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שָׂעִיר

sâʻîyr · Hebrew · Strong's H8163 · 59 occurrences

The KJV renders 9 different Hebrew and Greek words as “goat”

What it means

shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun

or שָׂעִר; from H8175 (שָׂעַר);

How the KJV renders it

devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

goat
also renders eríphion (G2055), ériphos (G2056), aígeios (G122), trágos (G5131), ʻêz (H5795), ʻêz (H5796), ʻattûwd (H6260), seh (H7716)
kid
also renders ériphos (G2056), gᵉdîy (H1423), gᵉdîyâh (H1429), ʻêz (H5795), sᵉʻîyrâh (H8166)
rough
also renders trachýs (G5138), ʼêythân (H386), çâmâr (H5569), qâsheh (H7186)
devil
also renders daímōn (G1142), daimónion (G1140), diábolos (G1228)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

59 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 57 verses shown.

2 Chronicles 11:15 HC/Rd/Ncmpa2 Chronicles 29:23 HNcmpcDaniel 8:21 HTd/AamsaEzekiel 43:22 HNcmscEzekiel 43:25 HNcmscEzekiel 45:23 HNcmscGenesis 27:11 HAamsaGenesis 27:23 HAafpaGenesis 37:31 HNcmscIsaiah 13:21 HC/NcmpaIsaiah 34:14 HC/NcmsaLeviticus 4:23 HNcmscLeviticus 4:24 HTd/NcmsaLeviticus 9:3 HNcmscLeviticus 9:15 HNcmscLeviticus 10:16 HNcmscLeviticus 16:5 HNcmpcLeviticus 16:7 HTd/NcmpaLeviticus 16:8 HTd/NcmpaLeviticus 16:9 HTd/NcmsaLeviticus 16:10 HC/Td/NcmsaLeviticus 16:15 HNcmscLeviticus 16:18 HTd/NcmsaLeviticus 16:20 HTd/NcmsaLeviticus 16:21 HTd/NcmsaLeviticus 16:22 HTd/NcmsaLeviticus 16:26 HTd/NcmsaLeviticus 16:27 HNcmscLeviticus 17:7 HRd/NcmpaLeviticus 23:19 HNcmscNumbers 7:16 HNcmscNumbers 7:22 HNcmscNumbers 7:28 HNcmscNumbers 7:34 HNcmscNumbers 7:40 HNcmscNumbers 7:46 HNcmscNumbers 7:52 HNcmscNumbers 7:58 HNcmscNumbers 7:64 HNcmscNumbers 7:70 HNcmscNumbers 7:76 HNcmscNumbers 7:82 HNcmscNumbers 7:87 HC/NcmpcNumbers 15:24 HC/NcmscNumbers 28:15 HC/NcmscNumbers 28:22 HC/NcmscNumbers 28:30 HNcmscNumbers 29:5 HC/NcmscNumbers 29:11 HNcmscNumbers 29:16 HC/NcmscNumbers 29:19 HC/NcmscNumbers 29:22 HC/NcmscNumbers 29:25 HC/NcmscNumbers 29:28 HC/NcmscNumbers 29:31 HC/NcmscNumbers 29:34 HC/NcmscNumbers 29:38 HC/Ncmsc

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.