שַׂעַרsaʻar
horror, (properly bristling) (Ezekiel 27:35; Ezekiel 32:10; Job 18:20)
Pronunciation: sah'-ar · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8178
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Job 18:20 People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified.
- Isaiah 28:2 For the Lord will send a mighty army against it. Like a mighty hailstorm and a torrential rain, they will burst upon it like a surging flood and smash it to the ground.
- Ezekiel 27:35 All who live along the coastlands are appalled at your terrible fate. Their kings are filled with horror and look on with twisted faces.
- Ezekiel 32:10 Yes, I will shock many lands, and their kings will be terrified at your fate. They will shudder in fear for their lives as I brandish my sword before them on the day of your fall.
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).