8184. seorah
Berean Strong's Lexicon
seorah: Barley

Original Word: שְׂעֹרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: seorah
Pronunciation: seh-o-RAH
Phonetic Spelling: (seh-o-raw')
Definition: Barley
Meaning: barley

Word Origin: Derived from the root שָׂעַר (sa'ar), meaning "to bristle" or "to be rough," likely referring to the texture of barley.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent for barley is κριθή (krithē), Strong's Greek #2915.

Usage: The term "seorah" refers to barley, a cereal grain that was a staple food in ancient Israel. It is often mentioned in the context of agriculture, offerings, and economic transactions. Barley was one of the first grains to be cultivated and was used for making bread and porridge. It was also a common feed for animals.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, barley was a significant crop due to its adaptability to various climates and its shorter growing season compared to wheat. It was often associated with the poorer classes, as it was less expensive than wheat. Barley was also used in the preparation of unleavened bread during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The barley harvest marked the beginning of the harvest season, and the firstfruits of barley were offered during the Feast of Firstfruits.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as sear
Definition
barley
NASB Translation
barley (33).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
שְׂעֹרָה noun feminine barley (bearded grain; ᵐ5 κριθή, ᵑ9 hordeum; Late Hebrew id.; Sabean שערם Glas in FellZMG liv (1900), 256, Arabic ; Old Aramaic שערה, ᵑ7 סְעָרְתָא, Syriac ; Di260 compare Ethiopic wheat, grain); — absolute ׳שׂ Exodus 9:31 +; usually plural שְׂעֹרִים Hosea 3:2 +; — barley, common grain (often "" חִטָּה, etc.):

1 growing, standing, singular Exodus 9:31 (twice in verse) (J), Deuteronomy 8:8; Job 31:40; Job 1:11, as sown Isaiah 28:25; standing, plural 2 Samuel 14:30 ׳שְׂעוֺ 1 Chronicles 11:13, reaped קְצִיר (הַ)שְׂעֹרִים 2 Samuel 21:9; Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:23, ׳גֹּרֶן הַשּׂ Ruth 3:2.

2 plural, the grains, measured, cooked, etc.: Hosea 3:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 4:9; Ezekiel 13:19; Ezekiel 45:13; 2 Kings 7:1,16,18; Jeremiah 41:8; 2Chron 2:9; 2 Chronicles 2:14; 2 Chronicles 27:5; Ruth 2:17; Ruth 3:15,17; 2 Samuel 17:28; 1 Kings 5:8 (food for horses); ׳זֶרַע חֹמֶר שׂ Leviticus 27:16 (P); ׳קֶמַח שׂ Numbers 5:15, ׳לֶחֶם שׂ Judges 7:13; 2 Kings 4:42, ׳עֻגַת שׂ Ezekiel 4:12.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
barley

Or snowrah {seh-o-raw'} (feminine meaning the plant); and (masculine meaning the grain); also s or {seh-ore'}; or s-owr {seh-ore'}; from sa'ar in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose) -- barley.

see HEBREW sa'ar

Forms and Transliterations
הַשְּׂעֹרִ֖ים הַשְּׂעֹרִ֥ים הַשְּׂעֹרִֽים׃ הַשְּׂעֹרָה֙ השערה השערים השערים׃ וְהַשְּׂעֹרִ֜ים וְהַשְּׂעֹרִ֣ים וְהַשְּׂעֹרָ֖ה וּ֠שְׂעֹרִים וּשְׂעֹרִ֕ים וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים וּשְׂעֹרָ֔ה וּשְׂעֹרָ֣ה וּשְׂעוֹרִ֖ים והשערה והשערים ושעורים ושערה ושערים שְׂעֹרִ֑ים שְׂעֹרִ֔ים שְׂעֹרִ֖ים שְׂעֹרִ֛ים שְׂעֹרִ֜ים שְׂעֹרִֽים׃ שְׂעֹרִים֙ שְׂעֹרִים֮ שְׂעֹרָ֑ה שְׂעֹרָ֥ה שְׂעוֹרִ֑ים שעורים שערה שערים שערים׃ haś·śə·‘ō·rāh haś·śə·‘ō·rîm haśśə‘ōrāh haśśə‘ōrîm hasseoRah hasseoRim śə‘ōrāh śə‘ōrîm śə‘ōwrîm śə·‘ō·rāh śə·‘ō·rîm śə·‘ō·w·rîm seoRah seoRim ū·śə·‘ō·rāh ū·śə·‘ō·rîm ū·śə·‘ō·w·rîm ūśə‘ōrāh ūśə‘ōrîm ūśə‘ōwrîm useoRah useoRim vehasseoRah vehasseoRim wə·haś·śə·‘ō·rāh wə·haś·śə·‘ō·rîm wəhaśśə‘ōrāh wəhaśśə‘ōrîm
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Exodus 9:31
HEB: וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֥ה וְהַשְּׂעֹרָ֖ה נֻכָּ֑תָה כִּ֤י
NAS: (Now the flax and the barley were ruined,
KJV: And the flax and the barley was smitten:
INT: the flax and the barley were ruined for

Exodus 9:31
HEB: נֻכָּ֑תָה כִּ֤י הַשְּׂעֹרָה֙ אָבִ֔יב וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֖ה
NAS: were ruined, for the barley was in the ear
KJV: was smitten: for the barley [was] in the ear,
INT: were ruined for the barley the ear and the flax

Leviticus 27:16
HEB: זֶ֚רַע חֹ֣מֶר שְׂעֹרִ֔ים בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים שֶׁ֥קֶל
NAS: needed for it: a homer of barley seed
KJV: thereof: an homer of barley seed
INT: seed A homer of barley fifty shekels

Numbers 5:15
HEB: הָאֵיפָ֖ה קֶ֣מַח שְׂעֹרִ֑ים לֹֽא־ יִצֹ֨ק
NAS: of an ephah of barley meal;
KJV: [part] of an ephah of barley meal;
INT: of an ephah meal of barley nor pour

Deuteronomy 8:8
HEB: אֶ֤רֶץ חִטָּה֙ וּשְׂעֹרָ֔ה וְגֶ֥פֶן וּתְאֵנָ֖ה
NAS: of wheat and barley, of vines
KJV: of wheat, and barley, and vines,
INT: A land of wheat and barley of vines and fig

Judges 7:13
HEB: ק) לֶ֤חֶם שְׂעֹרִים֙ מִתְהַפֵּךְ֙ בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה
NAS: a loaf of barley bread
KJV: and, lo, a cake of barley bread
INT: cake bread of barley was tumbling the camp

Ruth 1:22
HEB: בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת קְצִ֥יר שְׂעֹרִֽים׃
NAS: at the beginning of barley harvest.
KJV: in the beginning of barley harvest.
INT: the beginning harvest of barley

Ruth 2:17
HEB: וַיְהִ֖י כְּאֵיפָ֥ה שְׂעֹרִֽים׃
NAS: and it was about an ephah of barley.
KJV: and it was about an ephah of barley.
INT: become an ephah of barley

Ruth 2:23
HEB: כְּל֥וֹת קְצִֽיר־ הַשְּׂעֹרִ֖ים וּקְצִ֣יר הַֽחִטִּ֑ים
NAS: the end of the barley harvest
KJV: unto the end of barley harvest
INT: the end harvest of the barley harvest and the wheat

Ruth 3:2
HEB: אֶת־ גֹּ֥רֶן הַשְּׂעֹרִ֖ים הַלָּֽיְלָה׃
NAS: he winnows barley at the threshing floor
KJV: thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night
INT: winnows the threshing barley tonight

Ruth 3:15
HEB: וַיָּ֤מָד שֵׁשׁ־ שְׂעֹרִים֙ וַיָּ֣שֶׁת עָלֶ֔יהָ
NAS: six [measures] of barley and laid
KJV: six [measures] of barley, and laid
INT: measured six barley and laid and

Ruth 3:17
HEB: וַתֹּ֕אמֶר שֵׁשׁ־ הַשְּׂעֹרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה נָ֣תַן
NAS: six [measures] of barley he gave
KJV: These six [measures] of barley gave
INT: said six barley These gave

2 Samuel 14:30
HEB: וְלוֹ־ שָׁ֣ם שְׂעֹרִ֔ים לְכ֖וּ [וְהֹוצִּתֵיהָ
NAS: is next to mine, and he has barley there;
KJV: mine, and he hath barley there; go
INT: mine there has barley go and set

2 Samuel 17:28
HEB: יוֹצֵ֔ר וְחִטִּ֥ים וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְקֶ֣מַח וְקָלִ֑י
NAS: pottery, wheat, barley, flour, parched
KJV: and wheat, and barley, and flour,
INT: and earthen wheat barley flour parched

2 Samuel 21:9
HEB: ק) קְצִ֥יר שְׂעֹרִֽים׃
NAS: at the beginning of barley harvest.
KJV: [days], in the beginning of barley harvest.
INT: Tachmonite harvest of barley

1 Kings 4:28
HEB: וְהַשְּׂעֹרִ֣ים וְהַתֶּ֔בֶן לַסּוּסִ֖ים
NAS: They also brought barley and straw
KJV: Barley also and straw for the horses
INT: barley and straw the horses

2 Kings 4:42
HEB: עֶשְׂרִֽים־ לֶ֣חֶם שְׂעֹרִ֔ים וְכַרְמֶ֖ל בְּצִקְלֹנ֑וֹ
NAS: loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain
KJV: loaves of barley, and full ears of corn
INT: twenty loaves of barley and fresh his sack

2 Kings 7:1
HEB: בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל וְסָאתַ֧יִם שְׂעֹרִ֛ים בְּשֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשַׁ֥עַר
NAS: and two measures of barley for a shekel,
KJV: and two measures of barley for a shekel,
INT: A shekel measures of barley A shekel the gate

2 Kings 7:16
HEB: בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל וְסָאתַ֧יִם שְׂעֹרִ֛ים בְּשֶׁ֖קֶל כִּדְבַ֥ר
NAS: and two measures of barley for a shekel,
KJV: and two measures of barley for a shekel,
INT: A shekel measures of barley A shekel to the word

2 Kings 7:18
HEB: לֵאמֹ֑ר סָאתַ֨יִם שְׂעֹרִ֜ים בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל וּֽסְאָה־
NAS: Two measures of barley for a shekel
KJV: Two measures of barley for a shekel,
INT: saying measures of barley A shekel measure

1 Chronicles 11:13
HEB: הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה מְלֵאָ֣ה שְׂעוֹרִ֑ים וְהָעָ֥ם נָ֖סוּ
NAS: full of barley; and the people
KJV: full of barley; and the people
INT: of ground full of barley and the people fled

2 Chronicles 2:10
HEB: עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף וּשְׂעֹרִ֕ים כֹּרִ֖ים עֶשְׂרִ֣ים
NAS: kors of barley, and 20,000
KJV: measures of barley, and twenty
INT: twenty thousand of barley measures and twenty

2 Chronicles 2:15
HEB: וְ֠עַתָּה הַחִטִּ֨ים וְהַשְּׂעֹרִ֜ים הַשֶּׁ֤מֶן וְהַיַּ֙יִן֙
NAS: wheat and barley, oil
KJV: Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil,
INT: Now wheat and barley oil and wine

2 Chronicles 27:5
HEB: כֹּרִים֙ חִטִּ֔ים וּשְׂעוֹרִ֖ים עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת אֲלָפִ֑ים
NAS: thousand of barley. The Ammonites
KJV: thousand of barley. So much did the children
INT: kors of wheat of barley and ten thousand

Job 31:40
HEB: ח֗וֹחַ וְתַֽחַת־ שְׂעֹרָ֥ה בָאְשָׁ֑ה תַּ֝֗מּוּ
NAS: instead of barley. The words
KJV: and cockle instead of barley. The words
INT: briars instead of barley and stinkweed are ended

34 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8184
34 Occurrences


haś·śə·‘ō·rāh — 1 Occ.
haś·śə·‘ō·rîm — 4 Occ.
śə·‘ō·rāh — 2 Occ.
śə·‘ō·rîm — 17 Occ.
ū·śə·‘ō·rāh — 2 Occ.
ū·śə·‘ō·rîm — 5 Occ.
wə·haś·śə·‘ō·rāh — 1 Occ.
wə·haś·śə·‘ō·rîm — 2 Occ.
















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