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Lexicon :: Strong's H8163 - śāʿîr

Aa
שָׂעִיר
Transliteration
śāʿîr
Pronunciation
saw-eer'
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2274c,2274e

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂעִיר sâʻîyr, saw-eer'; or שָׂעִר sâʻir; from H8175; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun:—devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x

The KJV translates Strong's H8163 in the following manner: kid (28x), goat (24x), devil (2x), satyr (2x), hairy (2x), rough (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x
The KJV translates Strong's H8163 in the following manner: kid (28x), goat (24x), devil (2x), satyr (2x), hairy (2x), rough (1x).
adjective
  1. hairy

    masculine noun
  2. he-goat, buck

    1. as sacrificial animal

    2. satyr, may refer to a demon possessed goat like the swine of Gadara (Mt. 8:30-32)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂעִיר sâʻîyr, saw-eer'; or שָׂעִר sâʻir; from H8175; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun:—devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.
STRONGS H8163: Abbreviations
† I. שָׂעִר adjective hairy; — masculine singular אִישׁ שׂ׳ Genesis 27:11; feminine plural יָדָיו שְׂעִרֹת Genesis 27:33 (J).

II. שָׂעִיר 53 noun masculineNumbers 15:24 he-goat, buck (hairy one; Late Hebrew id.); — absolute שׂ׳ Leviticus 4:24 +, construct שְׂעִיר Numbers 7:16 +; plural שְׂעִירִם Leviticus 16:7, 8; construct שְׂעִירֵי Leviticus 16:5; Numbers 7:87; — he-goat, usually שְׂעִיר(ֿ)עִזִּים buck of goats (see עֵז p. 777): Genesis 37:31 (J), Ezekiel 43:22; Ezekiel 45:23; Leviticus 4:23; Leviticus 9:3; Leviticus 23:19 + 20 times Numbers (all P); שְׂעִירֵי ע׳ Leviticus 16:5; Numbers 7:87 (P); שׂ׳ alone = he-goat Leviticus 4:24 + 11 times Leviticus 16 (P); שְׂעִיר (הַ)חַטָּאת he-goat for sin-offering Ezekiel 43:25; Leviticus 9:15 + 9 times Leviticus, Numbers; שְׂעִירֵי הַח׳ 2 Chronicles 29:23; in Daniel 8:21 הַשּׂ׳ is probably gloss to הַצָּפִיר (compare Dr).

† III. שָׂעִיר noun masculine satyr, demon (with he-goat's form, or feet; Late Hebrew id.; compare BaudStud. i. 136 ff.; hairy demons WeSkizzen iii. 135; Heid. 152 RSSemitic 113, 423: 2nd ed. 120, 441); absolute שׂ׳ Isaiah 34:14 inhabiting desolate ruins, so plural שְׂעִירִים Isaiah 13:21; name for idols 2 Chronicles 11:15 and (שְׂעִירִם) Leviticus 17:7 (H); probably also בָּמוֺת הַשּׂ׳ 2 Kings 23:8 (MT הַשְּׁעָרִים) HoffmZAW ii (1882), 175 SS Kmp Klo Kit Benz Bur.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:11; 27:33; 37:31

Leviticus

4:23; 4:24; 4:24; 9:3; 9:15; 16; 16:5; 16:5; 16:7; 16:8; 17:7; 23:19

Numbers

7:16; 7:87; 7:87; 15:24

2 Kings

23:8

2 Chronicles

11:15; 29:23

Isaiah

13:21; 34:14

Ezekiel

43:22; 43:25; 45:23

Daniel

8:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8163 matches the Hebrew שָׂעִיר (śāʿîr),
which occurs 21 times in 19 verses in 'Lev' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:23 -

“or someone informs him about the sin he has committed, he is to bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24 -

“He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:3 -

“And tell the Israelites:[fn] Take a male goat for a sin offering; a calf and a lamb, male yearlings without blemish, for a burnt offering;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:15 -

Aaron presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and made a sin offering with it as he did before.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:16 -

Then Moses inquired carefully about the male goat of the sin offering, but it had already been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s surviving sons, and asked,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:5 -

“He is to take from the Israelite community two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:7 -

“Next he will take the two goats and place them before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:8 -

“After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other for an uninhabitable place,[fn][fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:9 -

“he is to present the goat chosen by lot for the LORD and sacrifice it as a sin offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:10 -

“But the goat chosen by lot for an uninhabitable place is to be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement with it by sending it into the wilderness for an uninhabitable place.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15 -

“When he slaughters the male goat for the people’s sin offering and brings its blood inside the curtain, he will do the same with its blood as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:18 -

“Then he will go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on the horns on all sides of the altar.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:20 -

“When he has finished making atonement for the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:21 -

“Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the Israelites’ iniquities and rebellious acts ​— ​all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the man appointed for the task.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:22 -

“The goat will carry all their iniquities into a desolate land, and the man will release it there.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:26 -

“The man who released the goat for an uninhabitable place is to wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:27 -

“The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the most holy place to make atonement, must be brought outside the camp and their hide, flesh, and waste burned.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 -

“They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons that they have prostituted themselves with. This will be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:19 -

“You are also to prepare one male goat as a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a fellowship sacrifice.

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