H7838 שָׁחֹר (shâchôr) shaw-khore'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

black

Strong's Definition

properly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty

Derivation: or שָׁחוֹר; from H7835 (שָׁחַר);

KJV Usage: black.

TWOT Reference: 2368b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) black

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G3189

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁחֹר (sha.chor) — black. black

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שָׁחֹר (H7838)

adj · שׁחר

Color

black, dark = state in which (part of) the body of humans and animals has a very dark color

LEV 13:31 · LEV 13:37 · SNG 1:5 · SNG 5:11 · ZEC 6:2 · ZEC 6:6

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁחֹר adj. black base

Bible Occurrences (4)

13:31 13:37

6:2 6:6

Leviticus 13:31

But if the priest examines the scaly infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall isolate the infected person... for seven days.

Leviticus 13:37

If, however, in his sight the scaly outbreak is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed. He is clean, and the priest is to pronounce him [clean].

Zechariah 6:2

The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,

Zechariah 6:6

The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, [the one with] the white [horses] toward [the west], and [the one with] the dappled [horses] toward the south.