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שָׂעַר

saar · shudder, be afraid

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8175 · appears 8 times in the Bible

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What it means

saar (שָׂעַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “shudder, be afraid”.

Shudder, fear with trembling; also to sweep away as a storm.

How to say it

sa·ar

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To carry off like a gale.
  2. To have one's hair stand on end in horror.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • bristle ×2
  • dread ×1
  • he will sweep it away in a storm ×1
  • it storms ×1
  • it sweeps him away in a storm ×1
  • shudder ×1
  • will storm ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Deuteronomy 32:17

    They sacrificed to demons, who are not Eloah, to gods they had not known, new ones who came from nearby, whom your fathers did not dread.

  • Job 27:21

    The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; and it sweeps him away in a storm from his place.

  • Psalms 50:3

    Our Elohim comes and will not keep silent; fire before him devours, and around him it storms greatly.

  • Psalms 58:9

    Before your pots feel the bramble, whether green or burning, he will sweep it away in a storm.

  • Jeremiah 2:12

    Be appalled, heavens, at this, and shudder, be utterly desolate, declares YHWH.

  • Ezekiel 27:35

    All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you, and their kings bristle with horror; faces are troubled.

  • Ezekiel 32:10

    And I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings will bristle at you with horror when I brandish my sword before them; and they will tremble every moment, each for his own soul, on the day of your fall.

  • Daniel 11:40

    And at the time of the end the king of the south will clash with him, and the king of the north will storm against him with chariots and with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter into the lands and overflow and pass through.