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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #5568 - סָמַר

Transliteration

çâmar

Phonetics

saw-mar'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1518

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to bristle up, shiver, stand up
1. (Qal) to bristle up, shiver
2. (Piel) to bristle up, stand up

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5425 ‑ φρίσσω (fris'‑so);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Job 1

Psalms 1

BSB (2)

Job 1

Psalms 1

CSB (1)

Job 1

Psalms 1

ESV (2)

Job 1

Psalms 1

KJV (2)

Job 1

Psalms 1

LEB (2)

Job 1

Psalms 1

LSB (2)

Job 1

Psalms 1

N95 (1)

Job 1

NAS (3)

Job 1

Psalms 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Job 1

Psalms 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2491) r m x (סמר SMR) AC: Bristle CO: Hair AB: ?: The standing on end of hair as when terrified or on a caterpillar.

V) r m x (סמר SMR) - Bristle: KJV (2): (vf: Paal, Piel) tremble, stood - Strongs: H5568 (סָמַר)

N^m) r m x (סמר SMR) - Hair: KJV (1): rough - Strongs: H5569 (סָמָר)

a^f1) e r m x m (מסמרה MSMRH) - Nail: As a standing hair. KJV (4): nail - Strongs: H4548 (מַשְׂמְרָה)

a^f ) r m x m (מסמר MSMR) - Nail: As a standing hair. [df: rmVm] KJV (1): nail - Strongs: H4548 (מַשְׂמְרָה), H4930 (מַשְׂמֵרָה)

h^m ) r m x m (מסמר MSMR) - Nail: As a standing hair. KJV (1): nail - Strongs: H4548 (מַשְׂמְרָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

סָמַר verb bristle up (Lag^{BN 106} compare Arabic

contract; in that case ׳ס for ׳שׂ); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular מִמַּחְדְּךָ בְשָׂרִי׳ס Psalm 119:20 from fear of thee did my flesh bristle up, 'creep.'

Pi`el Imperfect תְּסַמֵּר שַׂעֲרַת בְּשָׂרִי Job 4:15.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

סָמַר horrere, θρίσσειν, to stand on end

(a) used of the hair (see Piel, and סָמַר ), hence used of a man seized with terror. Psalms 119:120, סָמַר בְּשָׂרִי Symm. ὀρθοτριχεῖ.

(b) used of bristling points, hence מַסְמֵר something pointed, a nail, and سمر Chald. סַמֵּר to fasten with nails.

Piel, id., to stand on end, as hair, Job 4:15 Hence [מַסְמַר and]

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List of Word Forms

סָמַ֣ר סמר תְּ֝סַמֵּ֗ר תסמר sā·mar saMar sāmar tə·sam·mêr tesamMer təsammêr