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H8270 שֹׁר (shôr) shore

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

umbilical cord

Strong's Definition

a string (as twisted ), i.e. (specifically) the umbilical cord (also figuratively, as the centre of strength)

Derivation: from H8324 (שָׁרַר); (compare H8306 (שָׁרִיר))

KJV Usage: navel.

TWOT Reference: 2469a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) umbilical cord, navel, navel-string

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שֹׁר (shor) — umbilical cord. umbilical cord, navel, navel-string

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

People

navel = a rounded knotty depression in the center of a person’s belly caused by the detachment of the umbilical cord after birth

SNG 7:3

People

umbilical cord, navel string = a flexible cord-like structure containing blood vessels, attaching an unborn child to the placenta

EZK 16:4

People

body literally: navel; hence: = the entire human body

PRO 3:8

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שֹׁר] n.[m.] navel-string base

Bible Occurrences (2)

3:8

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