שֵׂעָרsêʻâr
hair
Pronunciation: say-awr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8181
Meanings
1. of animals (Genesis 25:5; Zechariah 13:4; 2 Kings 1:8)
2. human (Judges 16:22; 2 Samuel 14:26; Numbers 6:5)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 28 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 25:25 The first one was very red at birth and covered with thick hair like a fur coat. So they named him Esau.
- Leviticus 13:3 The priest will examine the affected area of the skin. If the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, it is a serious skin disease, and the priest who examines it must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean.
- Leviticus 13:4 “But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days.
- Leviticus 13:10 If the priest finds a white swelling on the skin, and some hair on the spot has turned white, and there is an open sore in the affected area,
- Leviticus 13:20 If the priest examines it and finds it to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair in the affected area has turned white, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. The boil has become a serious skin disease.
- Leviticus 13:21 But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the person for seven days.
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).