סוּר
to turn aside
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘turn aside’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cause to’
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”).
- Polel
- A stem of hollow/geminate roots functioning like the Piel — intensive active.
Form
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
129 distinct verses where H5493 appears in the Hiphil stem, across 26 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 8 verses
- Genesis 8:13 וַ/יָּ֤סַר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms It happened in the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.
- Genesis 30:32 הָסֵ֨ר Hiphil inf.abs I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.
- Genesis 30:35 וַ/יָּ֣סַר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
- Genesis 35:2 הָסִ֜רוּ Hiphil impv 2mp Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.
- Genesis 38:14 וַ/תָּסַר֩ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3fs She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.
- Genesis 38:19 וַ/תָּ֥סַר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3fs She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
- Genesis 41:42 וַ/יָּ֨סַר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck,
- Genesis 48:17 לְ/הָסִ֥יר prep + Hiphil inf.cs When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
Exodus 6 verses
- Exodus 8:8 וְ/יָסֵר֙ conj + Hiphil juss 3ms Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh."
- Exodus 10:17 וְ/יָסֵר֙ conj + Hiphil juss 3ms Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he may also take away from me this death."
- Exodus 14:25 וַ/יָּ֗סַר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, "Let's flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!"
- Exodus 23:25 וַ/הֲסִרֹתִ֥י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.
- Exodus 33:23 וַ/הֲסִרֹתִי֙ conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen."
- Exodus 34:34 יָסִ֥יר Hiphil impf 3ms But when Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spoke to the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
Leviticus 9 verses
- Leviticus 1:16 וְ/הֵסִ֥יר conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms and he shall take away its crop with its filth, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes.
- Leviticus 3:4 יְסִירֶֽ/נָּה Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
- Leviticus 3:9 יְסִירֶ֑/נָּה Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; its fat, the entire tail fat, he shall take away close to the backbone; and the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,
- Leviticus 3:10 יְסִירֶֽ/נָּה Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
- Leviticus 3:15 יְסִירֶֽ/נָּה Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
- Leviticus 4:9 יְסִירֶֽ/נָּה Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away,
- Leviticus 4:31 יָסִ֗יר הוּסַ֣ר Hiphil impf 3ms Hophal pf 3ms All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken away from off of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet savor to Yahweh; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 4:35 יָסִ֗יר יוּסַ֥ר Hiphil impf 3ms Hophal impf 3ms All its fat he shall take away, like the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 7:4 יְסִירֶֽ/נָּה Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away;
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- Deuteronomy 7:4 יָסִ֤יר Hiphil impf 3ms For he will turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Yahweh be kindled against you, and he will destroy you quickly.
- Deuteronomy 7:15 וְ/הֵסִ֧יר conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, will he put on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you.
- Deuteronomy 21:13 וְ/הֵסִ֩ירָה֩ conj + Hiphil wpf 3fs and she shall put the clothing of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
Joshua 4 verses
- Joshua 7:13 הֲסִירְ/כֶ֥ם Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 2mp Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel; you can not stand before your enemies, until you take away the devoted thing from among you.
- Joshua 11:15 הֵסִ֣יר Hiphil pf 3ms As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua: and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Joshua 24:14 וְ/הָסִ֣ירוּ conj + Hiphil impv 2mp Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve you Yahweh.
- Joshua 24:23 הָסִ֛ירוּ Hiphil impv 2mp Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 9:29 וְ/אָסִ֖ירָה conj + Hiphil impf 1cs Would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. He said to Abimelech, Increase your army, and come out.
- Judges 10:16 וַ/יָּסִ֜ירוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
1 Samuel 8 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:14 הָסִ֥ירִי Hiphil impv 2fs Eli said to her, How long will you be drunken? put away your wine from you.
- 1 Samuel 7:3 הָסִ֜ירוּ Hiphil impv 2mp Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 7:4 וַ/יָּסִ֨ירוּ֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp Then the children of Israel did put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.
- 1 Samuel 17:26 וְ/הֵסִ֥יר conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
- 1 Samuel 17:39 וַ/יְסִרֵ֥/ם conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp David girded his sword on his clothing, and he tried to go; for he had not proved it. David said to Saul, I can't go with these; for I have not proved them. David put them off him.
- 1 Samuel 17:46 וַ/הֲסִרֹתִ֤י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs This day will Yahweh deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your head from off you; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
- 1 Samuel 18:13 וַ/יְסִרֵ֤/הוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
- 1 Samuel 28:3 הֵסִ֛יר Hiphil pf 3ms Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had put away those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
2 Samuel 5 verses
- 2 Samuel 4:7 וַ/יָּסִ֖ירוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
- 2 Samuel 5:6 הֱסִֽירְ/ךָ֗ Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, Except you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here; thinking, David can't come in here.
- 2 Samuel 6:10 לְ/הָסִ֥יר prep + Hiphil inf.cs So David would not remove the ark of Yahweh to him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
- 2 Samuel 7:15 יָס֣וּר הֲסִרֹ֨תִי֙ הֲסִרֹ֖תִי Qal impf 3ms Hiphil pf 1cs Hiphil pf 1cs but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
- 2 Samuel 16:9 וְ/אָסִ֥ירָה conj + Hiphil coh 1cs Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head."
1 Kings 5 verses
- 1 Kings 2:31 וַ/הֲסִירֹ֣תָ conj + Hiphil wpf 2ms The king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.
- 1 Kings 15:12 וַ/יָּ֨סַר֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
- 1 Kings 15:13 וַ/יְסִרֶ֨/הָ֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
- 1 Kings 20:24 הָסֵ֤ר Hiphil impv 2ms Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;
- 1 Kings 20:41 וַ/יָּ֨סַר֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
2 Kings 10 verses
- 2 Kings 3:2 וַ/יָּ֨סַר֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
- 2 Kings 6:32 לְ/הָסִ֣יר prep + Hiphil inf.cs But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: isn't the sound of his master's feet behind him?
- 2 Kings 16:17 וַ/יָּ֤סַר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
- 2 Kings 17:18 וַ/יְסִרֵ֖/ם conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
- 2 Kings 17:23 הֵסִ֨יר Hiphil pf 3ms until Yahweh removed Israel out of his sight, as he spoke by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.
- 2 Kings 18:4 הֵסִ֣יר Hiphil pf 3ms He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
- 2 Kings 18:22 הֵסִ֤יר Hiphil pf 3ms But if you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God; isn't that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
- 2 Kings 23:19 הֵסִ֖יר Hiphil pf 3ms All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [Yahweh] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
- 2 Kings 23:27 אָסִיר֙ הֲסִרֹ֖תִי Hiphil impf 1cs Hiphil pf 1cs Yahweh said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
- 2 Kings 24:3 לְ/הָסִ֖יר prep + Hiphil inf.cs Surely at the commandment of Yahweh came this on Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,
1 Chronicles 2 verses
- 1 Chronicles 13:13 הֵסִ֨יר Hiphil pf 3ms So David didn't move the ark to him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
- 1 Chronicles 17:13 אָסִ֣יר הֲסִיר֔וֹתִי Hiphil impf 1cs Hiphil pf 1cs I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;
2 Chronicles 12 verses
- 2 Chronicles 14:3 וַ/יָּ֛סַר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
- 2 Chronicles 14:5 וַ/יָּ֨סַר֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
- 2 Chronicles 15:16 הֱסִירָ/הּ֙ Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
- 2 Chronicles 17:6 הֵסִ֛יר Hiphil pf 3ms His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 30:9 יָסִ֤יר Hiphil impf 3ms For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before those who led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.
- 2 Chronicles 30:14 וַ/יָּסִ֨ירוּ֙ הֵסִ֔ירוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp Hiphil pf 3cp They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
- 2 Chronicles 32:12 הֵסִ֥יר Hiphil pf 3ms Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and on it shall you burn incense?
- 2 Chronicles 33:8 לְ/הָסִיר֙ prep + Hiphil inf.cs neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances [given] by Moses.
- 2 Chronicles 33:15 וַ֠/יָּסַר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Yahweh, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of Yahweh, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
- 2 Chronicles 34:33 וַ/יָּ֨סַר סָ֔רוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3cp Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all who were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Yahweh their God. All his days they didn't depart from following Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 35:12 וַ/יָּסִ֨ירוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp They removed the burnt offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to offer to Yahweh, as it is written in the book of Moses. So did they with the oxen.
- 2 Chronicles 36:3 וַ/יְסִירֵ֥/הוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms The king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Esther 3 verses
- Esther 3:10 וַ/יָּ֧סַר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
- Esther 4:4 וּ/לְ/הָסִ֥יר conj + prep + Hiphil inf.cs Esther's maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent clothing to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him; but he didn't receive it.
- Esther 8:2 וַ/יָּ֨סַר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
Job 9 verses
- Job 9:34 יָסֵ֣ר Hiphil impf 3ms Let him take his rod away from me, Let his terror not make me afraid:
- Job 12:20 מֵסִ֣יר Hiphil ptcp.act ms He removes the speech of those who are trusted, And takes away the understanding of the elders.
- Job 12:24 מֵסִ֗יר Hiphil ptcp.act ms He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
- Job 19:9 וַ֝/יָּ֗סַר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
- Job 27:2 הֵסִ֣יר Hiphil pf 3ms "As God lives, who has taken away my right, The Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.
- Job 27:5 אָסִ֖יר Hiphil impf 1cs Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
- Job 33:17 לְ֭/הָסִיר prep + Hiphil inf.cs That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
- Job 34:5 הֵסִ֥יר Hiphil pf 3ms For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right:
- Job 34:20 וְ/יָסִ֥ירוּ conj + Hiphil impf 3mp In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, The mighty are taken away without hand.
Psalms 5 verses
- Psalms 18:22 אָסִ֥יר Hiphil impf 1cs For all his ordinances were before me. I didn't put away his statutes from me.
- Psalms 39:10 הָסֵ֣ר Hiphil impv 2ms Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
- Psalms 66:20 הֵסִ֘יר Hiphil pf 3ms Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, Nor his loving kindness from me.
- Psalms 81:6 הֲסִיר֣וֹתִי Hiphil pf 1cs "I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
- Psalms 119:29 הָסֵ֣ר Hiphil impv 2ms Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 4:24 הָסֵ֣ר Hiphil impv 2ms Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
- Proverbs 4:27 הָסֵ֖ר Hiphil impv 2ms Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
- Proverbs 28:9 מֵסִ֣יר Hiphil ptcp.act ms He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 13 verses
- Isaiah 1:16 הָסִ֛ירוּ Hiphil impv 2mp Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; Cease to do evil.
- Isaiah 1:25 וְ/אָסִ֖ירָה conj + Hiphil impf 1cs And I will turn my hand on you, Thoroughly purge away your dross, And will take away all your tin.
- Isaiah 3:1 מֵסִ֤יר Hiphil ptcp.act ms For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, The whole supply of bread, And the whole supply of water;
- Isaiah 3:18 יָסִ֣יר Hiphil impf 3ms In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,
- Isaiah 5:5 הָסֵ֤ר Hiphil inf.abs Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall of it, and it will be trampled down.
- Isaiah 5:23 יָסִ֥ירוּ Hiphil impf 3mp Who acquit the guilty for a bribe, But deny justice for the innocent!
- Isaiah 10:13 וְ/אָסִ֣יר conj + Hiphil impf 1cs For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down those who sit [on thrones]:
- Isaiah 18:5 הֵסִ֥יר Hiphil pf 3ms For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away [and] cut down.
- Isaiah 25:8 יָסִיר֙ Hiphil impf 3ms He has swallowed up death forever; and the Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Yahweh has spoken it.
- Isaiah 27:9 הָסִ֣ר Hiphil inf.cs Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in sunder, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
- Isaiah 31:2 הֵסִ֑יר Hiphil pf 3ms Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.
- Isaiah 36:7 הֵסִ֤יר Hiphil pf 3ms But if you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God: isn't that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?
- Isaiah 58:9 תָּסִ֤יר Hiphil impf 2ms Then shall you call, and Yahweh will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;
Jeremiah 4 verses
- Jeremiah 4:1 תָּסִ֧יר Hiphil impf 2ms If you will return, Israel, says Yahweh, if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you shall not be removed;
- Jeremiah 4:4 וְ/הָסִ֨רוּ֙ conj + Hiphil impv 2mp Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- Jeremiah 5:10 הָסִ֨ירוּ֙ Hiphil impv 2mp Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh's.
- Jeremiah 32:31 לַ/הֲסִירָ֖/הּ prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
Ezekiel 8 verses
- Ezekiel 11:18 וְ/הֵסִ֜ירוּ conj + Hiphil wpf 3cp They shall come there, and they shall take away all the detestable things of it and all the abominations of it from there.
- Ezekiel 11:19 וַ/הֲסִ֨רֹתִ֜י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;
- Ezekiel 16:50 וָ/אָסִ֥יר conj + Hiphil wimpf 1cs They were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].
- Ezekiel 21:26 הָסִיר֙ Hiphil impv 2ms thus says the Lord Yahweh: Remove the turban, and take off the crown; this [shall be] no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
- Ezekiel 23:25 יָסִ֔ירוּ Hiphil impf 3mp I will set my jealousy against you, and they shall deal with you in fury; they shall take away your nose and your ears; and your residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured by the fire.
- Ezekiel 26:16 וְ/הֵסִ֨ירוּ֙ conj + Hiphil wpf 3cp Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit on the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
- Ezekiel 36:26 וַ/הֲסִ֨רֹתִ֜י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
- Ezekiel 45:9 הָסִ֔ירוּ Hiphil impv 2mp Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people, says the Lord Yahweh.
Daniel 1 verse
Hosea 2 verses
- Hosea 2:2 וְ/תָסֵ֤ר conj + Hiphil juss 3fs Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, Neither am I her husband; And let her put away her prostitution from her face, And her adulteries from between her breasts;
- Hosea 2:17 וַ/הֲסִרֹתִ֛י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, And they will no more be mentioned by their name.
Amos 1 verse
Zephaniah 2 verses
- Zephaniah 3:11 אָסִ֣יר Hiphil impf 1cs In that day you will not be disappointed for all your doings, in which you have transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of you your proudly exulting ones, and you will no more be haughty in my holy mountain.
- Zephaniah 3:15 הֵסִ֤יר Hiphil pf 3ms Yahweh has taken away your judgments. He has thrown out your enemy. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is in the midst of you. You will not be afraid of evil any more.
Zechariah 2 verses
- Zechariah 3:4 הָסִ֛ירוּ Hiphil impv 2mp He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing."
- Zechariah 9:7 וַ/הֲסִרֹתִ֨י conj + Hiphil pf 1cs I will take away his blood out of his mouth, And his abominations from between his teeth; And he also will be a remnant for our God; And he will be as a chieftain in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite.
About this entry
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The Hebrew verb סור centers on the idea of “to turn aside.” Where the King James Version says “depart,” newer translations reach for “turn away” (Berean Standard Bible) and “turn aside” (unfoldingWord Literal Text); the renderings breakdown has the detail. It appears 283 verses across 30 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. Debuting at Genesis 8:13, it then recurs through the corpus. Read the stem: it spans 4 stems, including Qal and Hiphil. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5493 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 283
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 283 distinct verses.
- 30 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 30 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #163
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 163 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 283 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 283 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 149 verses · 53%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 81 verses · 29%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 53 verses · 19%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Depart 23×, Departed 9×, He departed 9×
- American Standard Version†: Depart 17×, Remove 9×, He departed 8×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Turn away 21×, Removed 19×, Turn aside 15×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Turn aside 32×, Remove 27×, Turn away 27×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5493 across 308† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 136 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5493 across 306† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 139 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5493 across 294† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 120 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5493 across 396† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 89 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
11 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil) and one or more reduplicated stems (the Pōlēl/Pilpēl type), which for hollow or geminate roots behave much like Piel — often intensive or iterative.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 11 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
סור I and (Ho 9
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. סָר Ex 3:4 +; 3 fs. סָ֫רָה 1 S 16:14 +; 1 s. סָ֑רְתִּי ψ 119:102; 3 pl. סָרוּ Dt 9:12 +; 2 mpl. סַרְתֶּם v 16 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָסוּר Gn 49:10 +, וַיָּ֫סַר Ju 4:18 +; 3 fs. תָּסוּר 1 S 6:3 +; 1 s. cohort. אָסֻ֫רָה Ex 3:3; 3 mpl. יָסֻ֫רוּ Ex 25:15 +, etc.; Imv. ms. סוּר 2 S 2:22 +, etc.; Inf. abs. סוֹר Dn 9:5, סֹר v 11; cstr. סוּר Is 7:17 +; sf. שׂוּרִי Ho 9:12 (Ges§ 6 k Now); Pt. סָר Jb 1:1 +; f. cstr. סָרַת Pr 11:22; mpl. cstr. סָרֵי Je 6:28 (or from סרר, or שָׂר); pass. f. סוּרָה Is 49:21, c. intrans. meaning (Ges§ 50 f Köii. 1, 137), pl. sf. סוּרַי Je 17:13 Qr; and cstr. סוּרֵי 2:21;— e.g. Exodus 3:4
- 1. turn aside, out of one’s course 1 S 6:12 Dt 2:27, from following, מֵאַחֲרֵי pers. 2 S 2:21, 22, abs. v 23, from attacking, מֵעַל 2 Ch 20:10; turn in unto (for shelter, refuge, etc.), c. אֶל־, Gn 19:2, 3 (J) Ju 4:18(×3); 19:11, 12 2 K 4:11, c. לְ Ju 20:8, c. שָׁם 18:3; 19:15, שָׁ֫מָה 18:15 2 K 4:8 (+ inf.), v 10; c. הֵ֫נָּה Pr 9:4, 16 (in fig.); for purpose implied Ex 3:3 (J) Ru 4:1(×2), or expr. by inf. Ex 3:4 (J) Ju 14:8 Je 15:5 (in fig.); especially fig. turn aside from right path, from י׳, his commands, etc., usually c. מִן Ex 32:8 (J) Ju 2:17 Dt 9:12 + 7 times D, Pr 13:14 + 5 times Pr, + 10 times elsewhere, + 2 Ch 8:15 (ins. מִן); c. מֵאַחֲרֵי 1 S 12:20 + 4 times; c. מֵעַל Je 32:40 Ez 6:9; מִן + יָמִין etc. Dt 5:29; 17:11 2 K 22:2 = 2 Ch 34:2; abs. (sometimes = revolt) ψ 14:3 Je 5:23 Dt 11:16; 17:17 (subj. לֵבָב), וְסוּרַי Je 17:13 Qr (> יסורי Kt) read prob. וְסוּרֶיךָ those revolting from thee (Ew Gie); סוּרֵי הַגֶּפֶן נָכְרִיָּה Je 2:21 degenerate (shoots) of the foreign vine (fig.); סָרַת טַעַם Pr 11:22 a woman turning aside as to discretion, shewing lack of it; also from wrong path, sins (of Jerob.), etc., c. מִן 2 K 3:3; 14:24 + 7 times 2 K; c. מֵעַל 2 K 10:31; 15:18; c. מֵאַחֲרֵי 2 K 10:29; †סָר מֵרָע (pt.) Jb 1:1, 8; 2:3 also Is 59:15; סוּר מֵרָע (inf. and imv.) Jb 28:28 Pr 3:7; 13:19; 16:6, 17 ψ 34:15; 37:27. e.g. 1 Samuel 6:12
- 2. depart, usually c. מִן, of frogs Ex 8:7, flies v 25 (both J), sword 2 S 12:10; sceptre from Judah Gn 49:10 (poem in J): י׳’s hand 1 S 6:3, his kindness 2 S 7:15 (MT, but read אָסִיר 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 ‖ 1 Ch 17:13 Th We Dr Klo Bu Kit HPS), his wrath Ez 16:42 (but del. Co Siegf Toy), depart from way = get out of the way, cease to obstruct Is 30:11, etc.; c. מִתּוֹךְ 1 S 15:6(×2); c. מֵעַל Is 7:17 Ju 16:19 Nu 12:10, etc.; of י׳ departing, מִן pers., Ho 9:12, מֵעַל Ju 16:20 1 S 28:16, מֵעִם 1 S 18:12; God, c. מִן Jb 21:14; 22:17, c. מֵעַל 1 S 28:15; רוּחַ י׳, c. מֵעִם 1 S 16:14; evil spirit, c. מֵעַל v 23; abs. depart [from Babyl.] Is 52:11(×2); = avoid contact La 4:15(×3); of wicked Jb 15:30 he shall not depart out of (מִנִּי) darkness, i.e. shall not avoid it, escape it; pt. pass. made to depart, thrust away, of Isr. under fig. of wife Is 49:21 (> act., according to BaNB § 124 c.). e.g. Exodus 8:7
- 3. of lifeless things = be removed, oppressor’s yoke, c. מֵעַל Is 14:25 cf. v 25 10:27; staves from (מִן) ark Ex 25:15; abs. iniquity Is 6:7; especially of בָּמוֹת 1 K 15:14; 22:44 2 K 12:4; 14:4; 15:4, 35 2 Ch 15:17; 20:33. e.g. Isaiah 14:25
- 4. = come to an end, Am 6:7 Is 11:13.—For סָר אֶל־ 1 S 22:14 read שַׂר עַל־ 𝔊 Th Dr Klo Bu Kit Löhr HPS; in 15:32 Th HPS del. סָר (after 𝔊 𝔙 𝔖) as dittogr.; סָר סָבְאָם Ho 4:18 v. סֹבֶא; Ho 7:14 read יָסוֹ֫רוּ for יָס֫וּרוּ (√ סרר q.v.); Je 6:28, it is uncertain whether (סוֹרְרִים) סָרֵי belongs here, revolters among the rebellious, or sub סרר, or even = שָׂרֵי princes, chiefs (cf. 1 S 22:14). e.g. Amos 6:7
Poʿlel
- Pf. 3 ms. דְּרָכַי סוֹרֵר La 3:11 he turned aside my ways (my steps). e.g. Lamentations 3:11
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הֵסִיר 2 K 18:4 +; 2 ms. וַהֲסִרֹ֫תָ consec. (Dr§ 110 (5) Obs.) 1 K 2:31; 1 s. הֲסִירֹ֫תִי 2 K 23:27 +, וַהֲסִרֹתִ֫י 1 S 17:46 +; 3 pl. הֵסִ֫ירוּ 2 Ch 30:14, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָסִיר Is 3:18 +, juss. יָסֵר Ex 8:4 +, וַיָּ֫סַר Gn 8:13 +; sf. וַיְסִרֵהוּ 1 S 18:13, וַיְסִרֶהָ 1 K 15:13, יְסִירֶנָּה Lv 3:4 +; 3 mpl. יָסִ֫ירוּ Is 5:23 +, etc.; Imv. ms. הָסֵר 1 K 20:24 +, הָסִיר Ez 21:31 (read הָסֵיר, הָסֵר); fs. הָסִ֫ירִי 1 S 1:14, etc.; Inf. abs. הָסֵר Gn 30:32 +; cstr. הָסִיר 2 K 6:32 +, etc.; Pt. מֵסִיר Is 3:1 + 3 times;— e.g. 2 Kings 18:4
- 1. cause to (turn aside,) depart, common word for remove, take away: c. מִן, Ex 8:4, 27; 33:23 (all J), 23:25 (E) Dt 7:15 1 S 28:3 Jos 7:13 (J) Ju 10:16 Is 3:1 ψ 18:23 (+ ‖ 2 S 22:23, read אָסִיר מִמֶּנִּי De Hup-Now HPS); shoulder from burden ψ 81:7; מֵסִיר אָזְנוֹ מִשְּׁמֹעַ Pr 28:9; + often, + Jb 33:17 (ins. מִן 𝔊 Ew Di De Hi Bu al.); c. מֵעַל, take off ring Gn 41:42 (E) Est 3:10, also 8:2 (abs.); garments Gn 38:14, 19 (J) Dt 21:13 Zc 3:4 1 S 17:39 (armour), also Ex 34:34 (P; abs.) and Ez 26:16 (Co ins. מֵעַל); take off head, מֵעַל 1 S 17:46, abs. 2 S 4:7; 16:9 2 K 6:32; c. מֵעַל also often fig. (from upon = from resting on, or burdening), plagues Ex 8:4; 10:17 (J), cf. Nu 21:7 (E), also 1 S 1:14 Am 5:23 1 K 2:31; reproach 1 S 17:26 Is 25:8; c. מֵעִם = from one’s presence 1 S 18:13, also of י׳ removing his kindness 1 Ch 16:13 + ‖ 2 S 7:15 (v. Qal 2); c. מֵעַל פָּנָיו, of י׳ removing Isr. 2 K 17:18, 23; 23:27; 24:3 Je 32:31; abs. 2 K 23:27; often abs., Gn 8:13 Noah removed the covering; remove = depose c. מִן 1 K 15:13 = 2 Ch 15:16 (v. מִן 7 b (b)), abs. 2 Ch 36:3, cf. Ju 9:29 Jb 34:20; remove בָּמוֹת, etc., 2 K 18:4, v 22 = Is 36:7 = 2 Ch 32:12, 2 K 23:19 2 Ch 30:14; 14:2, cf. 14:4; 17:5 (both c. מִן); = put away strange gods, etc., Gn 35:2 Jos 24:14, 23 (all E), 1 S 7:4, c. מִתּוֹךְ v 3 Is 58:9; once c. לְ, מֵסִיר שָׂפָה לְנֶאֱמָנִים Jb 12:20. e.g. Exodus 8:4
- 2. rarer uses are: put aside = leave undone Jos 11:15 (D); retract words Is 31:2 (of י׳); reject prayer ψ 66:20; abolish sacrifice Dn 11:31; turn one away מֵאַחֲרֵי, i.e. from following Dt 7:4; c. אֶל־ pers., remove the ark unto 2 S 6:10 = 1 Ch 13:13. e.g. Joshua 11:15
Hophal
- Pf. 3 ms. הוּסַר Lv 4:31 Dn 12:11; Impf. 3 ms. יוּסַר Lv 4:35; Pt. מוּסָר Is 17:1; pl. מוּסָרִים 1 S 21:7 (but final ם prob. dittogr. before מ We Dr Klo Kit HPS);—be taken away, removed: c. מִן Lv 4:35, מֵעַל v 31, מִלִּפְנֵי י׳ 1 S 21:7; מוּסָר מֵעִיר Is 17:1 Damascus is removed from being a city; abs. be abolished Dn 12:11 (cf. 11:31 Hiph.). e.g. Leviticus 4:31
סור II verb. properly Pt. of סור q.v.
סור III of a temple-gate
סור IV saw (‖ form of נָשַׂר
Qal
- Impf. 3 ms. וַיָּשַׂר 1 Ch 20:3 (but v. שׂים 1 a).—Ho 9:12 v. סור; Ju 9:22; Ho 8:4 v. שׂרר; 12:5 v. שׂרה. e.g. 1 Chronicles 20:3
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. and (Ho 9:12) [שׂוּר]300 vb. turn aside (NH Hiph. cause to turn aside, or apostatize; TelAm. sûru, n. rebel WklGloss.);—
II. adj.verb. properly Pt. of סור q.v.
III. n.pr. of a temple-gate;—שַׁעַר ס׳ 2 K 11:6 (> ‖ 2 Ch 23:5 שַׁעַר הַיְסוֹד, v. יְסוֹד), but del. ver. as gloss WeBleek’s Einl. 4:258 KmpKau Benz.
I. vb. saw (‖ form of נָשַׂר; denom. from מַשּׂוֹר?);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
סוּר I
- (b. h.)
- 1. to go around; to turn; with ל to turn to, follow; with מן, מ־, to turn away; in gen. [to turn from the right path,] to go astray; to degenerate. Snh. 21ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XVII, 17) אני ארבה ולא אָסוּר I (Solomon) will take many wives and yet not go astray. Ber. 19ᵇ, a. fr. לאו דלא תָסוּר the prohibition inplied in the words, ‘thou shalt not deviate’ (from the decisions of the courts, the interpretations of the Rabbis, Deut. XVII, 11); a. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 17:17
- 2. to pass away, cease. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Am. VI, 7) אותה שעה תָסוּר שמחת הסרוחים at that time shall the joy of the (corrupt) banqueters cease; a. e. e.g. Amos 6:7
- 1. to remove, take off. Num. R. s. 14 (play on סיר, Ps. LX, 10) והֵסַרְתִּי הצרעת מעליו and I removed the leprosy from him; שהסרתי אותו מן הטביעה whom I removed (saved) from drowning, v. טְבִיעָה I; Num. R. s. 12 הָסֵר הטומאה וכ׳ remove the uncleanness out of thy house; a. e. e.g. Psalms 60:10
- 2. to cause to deviate, to corrupt. Snh. II, 4 (ref. to Deut. XVII, 17) ובלבד שלא יהו מְסִירוֹת את לבו provided they (the wives) do not corrupt his heart; אפי׳ אחת ומְסִירָה וכ׳ even one wife, if she might corrupt his heart, he must not marry. Kidd. 68ᵇ (ref. to Deut. VII, 4) לרבות כל המְסִירִים this is to intimate the extension of the prohibition of intermarriage to all nations that might lead astray; Yeb. 23ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 36ᵇ המְסִירוֹת. e.g. Deuteronomy 17:17
- to be removed. Macc. 5ᵃ (ref. to סרה Deut. XIX, 16) עד שתּוּסַר גופה של עדות Ar. s. v. זמם (ed. שתסרה) until the testimony itself has been removed (an alibi has been proved). e.g. Deuteronomy 19:16
סוּר
- 1. to turn, esp. ס׳ סכינא (v. Ḥull. 17ᵇ, quot. s. v. טוּפְרָא) to turn the slaughtering knife on all sides, to examine. Erub. 63ᵃ רבינא סַר סכינא וכ׳ R. examined the slaughterer’s knife (assumed the rabbinical function of superintending the slaughtering) in Babylonia. Ḥull. 18ᵃ דלא סר וכ׳ who failed to examine his knife before an authorised scholar.
- 2. to go around, visit, superintend, esp. ס׳ ניכסיה (or ארעיה) to superintend one’s estate, examine, watch laborers &c.—Part. סָיֵיר. Ib. 105ᵃ מאן דסייר ניכסיה וכ׳ (Ar. סָאֵיר) he who goes around examining his property every day. Ib. וכ׳ אבא הוה ס׳ … ואנא לא סָיִירְנָא my father used to examine his estate twice a day, but I do it only once a day.
- same. B. Mets. 76ᵇ, sq. [read:] סַיְּירָהּ לארעיה וכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he visited his fields &c. Gitt. 38ᵇ דמְסַיְּירֵי וכ׳ Rashi (ed. דסָיְירֵי) those who examine their property on the Sabbath; a. e.—V. סְעַר I.
סוּר II
- (b. h.) pr. n. שער הס׳ the gate of Sur, name of a Temple gate. Y. Erub. V, 22ᶜ
*סָוַר
- (cmp. צבר, v. סַוָּאר) to pile, arrange.—Part. pass. סָווּר; f. סְווּרָה; pl. סְווּרוֹת. Tosef. B. Bath. III, 6 העצים … האבנים ס׳ וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. סוררות, some ed. סוירות, corr. acc.) wood or stones piled up whether for his untilled field (for building) or for his fence; v. סָדַר a. צָבַר.
סוֹר
- (= סאור, v. סִיאוּר) fermentation, froth, leaven; trnsf. (cmp. שְׂאוֹר, עִיסָה a. חָמַץ) germ, original nature, character. Snh. 92ᵇ סו̇רו̇ his haughty nature; [oth. opin.: its (the kiln’s) froth], v. מָקַק a. מָרַק. Kidd. 82ᵃ כל שעסקיו סורו רע … he who has a business which brings him in contact with women, has bad leaven in him (or else he would not have chosen such a trade). Hor. 13ᵃ מפני שסוֹרָן רע because they (the mice) are of a mischievous nature. B. Mets. 59ᵇ the Torah cautions repeatedly against ill-treating the proselyte (גֵּר), מפני שסורו רע because his original character is bad (into which ill treatment might cause him to relapse). Kidd. 17ᵇ שמא יחזור לסורו lest he (the proselyte) relapse &c., v. קִילְקוּל. Gen. R. s. 70 היה חוזר לסורו he (Aquila) might have gone back to his evil ways (to heathenism); v. סִיאוּר. Gen. R. s. 74, end (expl. למקומו, Gen. XXXII, 1) לסורו to his evil manners (sensual pleasures). Cant. R. to II, 5; a. e.—Pl. סוֹרִים degenerate, bad people. Num. R. s. 3 אפי׳ סוֹרֵיהֶן וכ׳ even the bad among them are charitable; (Midr. Till. to Ps. XCII בּוֹרִים שבהם). e.g. Genesis 32:1
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The 194 distinct written forms H5493 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 134 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 266 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 283 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 8:13
- Exodus 3:3
- Leviticus 1:16
- Numbers 12:10
- Deuteronomy 2:27
- Joshua 1:7
- Judges 2:17
- Ruth 4:1
- 1 Samuel 1:14
- 2 Samuel 2:21
- 1 Kings 2:31
- 2 Kings 3:2
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