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שֵׂעָר H8181
H8181 is the Hebrew word שֵׂעָר, transliterated sêʻâr and said say-awr'. The King James Version most often renders it hair.
What it means
hair (as if tossed or bristling).
Where it comes from
or שַׂעַר; (Isaiah 7:20), from H8175 (שָׂעַר) in the sense of dishevelling.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 28 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: hair(-y), [idiom] rough.
Verses using שֵׂעָר
All 27 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 25:25 · KJV
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
Leviticus 13:3 · KJV
And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
Leviticus 13:4 · KJV
If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
Leviticus 13:10 · KJV
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;
Leviticus 13:20 · KJV
And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
Leviticus 13:21 · KJV
But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
Leviticus 13:25 · KJV
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:26 · KJV
But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
Leviticus 13:30 · KJV
Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
Leviticus 13:31 · KJV
And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
Leviticus 13:32 · KJV
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
Leviticus 13:36 · KJV
Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
Leviticus 13:37 · KJV
But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
Leviticus 14:8 · KJV
And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
Leviticus 14:9 · KJV
But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
Numbers 6:5 · KJV
All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
Numbers 6:18 · KJV
And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
Judges 16:22 · KJV
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
2 Samuel 14:26 · KJV
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
2 Kings 1:8 · KJV
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
Ezra 9:3 · KJV
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
Psalm 68:21 · KJV
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
Song of Solomon 4:1 · KJV
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Song of Solomon 6:5 · KJV
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Isaiah 7:20 · KJV
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Ezekiel 16:7 · KJV
I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.
Zechariah 13:4 · KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
Common questions
What does Strong's H8181 mean?
H8181 is the Hebrew word שֵׂעָר (sêʻâr), meaning hair (as if tossed or bristling).
How is H8181 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it hair (18 times), hairy (2 times), over like an hairy (1 time), hairs (1 time), behold if the hair (1 time), among others.
How many times does H8181 appear in the Bible?
שֵׂעָר (sêʻâr) is tagged in 27 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8181 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or שַׂעַר; (Isaiah 7:20), from H8175 (שָׂעַר) in the sense of dishevelling.
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