taar · razor; sheath

What it means

taar (תַּעַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “razor; sheath”.

Razor; also the sheath of a sword.

How to say it

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. A razor for shaving.
2. The leather or metal case in which the sword is kept.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• sheath ×7
• razor ×6

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Numbers×2
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• Psalms×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×2
• Ezekiel×5

• Numbers 6:5

  All the days of his vow of consecration no razor shall pass over his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separates himself to YHWH, he shall be holy; he shall let grow loose the hair of his head.

• Numbers 8:7

  And thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle on them the water of purification, and they shall pass a razor over their whole body, and wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

• 1 Samuel 17:51

  David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it from its sheath and put him to death and cut off with it his head. The Philistines saw that their mighty man was dead, and they fled.

• 2 Samuel 20:8

  They were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, and Amasa came before them. Joab was girded with the garment he wore, and over it was a belt with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went out, it fell out.

• Psalms 52:2

  Calamities your tongue devises, like a razor sharpened, working deceit.

• Isaiah 7:20

  On that day Adonai will shave with a hired razor from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet, and it will also sweep away the beard.

• Jeremiah 36:23

  And it happened, whenever Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with the razor of the scribe and throw them into the fire that was in the brazier, until the whole scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

• Jeremiah 47:6

  Ah, sword of YHWH! How long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your sheath; rest and be still!

• Ezekiel 5:1

  And you, son of man, take for yourself a sharp sword; as a barbers' razor you will take it for yourself, and pass it over your head and over your beard; and take for yourself scales for weighing, and divide them.

• Ezekiel 21:3

  And say to the ground of Israel: ‘Thus says YHWH: Look, I am against you, and I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

• Ezekiel 21:4

  Because I have cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore my sword will go out from its sheath against all flesh from the Negev to the north.

• Ezekiel 21:5

  And all flesh will know that I, YHWH, have drawn my sword from its sheath; it will not return again.’

• Ezekiel 21:30

  Return it to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origins, I will judge you.