242. Uzzen Sheerah
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Uzzen Sheerah: Uzzen Sheerah

Original Word: אֻזֵּן שֶׁאֱרָה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Uzzen She'erah
Pronunciation: oo-ZEN sheh-AY-rah
Phonetic Spelling: (ooz-zane' sheh-er-aw')
Definition: Uzzen Sheerah
Meaning: Uzzen-Sheerah

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Uzzen-sherah

From 'azan and She'erah; plat of Sheerah (i.e. Settled by him); Uzzen-Sheerah, a place in Palestine -- Uzzen-sherah.

see HEBREW 'azan

see HEBREW She'erah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from azan and Sheerah
Definition
"portion of Sheerah," a place in Pal.
NASB Translation
Uzzen-sheerah (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֻזֵּן שֶׁאֱרָה proper name, of a location (portion — weighed & measured — of She'§ra, BlauZMG 1873, 296), place built by ׳שׁ, daughter of Ephraim 1 Chronicles 7:24.

אֲזִקִּים see זקק.

Topical Lexicon
Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew words אֹזֶן (ozen, meaning "ear" or "corner") and שֶׁאֱרָה (Sheerah, a proper name).

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for Uzzen-Sheerah, as it is a specific Hebrew proper noun without a direct Greek equivalent in the Septuagint or New Testament texts.

Usage: Uzzen-Sheerah is used as a geographical name in the Hebrew Bible, specifically in the context of the tribal allotments and settlements of the descendants of Ephraim.

Context: Uzzen-Sheerah is mentioned in the Old Testament as a town built by Sheerah, a notable female descendant of Ephraim. The reference to Uzzen-Sheerah is found in 1 Chronicles 7:24, which states: "His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon as well as Uzzen-sheerah." This passage highlights Sheerah's role in establishing significant settlements, indicating her prominence and influence within the tribe of Ephraim. The name Uzzen-Sheerah itself suggests a location that may have been strategically important, possibly serving as a boundary or landmark within the tribal territories. The exact location of Uzzen-Sheerah is not definitively known today, but it is understood to be in the region historically associated with the tribe of Ephraim, in the central hill country of ancient Israel.

Forms and Transliterations
שֶׁאֱרָֽה׃ שארה׃ še’ĕrāh še·’ĕ·rāh sheeRah
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Englishman's Concordance
1 Chronicles 7:24
HEB: וְאֵ֖ת אֻזֵּ֥ן שֶׁאֱרָֽה׃
NAS: Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah.
KJV: and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
INT: lower and upper Uzzen-sheerah

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 242
1 Occurrence


še·’ĕ·rāh — 1 Occ.















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