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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, when the priest examines the sore, it does not seem to be more than skin deep and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - If, however, the sore is unchanged so far as the priest can see, and if black hair has grown in it, the affected person is healed. They are clean, and the priest shall pronounce them clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5 - Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:11 - His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy 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, the second black,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:6 - The one with the black horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white horses toward the west,[fn] and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”
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