סֹחֵרָה
çôchêrâh · H5507 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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defense
Exact meaning unknown; probably: some kind of shield; associated with protection
ExamplesPsalm 91:4 He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may take refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and wall.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֶמֶתtruth, faithfulness 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- מָגֵן mâgên · H4043 · shield
- מָגֵן is the most common Hebrew term for a defensive shield, synonymous with סֹחֵרָה as both denote protective military equipment worn or carried in battle.
- צִנָּה tsinnâh · H6793 · cold, large shield
- צִנָּה denotes a large shield or buckler used for defense in warfare, functioning as a near synonym for סֹחֵרָה within the category of defensive armor.
- שֶׁלֶט sheleṭ · H7982 · shield
- שֶׁלֶט refers to a shield or defensive weapon, overlapping semantically with סֹחֵרָה as both denote protective military equipment.
In the other Testament 1 word
- θυρεός thyreós · G2375 · shield
- θυρεός is the standard Greek term for a large defensive shield, serving as the natural translation equivalent for Hebrew defensive armor terms including bucklers and shields.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Weapons001003001001020
- The word names a buckler or small shield, listed among the LORD's protective imagery of truth as shield and buckler (Psalm 91:4), tying the word to this defensive weapon.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5507. socherah סֹחֵרָה noun feminine buckler; — Psa 91:4 (+ צִנָּה; figurative of ׳י's…
סֹחֵרָה noun feminine buckler; — Psa 91:4 (+ צִנָּה; figurative of ׳י's faithfulness).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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