שָׂעִירsâʻîyr
שָׂעִר: hairy (Genesis 27:11; Genesis 27:33)
Pronunciation: saw-eer' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8163
Meanings
שָׂעִיר: he-goat, buck, hairy one (Numbers 15:24; Leviticus 4:24; Numbers 7:16; Leviticus 16:7; Leviticus 16:8)
שָׂעִיר: satyr, demon, with he-goat's form, or feet (Isaiah 34:14; Isaiah 13:21; 2 Chronicles 11:15; Leviticus 17:7; 2 Kings 23:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 59 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 27:11 “But look,” Jacob replied to Rebekah, “my brother, Esau, is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth.
- Genesis 27:23 But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob’s hands felt hairy just like Esau’s. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.
- Genesis 37:31 Then the brothers killed a young goat and dipped Joseph’s robe in its blood.
- Leviticus 4:23 When he becomes aware of his sin, he must bring as his offering a male goat with no defects.
- Leviticus 4:24 He must lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where burnt offerings are slaughtered before the Lord. This is an offering for his sin.
- Leviticus 9:3 Then tell the Israelites, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and take a calf and a lamb, both a year old and without defects, for a burnt offering.
See every passage
- Genesis 27:11, 27:23, 37:31
- Leviticus 4:23, 4:24, 9:3, 9:15, 10:16, 16:5, 16:7, 16:8, 16:9, 16:10, 16:15, 16:18, 16:20, 16:21, 16:22, 16:26, 16:27, 17:7, 23:19
- Numbers 7:16, 7:22, 7:28, 7:34, 7:40, 7:46, 7:52, 7:58, 7:64, 7:70, 7:76, 7:82, 7:87, 15:24, 28:15, 28:22, 28:30, 29:5, 29:11, 29:16, 29:19, 29:22, 29:25, 29:28, 29:31, 29:34, 29:38
- 2 Chronicles 11:15, 29:23
- Isaiah 13:21, 34:14
- Ezekiel 43:22, 43:25, 45:23
- Daniel 8:21
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).