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)

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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.
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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).