Sâʻîyr — H8163

H8163 · Hebrew — שעיר

Pronunciation: saw-eer'

Other spellings: sâʻir שָׂעִר

Definition

masculine noun

shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun

  1. adj
  2. hairy
  3. n m
  4. he-goat, buck
    1. as sacrificial animal
    2. satyr, may refer to a demon possessed goat like the swine of Gadara (Mt 8:30-32)

Usually translated as

kid, goat, hairy, rough, satyr, devil

Origin

or sâʻir; from H8175

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Sâʻîyr occurs 59 times in 57 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Leviticus (19), Numbers (27), 2 Chronicles (2), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (3), Daniel (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S