שַׂעַר
saar · horror, shuddering
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8178 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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saar (שַׂעַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “horror, shuddering”.
Horror, a shudder of fear.
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
- A strong wind with rain that sweeps away; a storm.
- A chill of dread that makes the hair stand on end.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- horror ×3
- storm ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 18:20
At his day those after are appalled, and horror seizes those before.
- Isaiah 28:2
Look, Adonai has one strong and mighty, like a downpour of hail, a destroying storm, like a downpour of mighty waters that sweep away; he casts it down to the earth with the hand.
- 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.