שְׂעֹרָה seorah

Hebrew word for “barley” · Strong’s H8184 · used 34 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

1) barley; 1a) barley (of the plant); 1b) barley (of the meal or grain)

How it is translated

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

• barleys 28
• barley 6

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ruth 3 (3), 2 Kings 7 (3), Ruth 2 (2), 2 Chronicles 2 (2), Ezekiel 4 (2), Exodus 9 (1), Leviticus 27 (1), Numbers 5 (1), Deuteronomy 8 (1), Judges 7 (1)

Forms

• שׂערים 16
• השׂערים 4
• ושׂערים 4
• ושׂערה 2
• והשׂערים 2
• שׂערה 2
• והשׂערה 1
• השׂערה 1
• שׂעורים 1
• ושׂעורים 1

Words used with it

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

• חִטָּה chittah “wheat” 12
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 6
• סְאָה seah “seah” 3
• קָצִיר qatsir “harvest” 4
• שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 5
• שֶׁקֶל sheqel “shekel” 4
• חֹמֶר chomer “clay” 3
• אֵיפָה ephah “ephah” 3
• פּוֹל pol “bean” 2
• סֹלֶת solet “fine flour” 3
• כֻּסֶּמֶת kussemet “rye” 2
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 4

Key verses

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

• Numbers 5:15 — Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil…
• Deuteronomy 8:8 — A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
• Judges 7:13 — And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread…
• 2 Samuel 21:9 — And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to…
• 2 Kings 4:42 — And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk…
• 2 Kings 7:1 — Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two…
• 2 Kings 7:16 — And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel,…
• 2 Chronicles 2:10 — And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and…
• Jeremiah 41:8 — But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.…
• Ezekiel 13:19 — And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that…
• Hosea 3:2 — So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
• Joel 1:11 — Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

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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.