Shôr — H8270

Definition

masculine noun

a string (as twisted ), i.e. (specifically) the umbilical cord (also figuratively, as the centre of strength)

1. umbilical cord, navel, navel-string

Usually translated as

navel

Origin

from H8324; (compare H8306)

• Shârar (H8324)
• Shârîyr (H8306)

Occurrences

Shôr occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Proverbs (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Proverbs 3:8 — It shall be health to thy navel (לְשָׁרֶּ֑ךָ), and marrow to thy bones.
• Ezekiel 16:4 — And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel (שָׁרֵּ֔ךְ) was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.