שׂערך 2
- לשׂער 1
- משׂער 1
- ושׂערך 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with sear more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עוֹר or “skin” 12
- לָבָן lavan “white” 7
- עָמֹק amoq “deep” 6
- גָּלַח galach “to shave” 6
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 12
- נֶגַע nega “plague” 7
- מַרְאֶה mareh “appearance” 7
- נֶתֶק neteq “scab” 5
- רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 9
- הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 9
- רָאָה raah “to see” 10
- זָקָן zaqan “beard” 4
Key verses
The verses using sear that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 13:3 — And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the…
- Leviticus 14:8 — And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come…
- Leviticus 14:9 — But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he…
- Numbers 6:5 — All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the…
- Numbers 6:18 — And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his…
- 2 Kings 1:8 — And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
- Ezra 9:3 — And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
- Psalms 68:21 — But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
- Song of Solomon 4:1 — Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
- Isaiah 7:20 — In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet:…
- Ezekiel 16:7 — I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are…
- Zechariah 13:4 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough…
See all 27 verses in the Word Atlas
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.