עוֹר
or
“skin”
Definition
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
from H5783 (עוּר);
- skin, hide 1a) skin (of men) 1b) hide (of animals)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עוֹר appears 80 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.”“It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
You clothed me with skin and flesh,and knit me together with bones and sinews.
But if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest.
On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine the infection, and if the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,
Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.
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