◄ 8163. sa'iyr ►
Strong's Lexicon sa'iyr: Goat, hairy, he-goat, satyr Original Word: שָׂעִיר Part of Speech: Adjective; noun masculine; noun masculine Transliteration: sa`iyr Pronunciation: sah-eer' Phonetic Spelling: (saw-eer') Definition: Goat, hairy, he-goat, satyr Meaning: shaggy, a he-goat, a faun Word Origin: From the root שָׂעַר (śaʿar), meaning "to be hairy" or "shaggy." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2055 (εἰδωλόθυτον, eidolothuton): Refers to things sacrificed to idols, which can relate to the concept of offerings and sacrifices. - G1193 (δαιμόνιον, daimonion): Refers to demons or evil spirits, paralleling the use of "sa'iyr" in contexts of wilderness spirits or satyrs. Usage: The Hebrew word "sa'iyr" primarily refers to a male goat, often used in the context of sacrificial offerings and as a symbol of sin and atonement in the Old Testament. It can also denote a "hairy" or "shaggy" creature, sometimes translated as "satyr" in certain contexts, referring to mythological creatures or demons in the wilderness. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, goats were common livestock and held significant religious importance. The male goat, or "sa'iyr," was often used in sacrificial rituals, particularly on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), where one goat was sacrificed, and another was sent into the wilderness as the scapegoat (Leviticus 16). The term "sa'iyr" also appears in contexts describing desolate places inhabited by wild creatures or demonic entities, reflecting ancient Near Eastern beliefs about the wilderness as a realm of chaos and spiritual danger. Brown-Driver-Briggs I. שָׂעִר adjective hairy; — masculine singular ׳אִישׁ שׂ Genesis 27:11; feminine plural יָדָיו שְׂעִרֹת Genesis 27:33 (J). II. שָׂעִיר53 noun masculineNumbers 15:24 he-goat, buck (hairy one; Late Hebrew id.); — absolute ׳שׂ Leviticus 4:24 +, construct שְׂעִיר Numbers 7:16 +; plural שְׂעִירִם Leviticus 16:7,8; construct שְׂעִירֵי Leviticus 16:5; Numbers 7:87; — he-goat, usually שְׂעִיר(ֿ)עִזִּים buck of goats (see עֵז p. 777): Genesis 37:31 (J), Ezekiel 43:22; Ezekiel 45:23; Leviticus 4:23; Leviticus 9:3; Leviticus 23:19 20t. Numbers (all P); ׳שְׂעִירֵי ע Leviticus 16:5; Numbers 7:87 (P); ׳שׂ alone = he-goat Leviticus 4:24 11t. Leviticus 16 (P); שְׂעִיר (הַ)חַטָּאת he-goat for sin-offering Ezekiel 43:25; Leviticus 9:15 9t. Leviticus, Numbers; ׳שְׂעִירֵי הַח2Chronicles 29:23; in Daniel 8:21 ׳הַשּׂ is probably gloss to הַצָּפִיר (compare Dr). III. שָׂעִיר noun masculine satyr, demon (with he-goat's form, or feet; Late Hebrew id.; compare BaudStud. i. 136 ff.; hairy demons WeSkizzen iii. 135; Heid. 152 RSSemitic 113, 423: 2nd ed. 120, 441); absolute ׳שׂ Isaiah 34:14 inhabiting desolate ruins, so plural שְׂעִירִים Isaiah 13:21; name for idols 2Chronicles 11:15 and (שְׂעִירִם) Leviticus 17:7 (H); probably also ׳בָּמוֺת הַשּׂ 2 Kings 23:8 (ᵑ0 הַשְּׁעָרִים) HoffmZAW ii (1882), 175 SS Kmp Klo Kit Benz Bur. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr Or sabir {saw-eer'}; from sa'ar; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun -- devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr. see HEBREW sa'ar Forms and Transliterations הַשְּׂעִירִ֑ם הַשְּׂעִירִ֖ם הַשָּׂעִ֔יר הַשָּׂעִ֖יר הַשָּׂעִ֥יר הַשָּׂעִיר֙ הַשָּׂעִיר֮ השעיר השעירם וְהַשָּׂעִ֗יר וְלַשְּׂעִירִ֑ים וְשָׂעִ֖יר וּשְׂעִ֥יר וּשְׂעִ֨יר וּשְׂעִירִ֖ים וּשְׂעִירֵ֥י וּשְׂעִיר־ והשעיר ולשעירים ושעיר ושעיר־ ושעירי ושעירים לַשְּׂעִירִ֕ם לשעירם שְׂעִ֣יר שְׂעִ֤יר שְׂעִ֥יר שְׂעִירֵ֣י שְׂעִירֵ֥י שְׂעִיר־ שְׂעִרֹ֑ת שָׂעִ֔ר שעיר שעיר־ שעירי שער שערת haś·śā·‘îr haś·śə·‘î·rim haśśā‘îr hassaIr haśśə‘îrim hasseiRim laś·śə·‘î·rim laśśə‘îrim lasseiRim śā‘ir śā·‘ir saIr śə‘îr śə‘îr- śə‘îrê śə‘irōṯ śə·‘î·rê śə·‘i·rōṯ śə·‘îr śə·‘îr- seIr seiRei seiRot ū·śə·‘î·rê ū·śə·‘î·rîm ū·śə·‘îr ū·śə·‘îr- ūśə‘îr ūśə‘îr- ūśə‘îrê ūśə‘îrîm useir useiRei useiRim vehassaIr velasseiRim vesaIr wə·haś·śā·‘îr wə·laś·śə·‘î·rîm wə·śā·‘îr wəhaśśā‘îr wəlaśśə‘îrîm wəśā‘îr Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Genesis 27:11 HEB: אָחִי֙ אִ֣ישׁ שָׂעִ֔ר וְאָנֹכִ֖י אִ֥ישׁ NAS: my brother is a hairy man KJV: my brother [is] a hairy man, INT: my brother man hairy I man Genesis 27:23 HEB: עֵשָׂ֥ו אָחִ֖יו שְׂעִרֹ֑ת וַֽיְבָרְכֵֽהוּ׃ NAS: his hands were hairy like his brother KJV: him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother INT: Esau's his brother were hairy blessed Genesis 37:31 HEB: יוֹסֵ֑ף וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ שְׂעִ֣יר עִזִּ֔ים וַיִּטְבְּל֥וּ NAS: and slaughtered a male goat and dipped KJV: and killed a kid of the goats, INT: Joseph's and slaughtered A male of the goats and dipped Leviticus 4:23 HEB: אֶת־ קָרְבָּנ֛וֹ שְׂעִ֥יר עִזִּ֖ים זָכָ֥ר NAS: for his offering a goat, a male KJV: his offering, a kid of the goats, INT: shall bring his offering A kid of the goats A male Leviticus 4:24 HEB: עַל־ רֹ֣אשׁ הַשָּׂעִ֔יר וְשָׁחַ֣ט אֹת֔וֹ NAS: on the head of the male goat and slay KJV: upon the head of the goat, and kill INT: on the head of the male and slay the place Leviticus 9:3 HEB: לֵאמֹ֑ר קְח֤וּ שְׂעִיר־ עִזִּים֙ לְחַטָּ֔את NAS: Take a male goat KJV: Take ye a kid of the goats INT: saying Take A male goat A sin Leviticus 9:15 HEB: וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת־ שְׂעִ֤יר הַֽחַטָּאת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר KJV: and took the goat, which [was] the sin offering INT: the people's and took the goat of the sin which Leviticus 10:16 HEB: וְאֵ֣ת ׀ שְׂעִ֣יר הַֽחַטָּ֗את דָּרֹ֥שׁ KJV: sought the goat of the sin offering, INT: the goat of the sin searched Leviticus 16:5 HEB: יִקַּ֛ח שְׁנֵֽי־ שְׂעִירֵ֥י עִזִּ֖ים לְחַטָּ֑את NAS: two male goats KJV: two kids of the goats INT: shall take two male goats A sin Leviticus 16:7 HEB: אֶת־ שְׁנֵ֣י הַשְּׂעִירִ֑ם וְהֶעֱמִ֤יד אֹתָם֙ NAS: the two goats and present KJV: the two goats, and present INT: shall take the two goats and present before Leviticus 16:8 HEB: עַל־ שְׁנֵ֥י הַשְּׂעִירִ֖ם גּוֹרָל֑וֹת גּוֹרָ֤ל NAS: lots for the two goats, one lot KJV: lots upon the two goats; one lot INT: for the two goats lots lot Leviticus 16:9 HEB: אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶת־ הַשָּׂעִ֔יר אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָלָ֥ה KJV: shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S INT: shall offer Aaron the goat which fell Leviticus 16:10 HEB: וְהַשָּׂעִ֗יר אֲשֶׁר֩ עָלָ֨ה KJV: But the goat, on which the lot fell INT: the goat which fell Leviticus 16:15 HEB: וְשָׁחַ֞ט אֶת־ שְׂעִ֤יר הַֽחַטָּאת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר KJV: Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, INT: shall slaughter the goat of the sin which Leviticus 16:18 HEB: הַפָּר֙ וּמִדַּ֣ם הַשָּׂעִ֔יר וְנָתַ֛ן עַל־ KJV: and of the blood of the goat, and put INT: of the bull the blood of the goat and put on Leviticus 16:20 HEB: וְהִקְרִ֖יב אֶת־ הַשָּׂעִ֥יר הֶחָֽי׃ KJV: he shall bring the live goat: INT: and the altar shall offer goat the live Leviticus 16:21 HEB: עַ֨ל רֹ֣אשׁ הַשָּׂעִיר֮ הַחַי֒ וְהִתְוַדָּ֣ה KJV: of the live goat, and confess INT: over the head goat of the live and confess Leviticus 16:21 HEB: עַל־ רֹ֣אשׁ הַשָּׂעִ֔יר וְשִׁלַּ֛ח בְּיַד־ KJV: them upon the head of the goat, and shall send [him] away INT: over the head of the goat and send of his hands Leviticus 16:22 HEB: וְנָשָׂ֨א הַשָּׂעִ֥יר עָלָ֛יו אֶת־ NAS: and he shall release the goat in the wilderness. KJV: And the goat shall bear INT: shall bear the goat and all Leviticus 16:22 HEB: וְשִׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־ הַשָּׂעִ֖יר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ KJV: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. INT: to a solitary shall release the goat the wilderness Leviticus 16:26 HEB: וְהַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֤חַ אֶת־ הַשָּׂעִיר֙ לַֽעֲזָאזֵ֔ל יְכַבֵּ֣ס NAS: The one who released the goat as the scapegoat KJV: And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat INT: released the goat as the scapegoat shall wash Leviticus 16:27 HEB: הַֽחַטָּ֜את וְאֵ֣ת ׀ שְׂעִ֣יר הַֽחַטָּ֗את אֲשֶׁ֨ר NAS: offering and the goat of the sin offering, KJV: [for] the sin offering, and the goat [for] the sin offering, INT: the bull of the sin and the goat offering whose Leviticus 17:7 HEB: אֶת־ זִבְחֵיהֶ֔ם לַשְּׂעִירִ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥ם NAS: their sacrifices to the goat demons with which KJV: their sacrifices unto devils, after INT: longer their sacrifices to the goat which they Leviticus 23:19 HEB: וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֛ם שְׂעִיר־ עִזִּ֥ים אֶחָ֖ד NAS: one male goat for a sin offering KJV: one kid of the goats INT: offer male of the goats one Numbers 7:16 HEB: שְׂעִיר־ עִזִּ֥ים אֶחָ֖ד NAS: one male goat for a sin offering; KJV: One kid of the goats INT: male goat one 59 Occurrences Strong's Hebrew 8163 59 Occurrences haś·śā·‘îr — 10 Occ. haś·śə·‘î·rim — 2 Occ. laś·śə·‘î·rim — 1 Occ. śā·‘ir — 1 Occ. śə·‘îr — 25 Occ. śə·‘î·rê — 2 Occ. śə·‘i·rōṯ — 1 Occ. ū·śə·‘îr- — 12 Occ. ū·śə·‘î·rê — 1 Occ. ū·śə·‘î·rîm — 1 Occ. wə·haś·śā·‘îr — 1 Occ. wə·laś·śə·‘î·rîm — 1 Occ. wə·śā·‘îr — 1 Occ.