H7806 שָׁזַר (shâzar) shaw-zar'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to twist

Strong's Definition

to twist (a thread of straw)

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: twine.

TWOT Reference: 2358

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to twist, be twisted

1a) (Hophal)

1a1) to be twisted

1a2) twisted (participle)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G3514

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁזַר (sha.zar) — to twist. 1) to twist, be twisted 1a) (Hophal) 1a1) to be twisted 1a2) twisted (participle)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שׁזר (H7806)

verb

Weave | verb hof ptc.act

spun, twisted = process by which fibres are spun into a thread with the help of a spindle

EXO 26:1 · EXO 26:31 · EXO 26:36 · EXO 27:9 · EXO 27:16 · EXO 27:18 · EXO 28:6 · EXO 28:8 · EXO 28:15 · EXO 36:8 · EXO 36:35 · EXO 36:37 · EXO 38:9 · EXO 38:16 · EXO 38:18 · EXO 39:2 · EXO 39:5 · EXO 39:8 · EXO 39:24 · EXO 39:28 · EXO 39:29

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שָׁזַר] 21 vb. Hoph. be twisted base

Bible Occurrences (21)

Exodus 26:1

You are to construct the tabernacle [itself] [with] ten curtains of finely spun linen, [each] with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn..., [and] cherubim skillfully worked into them.

Exodus 26:31

Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn..., and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it -.

Exodus 26:36

For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn..., and finely spun... linen.

Exodus 27:9

You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south... side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

Exodus 27:16

The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits [long], with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn,... and finely spun... linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

Exodus 27:18

The entire courtyard [shall be] a hundred cubits long and fifty [cubits] wide, [with curtains] of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

Exodus 28:6

They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered... with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn....

Exodus 28:8

And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod must be of one piece, of the same workmanship — with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn..., and with finely spun linen.