שַׁעֲרוּרָה
shaarura · horrible thing
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8186 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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shaarura (שַׁעֲרוּרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “horrible thing”.
A horrible thing, something that causes dread.
How to say it
sha·a·ru·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
- Something appalling.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 5:30
A horror and a horrible thing has happened in the land:
- Jeremiah 18:13
Therefore thus says YHWH: Ask, now, among the nations: Who has heard the like of these? A very horrible thing has done the virgin of Israel.
- Jeremiah 23:14
And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: committing adultery and walking in falsehood; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns back from his evil; they have become to me, all of them, like Sodom, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
- Hosea 6:10
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there is the prostitution of Ephraim; Israel is defiled.