H8593 - תַּעַר (taʻar)

H8593 תַּעַר (taʻar) tah'-ar

Hebrew

Noun (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

razor

Strong's Definition

a knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e. empty)

Derivation: from H6168 (עָרָה);

KJV Usage: (pen-) knife, razor, scabbard, shave, sheath.

TWOT Reference: 1692e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) razor, sheath (making naked)

1a) razor

1b) sheath (of sword)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) razor, sheath (making naked) 1a) razor 1b) sheath (of sword)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תַּעַר ta‛ar BDB Definition: 1) razor, sheath (making naked) 1a) razor 1b) sheath (of sword) Part of Speech: noun masculine or feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6168 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1692e Total KJV Occurrences: 13

Bible Occurrences (13)

6:5 8:7

17:51

20:8

52:2

7:20

36:23 47:6

5:1 21:3 21:4 21:5 21:30

Numbers 6:5

For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch... his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.

Numbers 8:7

This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave...... their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

1 Samuel 17:51

David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with [the sword]. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.

2 Samuel 20:8

[And while] they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire..., with a dagger strapped to his belt....... And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

Isaiah 7:20

On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates the king of Assyria— to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.

Jeremiah 36:23

And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut [them off] with a scribe’s knife and throw [them] into the firepot... -, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire -.

Jeremiah 47:6

Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long... until you rest...? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!

Ezekiel 5:1

As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave... your head... and beard. Then take a set of scales... and divide the hair.