שַׂהֲרֹן
saharon · crescent ornament
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7720 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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saharon (שַׂהֲרֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “crescent ornament”.
Crescent: an ornament shaped like a new moon, hung on the neck of people and of camels.
How to say it
sa·ha·ron
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
- An ornament in the shape of the moon.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Judges 8:21
Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise yourself and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon rose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.
- Judges 8:26
The weight of the earrings of gold that he requested was a thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, the pendants, and the garments of purple that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the necklaces that were on the necks of their camels.
- Isaiah 3:18
On that day Adonai will remove the beauty of the anklets, and the hairnets and the crescents;