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or: Skin, hide, leather

Original Word: עוֹר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: `owr
Pronunciation: ohr
Phonetic Spelling: (ore)
Definition: Skin, hide, leather
Meaning: skin, hide, leather

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

hide, leather, skin

From uwr; skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather -- hide, leather, skin.

see HEBREW uwr

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a skin
NASB Translation
body (1), hide (4), hides (1), leather (15), skin (65), skins (13).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עוֺר₉₉ noun masculine^{Job 7:5} skin ( Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ערת Lzb³⁴⁶); — ׳ע absolute Genesis 3:21 +, construct Exodus 34:29 +; suffix עֹרוֺ Exodus 29:14 +, עוֺרוֺ Jeremiah 13:23, עֹרָהּ Numbers 19:5, etc.; plural construct עֹרֹת Genesis 27:16 +, עוֺרֹת Exodus 39:34 suffix עֹרֹתָם Leviticus 16:27; — skin:

1 of men (55 t.), שִׂמְלָתוֺ לְעֹרוֺ Exodus 22:26 (E), מָּנָיו ׳ע Exodus 34:29,30 compare Exodus 34:35 (all P); (dark) skin of Cushite Jeremiah 13:23; see also Ezekiel 37:6,8; Lamentations 3:8; Job 7:5; Job 10:11, +; in hyperbole Micah 3:2,3; עוֺר שִׁנָּ֑י Job 19:20b the skin of my teeth, i.e. gums (si vera lectio); also Leviticus 13:2 33t. Leviticus 13 (P), in tests for leprosy (see especially בְּֿשָׂרוֺ׳ע Leviticus 13:2; Leviticus 13:2; Leviticus 13:3; Leviticus 13:4; Leviticus 13:11, compare Leviticus 13:3; Leviticus 13:38; Leviticus 13:39; Leviticus 13:43); עוֺר בְּעַד עוֺר Job 2:4 skin in behalf of, for, skin, apparently proverb. phrase of barter, = everything has its price (on varieties of interpretation see Commentaries).

2 hide of animals (44 t.), always — except Job 40:31 — after skinning: Genesis 27:16 (J); of sacrifice victims Exodus 29:14; Leviticus 4:11 5t. (all P); prepared for use (by some process of tanning, compare Now^{Archaeology i. 242}), sometimes = leather: material of garments Genesis 3:21 (J), girdle 2 Kings 1:8, any article Leviticus 11:32; Leviticus 13:48 ff Numbers 31:20 (P); covering of tabernacle Exodus 25:5 (twice in verse) + 10 t. Exodus 26; Exodus 35; Exodus 36; Exodus 39, of ark, sacred utensils, etc., Numbers 4:6 5t. Numbers 4..

עורים Isaiah 30:6 see עַיִר.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to be bare or naked.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • The Greek equivalent for skin or hide is not directly listed under a single Strong's number, but related terms include:
• G1192 (derma): Refers to skin or hide, used in contexts such as the skin of animals.
• G2571 (katharma): Refers to something that is scraped off, related to the concept of skin or hide in a broader sense.

This lexical entry provides a comprehensive understanding of the Hebrew term עוֹר (ʿôr), its usage in the biblical text, and its cultural significance within the ancient Israelite context.

Usage: The term עוֹר (ʿôr) is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to the skin of humans and animals, as well as processed animal hides used for various purposes, such as clothing or writing material.

Context: • General Overview: The Hebrew word עוֹר (ʿôr) appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, primarily referring to the outer covering of living beings. It is used both literally and metaphorically to describe the physical skin of humans and animals, as well as the processed hides used for practical applications.

• Biblical References:
• Human Skin: In Genesis 3:21, God makes garments of skin for Adam and Eve after the Fall: "And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them." This passage highlights the use of animal skins for clothing, symbolizing God's provision and care.
• Animal Skin: In Leviticus 7:8, the priest who offers a burnt offering is entitled to the skin of the animal: "As for the priest who presents a burnt offering for anyone, the skin of the burnt offering he has presented belongs to him."
• Metaphorical Use: In Job 19:26, Job speaks of seeing God in his flesh, even after his skin has been destroyed: "Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God."

• Cultural and Religious Significance: The use of animal skins in ancient Israelite culture was significant for clothing, shelter, and religious practices. Skins were often tanned and processed into leather, which was a valuable material for various applications, including the making of scrolls for writing sacred texts.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּע֣וֹר בְּעֽוֹר־ בְּעוֹרִ֣י בְע֔וֹר בְעֹר֖וֹ בְעוֹר־ בָּע֑וֹר בָּע֔וֹר בָּע֖וֹר בָע֔וֹר בָע֜וֹר בָעוֹר֙ בעור בעור־ בעורי בערו הָע֑וֹר הָע֔וֹר הָע֖וֹר הָעֽוֹר׃ הָעוֹר֙ העור העור׃ וְעֹרֹ֥ת וְעֹרֹ֨ת וְעוֹרִ֔י וְעוֹרָם֙ ועורי ועורם וערת לְעֹר֑וֹ לערו מֵע֣וֹר מעור ע֑וֹר ע֔וֹר ע֖וֹר ע֗וֹר ע֛וֹר ע֣וֹר ע֤וֹר ע֥וֹר ע֭וֹרִֽי ע֭וֹרִי עֹר֣וֹ עֹרָ֤הּ עֹרֹ֣ת עֹרֹ֥ת עֹרֹת֙ עֹרֹתָ֥ם עֹרוֹ֙ עֽוֹר׃ עוֹר֑וֹ עוֹר֔וֹ עוֹר֙ עוֹרִ֥י עוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ עוֹרָם֙ עוֹרֹ֤ת עור עור׃ עורו עורי עורם עורנו עורת ערה ערו ערת ערתם ‘ō·rāh ‘ō·rō·ṯām ‘ō·rōṯ ‘ō·rōw ‘ō·w·rām ‘ō·w·rê·nū ‘ō·w·rî ‘ō·w·rōṯ ‘ō·w·rōw ‘ō·wr ‘ōrāh ‘ōrōṯ ‘ōrōṯām ‘ōrōw ‘ōwr ‘ōwrām ‘ōwrênū ‘ōwrî ‘ōwrōṯ ‘ōwrōw bā‘ōwr ḇā‘ōwr bā·‘ō·wr ḇā·‘ō·wr baor ḇə‘ōrōw bə‘ōwr ḇə‘ōwr bə‘ōwr- ḇə‘ōwr- bə‘ōwrî ḇə·‘ō·rōw bə·‘ō·w·rî bə·‘ō·wr ḇə·‘ō·wr bə·‘ō·wr- ḇə·‘ō·wr- beor beoRi hā‘ōwr hā·‘ō·wr haOr lə‘ōrōw lə·‘ō·rōw leoRo mê‘ōwr mê·‘ō·wr meor or oRah oRam oRenu oRi oRo oRot oroTam vaOr veor veoRam veoRi veoRo veoRot wə‘ōrōṯ wə‘ōwrām wə‘ōwrî wə·‘ō·rōṯ wə·‘ō·w·rām wə·‘ō·w·rî

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 3:21
HEB: וּלְאִשְׁתּ֛וֹ כָּתְנ֥וֹת ע֖וֹר וַיַּלְבִּשֵֽׁם׃ פ
NAS: garments of skin for Adam
KJV: make coats of skins, and clothed them.
INT: and his wife garments of skin and clothed

Genesis 27:16
HEB: וְאֵ֗ת עֹרֹת֙ גְּדָיֵ֣י הָֽעִזִּ֔ים
NAS: And she put the skins of the young
KJV: And she put the skins of the kids
INT: the skins of the kids of the goats

Exodus 22:27
HEB: הִ֥וא שִׂמְלָת֖וֹ לְעֹר֑וֹ בַּמֶּ֣ה יִשְׁכָּ֔ב
NAS: it is his cloak for his body. What
KJV: only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep?
INT: it is his cloak his body What sleep

Exodus 25:5
HEB: וְעֹרֹ֨ת אֵילִ֧ם מְאָדָּמִ֛ים
NAS: rams' skins dyed red, porpoise
KJV: And rams' skins dyed red,
INT: skins rams' dyed

Exodus 25:5
HEB: אֵילִ֧ם מְאָדָּמִ֛ים וְעֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים וַעֲצֵ֥י
NAS: dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood,
KJV: and badgers' skins, and shittim
INT: rams' dyed skins porpoise wood

Exodus 26:14
HEB: מִכְסֶה֙ לָאֹ֔הֶל עֹרֹ֥ת אֵילִ֖ם מְאָדָּמִ֑ים
NAS: of rams' skins dyed red
KJV: [of] rams' skins dyed red,
INT: A covering the tent skins of rams' dyed

Exodus 26:14
HEB: מְאָדָּמִ֑ים וּמִכְסֵ֛ה עֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃
NAS: of porpoise skins above.
KJV: above [of] badgers' skins.
INT: dyed covering skins of porpoise above

Exodus 29:14
HEB: הַפָּר֙ וְאֶת־ עֹר֣וֹ וְאֶת־ פִּרְשׁ֔וֹ
NAS: of the bull and its hide and its refuse,
KJV: of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung,
INT: the flesh of the bull hide refuse shall burn

Exodus 34:29
HEB: כִּ֥י קָרַ֛ן ע֥וֹר פָּנָ֖יו בְּדַבְּר֥וֹ
NAS: did not know that the skin of his face
KJV: wist not that the skin of his face
INT: for shone the skin of his face of his speaking

Exodus 34:30
HEB: וְהִנֵּ֥ה קָרַ֖ן ע֣וֹר פָּנָ֑יו וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ
NAS: behold, the skin of his face
KJV: Moses, behold, the skin of his face
INT: behold shone the skin of his face were afraid

Exodus 34:35
HEB: כִּ֣י קָרַ֔ן ע֖וֹר פְּנֵ֣י מֹשֶׁ֑ה
NAS: of Moses, that the skin of Moses'
KJV: of Moses, that the skin of Moses'
INT: for shone the skin face of Moses'

Exodus 35:7
HEB: וְעֹרֹ֨ת אֵילִ֧ם מְאָדָּמִ֛ים
NAS: and rams' skins dyed red, and porpoise
KJV: And rams' skins dyed red,
INT: skins and rams' dyed

Exodus 35:7
HEB: אֵילִ֧ם מְאָדָּמִ֛ים וְעֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים וַעֲצֵ֥י
NAS: and porpoise skins, and acacia
KJV: and badgers' skins, and shittim
INT: and rams' dyed skins and porpoise wood

Exodus 35:23
HEB: וְשֵׁ֣שׁ וְעִזִּ֑ים וְעֹרֹ֨ת אֵילִ֧ם מְאָדָּמִ֛ים
NAS: [hair] and rams' skins dyed red
KJV: [hair], and red skins of rams,
INT: and fine and goats' skins and rams' dyed

Exodus 35:23
HEB: אֵילִ֧ם מְאָדָּמִ֛ים וְעֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים הֵבִֽיאוּ׃
NAS: and porpoise skins, brought
KJV: and badgers' skins, brought
INT: and rams' dyed skins and porpoise brought

Exodus 36:19
HEB: מִכְסֶה֙ לָאֹ֔הֶל עֹרֹ֥ת אֵלִ֖ים מְאָדָּמִ֑ים
NAS: of rams' skins dyed red,
KJV: [of] rams' skins dyed red,
INT: A covering the tent skins of rams' dyed

Exodus 36:19
HEB: מְאָדָּמִ֑ים וּמִכְסֵ֛ה עֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃
NAS: of porpoise skins above.
KJV: [of] badgers' skins above
INT: dyed covering skins of porpoise above

Exodus 39:34
HEB: וְאֶת־ מִכְסֵ֞ה עוֹרֹ֤ת הָֽאֵילִם֙ הַמְאָדָּמִ֔ים
NAS: of rams' skins dyed red,
KJV: of rams' skins dyed red,
INT: and the covering skins of rams' dyed

Exodus 39:34
HEB: וְאֶת־ מִכְסֵ֖ה עֹרֹ֣ת הַתְּחָשִׁ֑ים וְאֵ֖ת
NAS: of porpoise skins, and the screening
KJV: of badgers' skins, and the vail
INT: dyed and the covering skins of porpoise veil

Leviticus 4:11
HEB: וְאֶת־ ע֤וֹר הַפָּר֙ וְאֶת־
NAS: But the hide of the bull and all
KJV: And the skin of the bullock,
INT: the hide of the bull and all

Leviticus 7:8
HEB: עֹ֣לַת אִ֑ישׁ ע֤וֹר הָֽעֹלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering
KJV: [even] the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering
INT: burnt any the skin offering which

Leviticus 8:17
HEB: הַפָּ֤ר וְאֶת־ עֹרוֹ֙ וְאֶת־ בְּשָׂר֣וֹ
NAS: But the bull and its hide and its flesh
KJV: But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh,
INT: the bull hide flesh refuse

Leviticus 9:11
HEB: הַבָּשָׂ֖ר וְאֶת־ הָע֑וֹר שָׂרַ֣ף בָּאֵ֔שׁ
NAS: The flesh and the skin, however, he burned
KJV: And the flesh and the hide he burnt
INT: the flesh and the skin burned fire

Leviticus 11:32
HEB: בֶ֤גֶד אוֹ־ עוֹר֙ א֣וֹ שָׂ֔ק
NAS: clothing, or a skin, or a sack--
KJV: or raiment, or skin, or sack,
INT: clothing or A skin or A sack

Leviticus 13:2
HEB: כִּֽי־ יִהְיֶ֤ה בְעוֹר־ בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ שְׂאֵ֤ת
NAS: has on the skin of his body
KJV: When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh
INT: When has the skin of his body A swelling

99 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5785
99 Occurrences

bā·‘ō·wr — 12 Occ.
bə·‘ō·wr- — 4 Occ.
bə·‘ō·w·rî — 1 Occ.
hā·‘ō·wr — 14 Occ.
lə·‘ō·rōw — 1 Occ.
mê·‘ō·wr — 1 Occ.
‘ō·wr — 28 Occ.
‘ō·rāh — 1 Occ.
‘ō·w·rām — 2 Occ.
‘ō·w·rê·nū — 1 Occ.
‘ō·w·rî — 3 Occ.
‘ō·rōw — 5 Occ.
‘ō·rōṯ — 7 Occ.
‘ō·rō·ṯām — 1 Occ.
ḇā·‘ō·wr — 3 Occ.
ḇə·‘ō·wr- — 5 Occ.
wə·‘ō·w·rām — 1 Occ.
wə·‘ō·w·rî — 1 Occ.
ḇə·‘ō·rōw — 2 Occ.
wə·‘ō·rōṯ — 6 Occ.