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שָׂרַע

sara · deformed (overgrown)

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8311 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

sara (שָׂרַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “deformed (overgrown)”.

Having a limb longer than normal; deformed.

How to say it

sa·ra

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. With a body part longer than normal.
  2. To lie out on a bed at full length to rest.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

  • deformed ×1
  • has a limb too long ×1
  • stretch out on ×1

Where it appears

  • Leviticus 21:18

    For no man who has a defect shall approach: a man who is blind, or lame, or disfigured, or deformed,

  • Leviticus 22:23

    And an ox or a lamb that has a limb too long or stunted you may offer as a freewill offering, it, but for a vow it will not be accepted.

  • Isaiah 28:20

    For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.