Quick Definition
hair
Strong's Definition
hairiness
Derivation: feminine of H8181 (שֵׂעָר);
KJV Usage: hair.
TWOT Reference: 2274b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) a single hair
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שַׂעֲרָה (sa.a.rah) — hair. a single hair
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שָׂעִיר · שְׂעִירָה · שֵׂעָר · שְׂעֹרָה · שֵׂעִיר
hair = the fine thread-like strands growing from the skin of humans and certain animals; ≈ one single strand can be used as a symbol for a very small distance or quantity, whereas the collective of strands often symbolizes a great quantity
JDG 20:16 · 1SA 14:45 · 2SA 14:11 · 1KI 1:52 · JOB 4:15 · JOB 9:17 · PSA 40:13 · PSA 69:5
1 JOB 9:17 NJPS NJB "hair" REB "trifle" | MT RSV NRSV ESV "tempest" NIV GNT CEV "storm(s)" = שְׂעָרָה
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שַׂעֲרָה n.f. a hair, nom. unit base