H5627 סָרָה (çârâh) saw-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

revolt

Strong's Definition

apostasy, crime; figuratively, remission

Derivation: from H5493 (סוּר);

KJV Usage: [idiom] continual, rebellion, revolt(-ed), turn away, wrong.

TWOT Reference: 1480a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) apostasy, defection, turning aside, withdrawal

1a) defection (of moral or legal offenses)

1b) apostasy

1c) withdrawal (negated)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G458 G459 G763

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

סָרָה (sa.rah) — revolt. 1) apostasy, defection, turning aside, withdrawal 1a) defection (of moral or legal offenses) 1b) apostasy 1c) withdrawal (negated)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

סָרָה (H5627)

noun f · סור

Engage

ceasing = process by which an event comes to an end

ISA 14:6

noun f · סרר

Unwilling | verb qal

rebellion, stubbornness, obstinacy = state by which humans stand up to or oppose the authority of a person or ruler or deity

DEU 13:6 · DEU 19:16 · ISA 1:5 · ISA 31:6 · ISA 59:13 · JER 28:16 · JER 29:32

Steve Berneking

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סָרָה n.f. turning aside, defection, apostasy, withdrawal base

Bible Occurrences (8)

13:5 19:16

1:5 14:6 31:6 59:13

28:16 29:32

Deuteronomy 13:5

Such a prophet or dreamer...... must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 19:16

If... a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

Isaiah 1:5

Why... do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

Isaiah 14:6

It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing... blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless... persecution.

Isaiah 31:6

Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.

Isaiah 59:13

rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

Jeremiah 28:16

Therefore this is what the LORD... says: I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.

Jeremiah 29:32

this is what the LORD says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite... and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”