H8163 - שָׂעִיר (sâʻîyr)

H8163 שָׂעִיר (sâʻîyr) saw-eer'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun

Derivation: or שָׂעִר; from H8175 (שָׂעַר);

KJV Usage: devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.

TWOT Reference: 2274c,e

Outline of Biblical Usage

adj

1) hairy

n m

2) he-goat, buck

2a) as sacrificial animal

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

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1140 G1497 G2055 G2056 G3152 G3655

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׂעִר / שָׂעִיר śâ‛ý̂yr / śâ‛ir BDB Definition: 1) hairy (adjective) 2) he-goat, buck (noun masculine) 2a) as sacrificial animal 2b) satyr, may refer to a demon possessed goat like the swine of Gadara (Mat_8:30-32) Part of Speech: see above in Definition A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H8175 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2274c, 2274e Total KJV Occurrences: 59

Bible Occurrences (57)

27:11 27:23 37:31

4:23 4:24 9:3 9:15 10:16 16:5 16:7 16:8 16:9 16:10 16:15 16:18 16:20 16:21 16:22 16:26 16:27 17:7 23:19

7:16 7:22 7:28 7:34 7:40 7:46 7:52 7:58 7:64 7:70 7:76 7:82 7:87 15:24 28:15 28:22 28:30 29:5 29:11 29:16 29:19 29:22 29:25 29:28 29:31 29:34 29:38

11:15 29:23

13:21 34:14

43:22 43:25 45:23

8:21

Genesis 27:11

Jacob... answered his mother Rebekah, Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am... smooth-skinned.

Genesis 27:23

[Isaac] did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

Genesis 37:31

Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat..., and dipped the robe in its blood.

Leviticus 4:23

When he becomes aware... of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat...... as his offering.

Leviticus 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.

Leviticus 9:3

Then speak to the Israelites... [and] say, Take a male goat... for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb — both a year old... [and] without blemish — for a burnt offering,

Leviticus 9:15

Aaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one.

Leviticus 10:16

Later, Moses searched carefully... for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar... and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,