תַּעַרtaʻar

razor, sheath

Pronunciation: tah'-ar · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8593

Meanings

1.

a. razor (Isaiah 7:20; Numbers 6:5; Numbers 8:7)

b. = penknife (Jeremiah 36:23)

2. sheath, always suffix of sword (2 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 17:51; Ezekiel 21:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 6:5 “They must never cut their hair throughout the time of their vow, for they are holy and set apart to the Lord. Until the time of their vow has been fulfilled, they must let their hair grow long.
  • Numbers 8:7 Do this by sprinkling them with the water of purification, and have them shave their entire body and wash their clothing. Then they will be ceremonially clean.
  • 1 Samuel 17:51 Then David ran over and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to kill him and cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they turned and ran.
  • 2 Samuel 20:8 As they arrived at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa met them. Joab was wearing his military tunic with a dagger strapped to his belt. As he stepped forward to greet Amasa, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
  • Psalms 52:2 All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you’re an expert at telling lies.
  • Isaiah 7:20 In that day the Lord will hire a “razor” from beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria—and use it to shave off everything: your land, your crops, and your people.
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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).