שׁוֹר
ox
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
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).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 58 times (73%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 20 times (25%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 1 time (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 79 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H7794 appears — 69 distinct verses across 17 books. 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 2 verses
- Genesis 32:5 שׁ֣וֹר n c ms I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, men-servants, and maid-servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.'"
- Genesis 49:6 שֽׁוֹר n c ms My soul, don't come into their council; My glory, don't be united to their assembly; For in their anger they killed a man, In their self-will they hamstrung an ox.
Exodus 15 verses
- Exodus 20:17 וְ/שׁוֹר֣/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."
- Exodus 21:28 שׁ֥וֹר הַ/שּׁ֗וֹר הַ/שּׁ֖וֹר n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms "If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.
- Exodus 21:29 שׁוֹר֩ הַ/שּׁוֹר֙ n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.
- Exodus 21:32 הַ/שּׁ֖וֹר וְ/הַ/שּׁ֖וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms If the bull gores a man-servant or a maid-servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
- Exodus 21:33 שּׁ֖וֹר n c ms "If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
- Exodus 21:35 שֽׁוֹר שׁ֥וֹר הַ/שּׁ֤וֹר n c ms cs n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms "If one man's bull injures another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.
- Exodus 21:36 שׁ֣וֹר שׁוֹר֙ הַ/שּׁ֔וֹר n c ms n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.
- Exodus 22:1 שׁ֣וֹר הַ/שּׁ֔וֹר n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- Exodus 22:4 מִ/שּׁ֧וֹר prep + n c ms If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.
- Exodus 22:9 שׁ֡וֹר n c ms For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
- Exodus 22:10 שׁ֥וֹר n c ms "If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;
- Exodus 22:30 לְ/שֹׁרְ/ךָ֖ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall do likewise with your oxen and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it me.
- Exodus 23:4 שׁ֧וֹר n c ms cs "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
- Exodus 23:12 שֽׁוֹרְ/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.
- Exodus 34:19 שׁ֥וֹר n c ms All that opens the womb is mine; and all your cattle that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
Leviticus 10 verses
- Leviticus 4:10 מִ/שּׁ֖וֹר prep + n c ms cs as it is taken off of the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
- Leviticus 7:23 שׁ֥וֹר n c ms "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'You shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.
- Leviticus 9:4 וְ/שׁ֨וֹר conj + n c ms and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before Yahweh; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for today Yahweh appears to you.'"
- Leviticus 9:18 הַ/שּׁוֹר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms He also killed the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, which he sprinkled on the altar round about,
- Leviticus 9:19 הַ/שּׁ֑וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver:
- Leviticus 17:3 שׁ֥וֹר n c ms Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,
- Leviticus 22:23 וְ/שׁ֥וֹר conj + n c ms Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
- Leviticus 22:27 שׁ֣וֹר n c ms "When a bull, or a sheep, or a goat, is born, then it shall remain seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 22:28 וְ/שׁ֖וֹר conj + n c ms Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
- Leviticus 27:26 שׁ֣וֹר n c ms "'Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn to Yahweh, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.
Numbers 4 verses
- Numbers 7:3 וְ/שׁ֣וֹר conj + n c ms and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.
- Numbers 15:11 לַ/שּׁוֹר֙ prep det + n c ms Thus shall it be done for each bull, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the kids.
- Numbers 18:17 שׁ֡וֹר n c ms But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor to Yahweh.
- Numbers 22:4 הַ/שּׁ֔וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
Deuteronomy 12 verses
- Deuteronomy 5:14 וְ/שׁוֹרְ/ךָ֨ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God: [in it] you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your man-servant and your maid-servant may rest as well as you.
- Deuteronomy 5:21 שׁוֹר֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; neither shall you desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."
- Deuteronomy 14:4 שׁ֕וֹר n c ms These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
- Deuteronomy 15:19 שׁוֹרֶ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify to Yahweh your God: you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
- Deuteronomy 17:1 שׁ֣וֹר n c ms You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox, or a sheep, in which is a blemish, [or] anything evil; for that is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 18:3 שׁ֣וֹר n c ms This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
- Deuteronomy 22:1 שׁ֨וֹר n c ms cs You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely bring them again to your brother.
- Deuteronomy 22:4 שׁוֹר/וֹ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely help him to lift them up again.
- Deuteronomy 22:10 בְּ/שׁוֹר prep + n c ms You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
- Deuteronomy 25:4 שׁ֖וֹר n c ms You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out [the grain].
- Deuteronomy 28:31 שׁוֹרְ/ךָ֞ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to save you.
- Deuteronomy 33:17 שׁוֹר֜/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his; His horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, They are the thousands of Manasseh.
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 6:21 שׁ֥וֹר n c ms They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
- Joshua 7:24 שׁוֹר/וֹ֩ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 6:4 וָ/שׁ֖וֹר conj + n c ms and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey.
- Judges 6:25 הַ/שּׁוֹר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
1 Samuel 4 verses
- 1 Samuel 12:3 שׁוֹר֩ n c ms cs Here I am: witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
- 1 Samuel 14:34 שׁוֹר֜/וֹ שׁוֹר֧/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them, Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and don't sin against Yahweh in eating with the blood. All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there.
- 1 Samuel 15:3 מִ/שּׁ֣וֹר prep + n c ms Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don't spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
- 1 Samuel 22:19 וְ/שׁ֧וֹר conj + n c ms Nob, the city of the priests, struck he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and oxen and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 2 verses
- 1 Kings 1:19 שׁ֥וֹר n c ms and he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host; but he hasn't called Solomon your servant.
- 1 Kings 1:25 שׁ֥וֹר n c ms For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [Long] live king Adonijah.
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 3 verses
- Job 6:5 שּׁ֝֗וֹר n c ms Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
- Job 21:10 שׁוֹר֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don't miscarry.
- Job 24:3 שׁ֣וֹר n c ms cs They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, And they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Psalms 2 verses
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 7:22 כְּ֭/שׁוֹר prep + n c ms He followed her immediately, As an ox goes to the slaughter, As a fool stepping into a noose.
- Proverbs 14:4 שֽׁוֹר n c ms Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, But much increase is by the strength of the ox.
- Proverbs 15:17 מִ/שּׁ֥וֹר prep + n c ms Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a fattened calf with hatred.
Isaiah 4 verses
- Isaiah 1:3 שׁוֹר֙ n c ms The ox knows his owner, And the donkey his master's crib; But Israel doesn't know, My people don't consider.
- Isaiah 7:25 שׁ֔וֹר n c ms All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep."
- Isaiah 32:20 הַ/שּׁ֖וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.
- Isaiah 66:3 הַ/שּׁ֜וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
Ezekiel 1 verse
Hosea 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, שור (shôwr) means “ox.” The King James Version’s older “bullock” has given way to “ox” in modern versions, as the renderings breakdown shows. It appears 69 verses across 17 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its moderately common vocabulary. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 32:5. Ranging over 2 senses, it is not a single-sense word. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7794 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 →
- 69
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 69 distinct verses.
- 17 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 17 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #506
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 506 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 69 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Exodus 15 verses 22%
- Deuteronomy 12 verses 17%
- Leviticus 10 verses 14%
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 69 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 43 verses · 62%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 17 verses · 25%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 9 verses · 13%
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).
- King James Version: Ox 46×, Bullock 10×, Oxen 7×
- American Standard Version: Ox 45×, Oxen 6×, Bullock 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Ox 53×, Oxen 11×, Bull 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Ox 58×, Ox of 7×, Bull 4×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7794 across 78 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 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 H7794 across 79 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 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 H7794 across 77 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 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 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7794 across 83 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in BDB
The 2 senses BDB distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- ox, bull, a head of cattle
- for plowing, for food, as sacrifice
Word origin
n.m. Ne 5:18 a head of cattle, bullock, ox, etc. (often + חֲמוֹר, שֶׂה, etc.);—שׁ׳ abs. Is 1:3 +, cstr. Ex 21:35 +, sf. שׁוֹרוֹ 20:17 +, etc.; pl. שְׁוָרִים Ho 12:12;—usually a single head of cattle, without emphasis on sex (opp. בָּקָר coll. Ex 21:37; Nu 7:3): as property, spoil of war, etc. Ex 20:17 (E; Gi v 14) = Dt 5:18, cf. Dt 5:14; Ex 21:33 (E) ‖ Dt 22:4; Ex 21:37(×2) (‖ בָּקָר of five head), 22:3, 8, 9, 29; 23:12 (all E), Dt 22:1; Gn 49:6 (poem in J), Dt 28:31; Ju 6:4; 1 S 12:3; Jb 24:3; as licking up (לָחַךְ) grass Nu 22:4 (J), feeding ψ 106:20 (in ref. to golden calf), cf. Is 7:25; 32:20; lowing Jb 6:5; as intelligent Is 1:3, vicious (goring נָגַח) Ex 21:28(×3) + 11 times Ex 21 (E); used in ploughing Dt 22:10, threshing 25:4, cf. Pr 14:4; drawing wagon Nu 7:3 (P; opp. בָּקָר coll.); פְּנֵי שׁ׳ Ez 1:10; specif. of male †Jb 21:10 (opp. פָּרָה), of female †Lv 22:28 (H), perhaps also Nu 18:17 (P), appar. generic Dt 15:19; 33:17 (poem, fig.); rarely coll. Gn 32:6 (+ צֹאן), Ex 34:19—cf. Lv 27:26 (P)—Jos 6:21; 7:24 (all J), 1 S 15:3; 22:19; †as slaughtered Pr 7:22, for food 1 S 14:34(×2) (but v b read (אֶת־)אֲשֶׁר with 𝔊 Th We Dr al.), 1 K 1:19, 25; Dt 14:4; Lv 17:3 (H), cf. Ne 5:18 (שׁ׳ אֶחָר), Pr 15:17; for †sacrifice Ju 6:25 (פַּר־הַשּׁ׳, text strange, cf. GFM), ψ 69:32 (שׁוֹר פָּר, but join פָּר to v b Bae), 2 S 6:13; Ho 12:12; Lv 9:4, 18 (P), 22:23, 27 (H), Nu 15:11 (P), Dt 17:1; 18:3, cf. Lv 7:23; 9:19; מִשּׁוֹר זֶבַח Lv 4:10 (P); illicit sacrifice Is 66:3.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שור (shûwr) (H7788) — to travel.
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.
שְׁוָורִים
- , pl. of שׁוֹר.
שְׁוַר
- , v. שְׁוַור, שַׁוָּור.
שׁוּר I
- to sing; Polel שׁוֹרֵר, v. שִׁיר I.
שׁוּר II
- מִדְבַּר ש׳ desert of Shur (caravan road), v. כּוּב, a. next. w.
שׁוּר III
- 1. wall, fortification, stronghold. Gen. R. s. 98 (ref. to שׁוֹר, Gen. XLIX, 6; v. Targ. O. a. Y. 1) עקרתון שׁוּרָן של גרים you have uprooted the stronghold (reliance) of proselytes (by dealing faithlessly with the Shechemites); בשביל … עקרתם שורן וכ׳ in order to gratify your passion, you have uprooted &c. e.g. Genesis 49:6
- 2. protected habitation, civilized condition (cmp. יִשּׁוּב), opp. מדבר. Ex. R. s. 24 (play on מדבר שור, Ex. XV, 22) עד שלא יצאו … נעשה העולם ש׳ before Israel went out of Egypt, the world was a desert (lawless); when they went forth, the world became civilized; עד שלא קיבלו … ש׳ before Israel received the Law, the world was a desert; when they received it, the world became &c. e.g. Exodus 15:22
שׁוּר
- 1. wall, fortification. Targ. O. Gen. XLIX, 6 (Y. I שׁוֹר; v. preced.). Targ. Lam. II, 8. Targ. Prov. XXV, 28; a. fr.—Lam. R. to II, 8 (expl. חל וחומה, ib.) ש׳ ובר ש׳ the large circumvallation and the smaller wall; Pes. 86ᵃ; Y. ib. VII, 35ᵇ bot. Y. B. Bath. II, 13ᵇ bot. ש׳ דחמץ the wall of Emesa; M.M. Kat. 26ᵃ ש׳ דלודקיא the wall of Laodicea; a. fr.—Pl. שׁוּרִין, שׁוּרַיָּא. Targ. Ex. XIV, 22. Targ. II Kings XXV, 4. Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 52; a. fr.
- 2. (v. שׁוּרָה) line, road. Y. Keth. VII, 31ᶜ, v. פּוּתְיָא.—V. שׁוּרְתָא.
שׁוֹר I
- , Fl. to Levy Talm. Dict. IV, p. 680) ox. B. Kam. 65ᵇ ש׳ בן יומו קרוי ש׳ an ox on the day of his birth is called shor (by ref. to Lev. XXII, 27). Ib. I, 1 הש׳ damage done by an ox (Ex. XXI, 28; XXII, 4). Ib. IV, 7 ש׳ המדבר the ox of the desert (aurochs, being ownerless). Kil. VIII, 6; Ḥull. 80ᵃ בר(ה) ש׳ wild ox, aurochs; a. fr.—Erub. 53ᵇ (in enigmatic speech) ש׳ משפט (not במשפט) = תור דין = תְּרָדִין, v. תְּרָדָא I.—Pl. שְׁוָורִים, שְׁוָורִין, שְׁוָר׳. Gen. R. s. 75 (ref. to Gen. XXXII, 6) משור אחד יצאו ש׳ הרבה from the one ox (which I originally possessed) many oxen went forth. B. Kam. III, 8. Y. Gitt. IX, 46ᵈ bot.; a. fr. e.g. Leviticus 22:27
שׁוֹר II
- chain, cord, esp. umbilical cord. Lev. R. s. 5 ואני חותכת את שׁוֹרְךָ and I shall cut thy umbilical cord (with which thou art attached to me); Yalk. Job 908 טבורך).
שִׁיר I
- denom. of next w.) to sing. Ber. 14ᵇ ושַׁרְנוּ לך and we sang (praises) unto thee. Snh. 91ᵇ (ref. to Ex. XV, 1) שָׁר לא נאמר אלא יָשִׁיר it does not read, ‘he sang’; but, ‘he shall sing’; Mekh. B’shall., Shir., s. 1; a. e. e.g. Exodus 15:1
- ) שׁוֹרֵר same. Num. R. s. 3 (play on ב̇כ̇וש̇ר̇ות, Ps. LXVIII, 7) אותן שהיו ב̇וכ̇ין … מְ֗ש̇ו̇רְ֗רִין עכשיו those who formerly wept …, were now singing. Ib. ועבד מְשׁוֹרֵר וכ׳ and the slave sings, because he is relieved &c. B. Bath. 120ᵃ מְשׁוֹרְרִים לפניה went singing (bridal songs) before her; a. fr.—[Midr. Till. to Ps. CXVI באין ושוררין, read: ושׁוֹרִין, v. שָׁרָה II.]—מְשׁוֹרֵר singer, esp. Temple singer (Levite). Arakh. 11ᵇ מ׳ ששיער ומשוער ששורר if one designated as a singer acts as gate-guard, or a gate-guard acts as singer; a. fr.—Pl. מְשׁוֹרְרִים, מְשׁוֹרְרִין. Ib. שאתה מן המ׳ וכ׳ for thou belongest to the singers, and not to the gate-guards; a. fr. e.g. Psalms 68:7
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Forms in the corpus
The 47 distinct written forms H7794 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7794, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 67 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 69 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 32:5
- Exodus 20:17
- Leviticus 4:10
- Numbers 7:3
- Deuteronomy 5:14
- Joshua 6:21
- Judges 6:4
- 1 Samuel 12:3
- 2 Samuel 6:13
- 1 Kings 1:19
- Job 6:5
- Psalms 106:20
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
