תַּ֫עַר
ta.ar
“razor”
Definition
a knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e. empty)
from H6168 (עָרָה);
- razor, sheath (making naked) 1a) razor 1b) sheath (of sword)
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
H:N
Hebrew Noun
Occurrences
תַּ֫עַר appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him; and he cut off his head with the sword.When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them.Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
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On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates —the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
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