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Satyr

Hairy one. Mentioned in Greek mythology as a creature composed of a man and a goat, supposed to inhabit wild and desolate regions. This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H8163
Hebrew
שָׂעִיר · sâʻîyr

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שָׂעִיר

H8163
Transliteration
sâʻîyr
Pronunciation
saw-eer'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
59

Glosses

devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.

Lexicon definition

shaggy

as noun, a he-goat

by analogy, a faun

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

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The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Greek word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Satyr

Hairy one. Mentioned in Greek mythology as a creature composed of a man and a goat, supposed to inhabit wild and desolate regions. The Hebrew word is rendered also "goat" (Lev. 4:24) and "devil", i.e., an idol in the form of a goat (17:7; 2 Chr. 11:15). When it is said (Isa. 13:21; comp. 34:14) "the satyrs shall dance there," the meaning is that the place referred to shall become a desolate waste. Some render the Hebrew word "baboon," a species of which is found in Babylonia.

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

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