תַּעַר
A knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare , i.e. empty)
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What does תַּעַר (taʿar) mean in the Bible?
תַּעַר (taʿar) is a Hebrew word meaning "a knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare , i.e. empty)". a knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare, i.
Meaning
Razor or knife whose primary semantic force derives from the action of making bare or exposing through cutting.
a knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e. empty) BDB: razor Usage: (pen-) knife, razor, scabbard, shave, sheath.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Appears In
Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.