שַׂעֲרָהsaʻărâh
hairiness
Pronunciation: sah-ar-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8185
Meanings
a hair, noun of individual meaning (Judges 20:16; 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 1:52; Job 4:15)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Judges 20:16 Among Benjamin’s elite troops, 700 were left-handed, and each of them could sling a rock and hit a target within a hairsbreadth without missing.
- 1 Samuel 14:45 But the people broke in and said to Saul, “Jonathan has won this great victory for Israel. Should he die? Far from it! As surely as the Lord lives, not one hair on his head will be touched, for God helped him do a great deed today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he was not put to death.
- 2 Samuel 14:11 Then she said, “Please swear to me by the Lord your God that you won’t let anyone take vengeance against my son. I want no more bloodshed.” “As surely as the Lord lives,” he replied, “not a hair on your son’s head will be disturbed!”
- 1 Kings 1:52 Solomon replied, “If he proves himself to be loyal, not a hair on his head will be touched. But if he makes trouble, he will die.”
- Job 4:15 A spirit swept past my face, and my hair stood on end.
- Psalms 40:12 For troubles surround me— too many to count! My sins pile up so high I can’t see my way out. They outnumber the hairs on my head. I have lost all courage.
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).