Shechor שְׁחוֹר
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| שְׁחוֹר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shechor |
| Strong's number | H7815 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | blackness |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Shechor (Hebrew שְׁחוֹר, Strong's H7815) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “blackness”. It occurs 1 time in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) blackness
2) (CLBL) pit
2) (CLBL) pit
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | coal (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | than soot (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shechor, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Lamentations
- Lamentations 4:8Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).