Strong's H8167: שְׂעִירָה (Sᵉʻîyrâh) Meaning

Quick Definition

Seirah

Biblical Persons & Places

Seirah Seirah= near Bethel_1 (Bethel@Gen.12.8-Zec=H1008G)

A location near Bethel only mentioned at Jdg.3.26; only referred to as Seirah (שְׂעִירָה).

Strong's Definition

Seirah, a place in Palestine

Derivation: formed as H8166 (שְׂעִירָה); roughness;

KJV Usage: Seirath.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Seirath = "the shaggy"

1) a place probably in southeast Ephraim

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׂעִירָה (se.i.rah) — Seirah.

§ Seirath = "the shaggy" a place probably in southeast Ephraim

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שְׂעִירָה (H8166 · H8167)

noun f · שָׂעִיר · שֵׂעָר · שַׂעֲרָה · שְׂעֹרָה · שֵׂעִיר

Domestic Animals

(shaggy) she-goat = a fairly small, female domestic animal, usually black and with floppy ears, hooves and long hair, and usually found in one single flock with sheep; ► raised for its hair, occasionally used for sacrifices; a clean animal and therefore to be eaten

LEV 4:28 · LEV 5:6

name

Names of Locations

Seirah = town; ◄ territory of Benjamin; ► the place Ehud escaped to after he killed Eglon, the king of Moab

JDG 3:26

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שְׂעִירָה] n.pr.loc., prob. in SE Ephraim (= goat);—Ju 3:26 ref

Bible Occurrences (1)

3:26

H8167 שְׂעִירָה (Sᵉʻîyrâh) seh-ee-raw'