HebrewH4177Noun (Masculine)

מוֹרָה

mo.rah

3Occurrences
H4177Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a razor

from H4171 (מוּר) in the sense of shearing;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
razor

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מוֹרָה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
2
1 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 1:11BSB

And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”

Judges 13:5BSB

For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

Judges 16:17BSB

Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

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