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Lexicon :: Strong's H8593 - taʿar

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תַּעַר
Transliteration
taʿar
Pronunciation
tah'-ar
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1692e

Strong’s Definitions

תַּעַר taʻar, tah'-ar; from H6168; a knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e. empty):—(pen-) knife, razor, scabbard, shave, sheath.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H8593 in the following manner: sheath (6x), razor (4x), penknife (1x), scabbard (1x), shave (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H8593 in the following manner: sheath (6x), razor (4x), penknife (1x), scabbard (1x), shave (1x).

  1. razor, sheath (making naked)

    1. razor

    2. sheath (of sword)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תַּעַר taʻar, tah'-ar; from H6168; a knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e. empty):—(pen-) knife, razor, scabbard, shave, sheath.
STRONGS H8593: Abbreviations
† תַּ֫עַר noun masculinePsalm 52:4 and (Isaiah 7:20) feminine razor, sheath; —
1.
a. razor, absolute יְגַלַּח בְּת׳ Isaiah 7:20 (figurative); subject of לֹא יַעֲבֹר עַלרֿאֹשׁ Numbers 6:5, object of הֶעֱבִיר עַלֿ Numbers 8:7 (P), compare construct הַגַּלָּבִים ת׳ Ezekiel 5:1; absolute מְלֻטָּשׁ כְּת׳ Psalm 52:4 (simile of tongue).
b. construct הַסֹּפֵר ת׳ Jeremiah 36:23 = penknife.
2. sheath, always suffix of sword: בְּתַעְרָהּ 2 Samuel 20:8; of drawing sword, שָׁלַף מִתּ׳ 1 Samuel 17:51, הוֺצִיא מִתּ׳ Ezekiel 21:8 [Ezekiel 21:3]; Ezekiel 21:10 [Ezekiel 21:5], תֵּצֵא מִתּ׳ Ezekiel 21:9 [Ezekiel 21:4]; of sheathing, הֵאָֽסְפִי אֶלתַּֿרְעֵךְ Jeremiah 47:6; הָשַׁב אֶלתַּֿעְרָהּ Ezekiel 21:35 [Ezekiel 21:30].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

6:5; 8:7

1 Samuel

17:51

2 Samuel

20:8

Psalms

52:4; 52:4

Isaiah

7:20; 7:20

Jeremiah

36:23; 47:6

Ezekiel

5:1; 21:3; 21:4; 21:5; 21:30

H8593

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8593 matches the Hebrew תַּעַר (taʿar),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:5 - “All the days of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the LORD, he shall be holy. He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:7 - Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:51 - Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - When they were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing a soldier’s garment, and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath fastened on his thigh, and as he went forward it fell out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 - Your tongue plots destruction,
like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired beyond the River[fn]—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:23 - As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a knife and throw them into the fire in the fire pot, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the fire pot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:6 - Ah, sword of the LORD!
How long till you are quiet?
Put yourself into your scabbard;
rest and be still!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1 - “And you, O son of man, take a sharp sword. Use it as a barber’s razor and pass it over your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3 - and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am against you and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from south to north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:5 - And all flesh shall know that I am the LORD. I have drawn my sword from its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:30 - Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
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