שַׁעֲרוּרָהshaʻărûwrâh
שַׁעֲרוּרָה: horror = horrible thing (Jeremiah 5:30; Jeremiah 23:14)
Pronunciation: shah-ar-oo-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8186
Meanings
שַׁעֲרוּרִיָּה: id. (Hosea 6:10; Jeremiah 18:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Jeremiah 5:30 A horrible and shocking thing has happened in this land—
- Jeremiah 18:13 So this is what the Lord says: “Has anyone ever heard of such a thing, even among the pagan nations? My virgin daughter Israel has done something terrible!
- Jeremiah 23:14 But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse! They commit adultery and love dishonesty. They encourage those who are doing evil so that no one turns away from their sins. These prophets are as wicked as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were.”
- Hosea 6:10 Yes, I have seen something horrible in Ephraim and Israel: My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods!
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).