Quick Definition
to bristle up
Strong's Definition
to be erect, i.e. bristle as hair
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: stand up, tremble.
TWOT Reference: 1518
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סָמַר (sa.mar) — to bristle up. 1) to bristle up, shiver, stand up 1a) (Qal) to bristle up, shiver 1b) (Piel) to bristle up, stand up
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַסְמֵר · מַשְׂמֵרָה · סָמָר
Feel | verb pi
to bristle, to stand on end = state in which the hair of one's body stands upright ◄ as a result of fear
Feel | verb qal
(one's flesh) creeps exact meaning unsure; possibly: = process by which humans experience an uncomfortable sensation on their skin as if some animal crawls over it, ◄ induced by fear
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סָמַר vb. bristle up Qal ψ 119:120 from fear of thee did my flesh bristle up, ‘creep.’
Pi. Jb 4:15.
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