Strong's Lexicon

H5620

H5620 — סַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewcaradjectiveOccurrences: 3TWOT: 1549a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5620
Word:	סַר
Part of Speech:	adjective
Etymology:	contracted from H5637
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	car
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	sar
Meaning:	1. peevish
KJV Renderings:	heavy, sad.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5720

סַר adjective stubborn, resentful, sullen, implacable; — סַר וְזָעֵף 1Kgs 20:43; 1Kgs 21:4 feminine מַהזֶּֿה רוּחֲךָ סָרָ֫ה 1Kgs 21:5 why then is thy spirit sullen ? possibly also plural construct סָרֵי סוֺרְרִים Jer 6:28 revolters (stubborn ones) among, etc. (see above and סור Qal near the end).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בסר (boh’-ser)

Isaiah 18:5

KJV: For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

EHCC: and the sour is ripeni

Jeremiah 31:29

KJV: In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

EHCC: The fathers fave eaten a eon gropey

Ezekiel 18:2

KJV: What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

EHCC: The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

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