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Lexicon :: Strong's H7838 - šāḥōr

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שָׁחֹר
Transliteration
šāḥōr
Pronunciation
shaw-khore'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2368b

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁחֹר shâchôr, shaw-khore'; or שָׁחוֹר shâchôwr; from H7835; properly, dusky, but also (absolute) jetty:—black.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H7838 in the following manner: black (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H7838 in the following manner: black (6x).

  1. black

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁחֹר shâchôr, shaw-khore'; or שָׁחוֹר shâchôwr; from H7835; properly, dusky, but also (absolute) jetty:—black.
STRONGS H7838: Abbreviations
† שָׁחֹר adjective black; — שׁ׳ of hair Leviticus 13:31, 37 (P), so feminine plural שְׁחֹרוֺת Songs 5:11; of skin, feminine singular שְׁחוֺרָה Songs 1:5; of horses, masculine plural שְׁחֹרִים Zechariah 6:2, 6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

13:31; 13:37

Song of Songs

1:5; 5:11

Zechariah

6:2; 6:6

H7838

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7838 matches the Hebrew שָׁחֹר (šāḥōr),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:31 - “But if the priest examines the spot infected by the scale, and it does not appear deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall isolate the person with the scaly infection for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - “If, in the priest’s estimation, the scale has remained [without spreading], and black hair has grown in it, the scale is healed; he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5 -

(The Shulammite Bride)

“I am deeply tanned but lovely,

O daughters of Jerusalem,

[I am dark] like the tents of [the Bedouins of] Kedar,

Like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:11 -

“His head is like [precious] gold, pure gold;

His hair is [curly] like clusters of dates

And black as a raven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:2 - The first chariot had red horses (war, bloodshed), the second chariot had black horses (famine, death),

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:6 - with the chariot with the black horses going toward the north country; then the one with the white horses follows after them [because there are two northern powers to overcome], and the chariot with the dappled horses goes toward the south country.”
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