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H8311 שָׂרַע (sâraʻ) saw-rah'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to extend

Strong's Definition

to prolong, i.e. (reflex) be deformed by excess of members

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: stretch out self, (have any) superfluous thing.

TWOT Reference: 2291

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to extend, stretch out
1a) (Qal) extended (participle)
1b) (Hithpael) to stretch oneself

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׂרַע (sa.ra) — to extend. 1) to extend, stretch out 1a) (Qal) extended (participle) 1b) (Hithpael) to stretch oneself

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Stance | verb hit

to stretch oneself = action by which humans stretch out their body on a flat surface

ISA 28:20

Large | verb qal | ≠ קלט

to be overgrown, to have a limb that is too long literally: to be stretched; hence: = state in which humans or animals have a limb that is relatively long in size

LEV 21:18 · LEV 22:23

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שָׂרַע] vb. extend Qal extended, i.e. too long (in a limb or member)

Hithp. stretch oneself

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Bible Occurrences (3)

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