What does עוֹר · בָּשָׂר mean in the Bible?
עוֹר · בָּשָׂר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "in the skin of his flesh/body".
Hebrew · H5785, H1320
בְּעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ
Skin (as naked); by implication, hide , leather · flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
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עוֹר H5785 skin (as naked); by implication, hide , leather
Pronunciation ʿwōr
Skin as the vulnerable, exposed boundary of the body; extends to hides stripped and processed into leather
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בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
Pronunciation bāšār
Flesh as the vulnerable human body, emphasizing mortality, kinship, and bodily shame or nakedness.
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What does בְּעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ (bĕʿôr-bĕśārô) mean in the Bible?
עוֹר · בָּשָׂר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "in the skin of his flesh/body".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5785, H1320?
H5785, H1320 is connected to 369 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. in the skin of his flesh/body
Strong's H5785, H1320
Lexical occurrences 369 verses Source Gloss
in the skin of his flesh/body
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ is built from this root:
עוּר H5783
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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