Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
שָׂעִיר
- Transliteration
- sâʻîyr
- Pronunciation
- saw-eer'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 59
Glosses
devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.
Lexicon definition
as noun, a he-goat
by analogy, a faun
SUBJECT · Complete Bible Study
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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Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.
Greek lexical coverage
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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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Nave's Topical Bible
Indexed references: 2
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Nave’s Topical Bible references for SATYR.
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(Gr. diabolos), a slanderer, the arch-enemy of man's spiritual interest (Job 1:6; Rev. 2:10; Zech. 3:1). He is called also "the accuser of the brethen" (Rev. 12:10). In Lev. 17:7 the word "devil" is the translation of the Hebrew sair, meaning a "goat" or "satyr" (Isa. 13:21; 34:14), alluding to the wood-daemons, the objects of idolatrous worship among the heathen. In Deut. 32:17 and Ps. 106:37 it is the translation of Hebrew shed, meaning lord, and idol, regarded by the Jews as a "demon," as the word is rendered in the Revised Version. In the narratives of the Gospels regarding the "casting out of devils" a different Greek word (daimon) is used. In the time of our Lord there were frequent cases of demoniacal possession (Matt. 12:25-30; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 4:35; 10:18, etc.).
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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.
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