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Lexicon :: Strong's H8184 - śᵊʿōrâ

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שְׂעֹרָה
Transliteration
śᵊʿōrâ
Pronunciation
seh-o-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From שָׂעַר (H8175) in the sense of roughness
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TWOT Reference: 2274f

Strong’s Definitions

שְׂעֹרָה sᵉʻôrâh, seh-o-raw'; or שְׂעוֹרָה sᵉʻôwrâh (feminine meaning the plant); and (masculine meaning the grain); also שְׂעֹר sᵉʻôr; or שְׂעוֹר sᵉʻôwr; from H8175 in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose):—barley.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H8184 in the following manner: barley (34x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H8184 in the following manner: barley (34x).

  1. barley

    1. barley (of the plant)

    2. barley (of the meal or grain)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׂעֹרָה sᵉʻôrâh, seh-o-raw'; or שְׂעוֹרָה sᵉʻôwrâh (feminine meaning the plant); and (masculine meaning the grain); also שְׂעֹר sᵉʻôr; or שְׂעוֹר sᵉʻôwr; from H8175 in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose):—barley.
STRONGS H8184: Abbreviations
† שְׂעֹרָה noun feminine barley (bearded grain; Greek Version of the LXX κριθή, Vulgate hordeum; Late Hebrew id.; Sabean שערם Glas in FellZMG liv (1900), 256, Arabic bdb097212; Old Aramaic שערה, Targum סְעָרְתָא, Syriac bdb097213; Di260 compare Ethiopic bdb097214 wheat, grain); — absolute שׂ׳ Exodus 9:31 +; usually plural שְׂעֹרִים Hosea 3:2 +; — barley, common grain (often || חִטָּה, etc.):
1. growing, standing, singular Exodus 9:31 (twice in verse) (J), Deuteronomy 8:8; Job 31:40; Job 1:11, as sown Isaiah 28:25; standing, plural 2 Samuel 14:30 שְׂעוֺ׳ 1 Chronicles 11:13, reaped קְצִיר (הַ)שְׂעֹרִים 2 Samuel 21:9; Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:23, גֹּרֶן הַשּׂ׳ Ruth 3:2.
2. plural, the grains, measured, cooked, etc.: Hosea 3:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 4:9; Ezekiel 13:19; Ezekiel 45:13; 2 Kings 7:1, 16, 18; Jeremiah 41:8; 2 Chronicles 2:9; 2 Chronicles 2:14; 2 Chronicles 27:5; Ruth 2:17; Ruth 3:15, 17; 2 Samuel 17:28; 1 Kings 5:8 (food for horses); זֶרַע חֹמֶר שׂ׳ Leviticus 27:16 (P); קֶמַח שׂ׳ Numbers 5:15, לֶחֶם שׂ׳ Judges 7:13; 2 Kings 4:42, עֻגַת שׂ׳ Ezekiel 4:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

9:31; 9:31

Leviticus

27:16

Numbers

5:15

Deuteronomy

8:8

Judges

7:13

Ruth

1:22; 2:17; 2:23; 3:2; 3:15; 3:17

2 Samuel

14:30; 17:28; 21:9

1 Kings

5:8

2 Kings

4:42; 7:1; 7:16; 7:18

1 Chronicles

11:13

2 Chronicles

2:9; 2:14; 27:5

Job

1:11; 31:40

Isaiah

28:25

Jeremiah

41:8

Ezekiel

4:9; 4:12; 13:19; 45:13

Hosea

3:2; 3:2

H8184

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8184 matches the Hebrew שְׂעֹרָה (śᵊʿōrâ),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:31 - (All the flax and barley were ruined by the hail, because the barley had formed heads and the flax was budding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - “If someone dedicates to the LORD a piece of his family property, its value will be assessed according to the amount of seed required to plant it—fifty shekels of silver for a field planted with five bushels of barley seed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - the husband must bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring an offering of two quarts[fn] of barley flour to be presented on her behalf. Do not mix it with olive oil or frankincense, for it is a jealousy offering—an offering to prove whether or not she is guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:8 - It is a land of wheat and barley; of grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates; of olive oil and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - Gideon crept up just as a man was telling his companion about a dream. The man said, “I had this dream, and in my dream a loaf of barley bread came tumbling down into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent, turned it over, and knocked it flat!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - So Naomi returned from Moab, accompanied by her daughter-in-law Ruth, the young Moabite woman. They arrived in Bethlehem in late spring, at the beginning of the barley harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:17 - So Ruth gathered barley there all day, and when she beat out the grain that evening, it filled an entire basket.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - So Ruth worked alongside the women in Boaz’s fields and gathered grain with them until the end of the barley harvest. Then she continued working with them through the wheat harvest in early summer. And all the while she lived with her mother-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2 - Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he’s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15 - Then Boaz said to her, “Bring your cloak and spread it out.” He measured six scoops[fn] of barley into the cloak and placed it on her back. Then he[fn] returned to the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17 - and she added, “He gave me these six scoops of barley and said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:30 - So Absalom said to his servants, “Go and set fire to Joab’s barley field, the field next to mine.” So they set his field on fire, as Absalom had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:28 - They brought sleeping mats, cooking pots, serving bowls, wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans, lentils,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:9 - The men of Gibeon executed them on the mountain before the LORD. So all seven of them died together at the beginning of the barley harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:28 - They also brought the necessary barley and straw for the royal horses in the stables.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:42

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:42 - One day a man from Baal-shalishah brought the man of God a sack of fresh grain and twenty loaves of barley bread made from the first grain of his harvest. Elisha said, “Give it to the people so they can eat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Elisha replied, “Listen to this message from the LORD! This is what the LORD says: By this time tomorrow in the markets of Samaria, five quarts of choice flour will cost only one piece of silver,[fn] and ten quarts of barley grain will cost only one piece of silver.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - Then the people of Samaria rushed out and plundered the Aramean camp. So it was true that five quarts of choice flour were sold that day for one piece of silver, and ten quarts of barley grain were sold for one piece of silver, just as the LORD had promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - The man of God had said to the king, “By this time tomorrow in the markets of Samaria, five quarts of choice flour will cost one piece of silver, and ten quarts of barley grain will cost one piece of silver.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:13 - He was with David in the battle against the Philistines at Pas-dammim. The battle took place in a field full of barley, and the Israelite army fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - In payment for your woodcutters, I will send 100,000 bushels of crushed wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley,[fn] 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:15 - “Send along the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine that my lord has mentioned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5 - Jotham went to war against the Ammonites and conquered them. Over the next three years he received from them an annual tribute of 7,500 pounds[fn] of silver, 50,000 bushels of wheat, and 50,000 bushels of barley.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:40 - then let thistles grow on that land instead of wheat,
and weeds instead of barley.” Job’s words are ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:25 - Does he not finally plant his seeds—
black cumin, cumin, wheat, barley, and emmer wheat—
each in its proper way,
and each in its proper place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - The other ten had talked Ishmael into letting them go by promising to bring him their stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey that they had hidden away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:9 - “Now go and get some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and emmer wheat, and mix them together in a storage jar. Use them to make bread for yourself during the 390 days you will be lying on your side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:12 - Prepare and eat this food as you would barley cakes. While all the people are watching, bake it over a fire using dried human dung as fuel and then eat the bread.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:19 - You bring shame on me among my people for a few handfuls of barley or a piece of bread. By lying to my people who love to listen to lies, you kill those who should not die, and you promise life to those who should not live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 - “You must give this tax to the prince: one bushel of wheat or barley for every 60[fn] you harvest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:2 - So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver[fn] and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:11 - Despair, all you farmers!
Wail, all you vine growers!
Weep, because the wheat and barley—
all the crops of the field—are ruined.
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