King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8593
Transliteration: taar
Phonetic Spelling: (tah'-ar)
Part of Speech: Noun
Short Definition: a razor, sheath
Meaning: a knife, razor, a scabbard
Word Summary
taar: a razor, sheath
Original Word: תַּעַרTransliteration: taar
Phonetic Spelling: (tah'-ar)
Part of Speech: Noun
Short Definition: a razor, sheath
Meaning: a knife, razor, a scabbard
Strong's Concordance
penknife, razor, scabbard, shave, sheath From arah; a knife or razor (as making bare): also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e. Empty) -- (pen-)knife, razor, scabbard, shave, sheath.
see HEBREW arah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8593. taar
תַּ֫עַר noun masculinePsalm 52:4 and (Isaiah 7:20) feminine razor, sheath; —
1. a. razor, absolute בְּת ׳יְגַלַּח Isaiah 7:20 (figurative); subject of עַלרֿאֹשׁ יַעֲבֹר לֹא Numbers 6:5, object of עַלֿ הֶעֱבִיר 8:7 (P), compare construct ׳ת הַגַּלָּבִים Ezekiel 5:1; absolute ׳כְּת מְלֻטָּשׁ Psalm 52:4 (simile of tongue).
b. construct ׳ת הַסֹּפֵר Jeremiah 36:23 = penknife.
2 sheath, always suffix of sword: בְּתַעְרָהּ 2 Samuel 20:8; of drawing sword, מִתּ ׳שָׁלַף 1 Samuel 17:51, מִתּ ׳הוֺצִיא Ezekiel 21:8; 21:10, מִתּ ׳תֵּצֵא 21:9; of sheathing, אֶלתַּֿרְעֵךְ הֵאָֽסְפִי Jeremiah 47:6; אֶלתַּֿעְרָהּ הָשַׁב Ezekiel 21:35.