Strong's Lexicon

H5785

H5785 — עוֹר

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

Hebrewowrnoun mascOccurrences: 99TWOT: 1589a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5785
Word:עוֹר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H5783
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:99
Transliteration:owr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:`owr (ore) n-m.
Meaning:1. skin (as naked) 2. (by implication) hide, leather
KJV Renderings:hide, leather, skin.

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עוֺר99 noun masculine Job 7:5 skin ( Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ערת Lzb346); — ׳ ע absolute Gen 3:21 +, construct Exod 34:29 +; suffix עֹרוֺ Exod 29:14 +, עוֺרוֺ Jer 13:23, עֹרָהּ Num 19:5, etc.; plural construct עֹרֹת Gen 27:16 +, עוֺרֹת Exod 39:34 suffix עֹרֹתָם Lev 16:27 — skin:

1. of men (55 t.), שִׂמְלָתוֺ לְעֹרוֺ Exod 22:26 ( E ), פָּנָיו ׳ ע Exod 34:29; Exod 34:30 compare Exod 34:35 (all P ); (dark) skin of Cushite Jer 13:23 see also Ezek 37:6; Ezek 37:8; Lam 3:8; Job 7:5; Job 10:11, +; in hyperbole Mic 3:2; Mic 3:3 עוֺר שִׁנָּ֑י Job 19:20b the skin of my teeth, i.e. gums (si vera lectio); also Lev 13:2 + 33 t. Lev 13 ( P ), in tests for leprosy (see especially בְּֿשָׂרוֺ ׳ ע Lev 13:2 Lev 13:2 Lev 13:3 v Lev 13:4 Lev 13:11, compare Lev 13:3 v Lev 13:38 Lev 13:39 Lev 13:43); עוֺר בְּעַד עוֺר Job 2:4 skin in behalf of, for, skin, apparently proverb. phrase of barter, = everything has its price (on varieties of interpretation see Commentaries).
2. hide of animals (44 t.), always — except Job 40:31 — after skinning: Gen 27:16 ( J ); of sacrifice victims Exod 29:14; Lev 4:11 + 5 t. (all P ); prepared for use (by some process of tanning, compare NowArchaeology i. 242), sometimes = leather: material of garments Gen 3:21 ( J ), girdle 2Kgs 1:8, any article Lev 11:32; Lev 13:48 ff Num 31:20 ( P ); covering of tabernacle Exod 25:5 (twice in verse) + 10 t. Exod 26; Exod 35; Exod 36; Exod 39, of ark, sacred utensils, etc., Num 4:6 + 5 t. Num 4.


עורים Isa 30:6 see עַיִר .


Other Resources

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

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