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Strong's H8163 שָׂעִיר (sair)

Sair means “goat” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8163
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 57
Books 7

Strong's H8163 Quick Answer

Strong's H8163 שָׂעִיר שָׂעִר (sa`iyr) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. sa`iyr (saw-eer') (or sabir {saw-eer'}) adj. 1. shaggy 2. as noun, a he-goat It has 57 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include goats, goat, hairy, and devils. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
sa`iyr (saw-eer') (or sabir {saw-eer'}) adj. 1. shaggy 2. as noun, a he-goat
Usage
57 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
goats, goat, hairy, and devils

Meaning and Definition

sa`iyr (saw-eer') (or sabir {saw-eer'}) adj. 1. shaggy 2. as noun, a he-goat 3. by analogy, a faun [from H8175] KJV: devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr. Root(s): H8175

Original Word
שָׂעִיר שָׂעִר
Transliteration
sa`iyr
Derivation
Root: שׂער First root strongs: 8175
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8163. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H8163 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sa`iyr, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

goats Genesis 37:31 31× goat Leviticus 4:24 20× devils Leviticus 17:7 hairy Genesis 27:11

How Strong's H8163 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 57 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8163 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8163 in the Old Testament

57 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 27:11 KJV

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

Genesis 27:23 KJV

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

Genesis 37:31 KJV

And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

Usage Excerpts

First 57 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8163.

Genesis 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
Genesis 27:23 Old Testament, KJV
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
Genesis 37:31 Old Testament, KJV
And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
Leviticus 4:23 Old Testament, KJV
Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
Leviticus 4:24 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
Leviticus 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
Leviticus 10:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,
Leviticus 16:5 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
Leviticus 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
Leviticus 16:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.
Leviticus 16:10 Old Testament, KJV
But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
Leviticus 16:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
Leviticus 16:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
Leviticus 16:20 Old Testament, KJV
And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
Leviticus 16:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
Leviticus 16:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Leviticus 16:26 Old Testament, KJV
And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
Leviticus 16:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
Leviticus 17:7 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
Leviticus 23:19 Old Testament, KJV
Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
Numbers 7:16 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers 7:22 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers 7:28 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers 7:34 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers 7:40 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers 7:46 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers 7:52 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers 7:58 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers 7:64 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers 7:70 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers 7:76 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers 7:82 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers 7:87 Old Testament, KJV
All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
Numbers 15:24 Old Testament, KJV
Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
Numbers 28:15 Old Testament, KJV
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers 28:22 Old Testament, KJV
And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
Numbers 28:30 Old Testament, KJV
And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
Numbers 29:5 Old Testament, KJV
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
Numbers 29:11 Old Testament, KJV
One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.
Numbers 29:16 Old Testament, KJV
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers 29:19 Old Testament, KJV
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.
Numbers 29:22 Old Testament, KJV
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers 29:25 Old Testament, KJV
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers 29:28 Old Testament, KJV
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers 29:31 Old Testament, KJV
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers 29:34 Old Testament, KJV
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers 29:38 Old Testament, KJV
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
2 Chronicles 11:15 Old Testament, KJV
And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
2 Chronicles 29:23 Old Testament, KJV
And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
Isaiah 13:21 Old Testament, KJV
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Isaiah 34:14 Old Testament, KJV
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
Ezekiel 43:22 Old Testament, KJV
And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.
Ezekiel 43:25 Old Testament, KJV
Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
Ezekiel 45:23 Old Testament, KJV
And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
Daniel 8:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8163, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 19 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 27 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H8163 FAQ

What does sair (שָׂעִיר) mean?

Sair (Strong's H8163) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "goat". sa`iyr (saw-eer') (or sabir {saw-eer'}) adj. 1. shaggy 2. as noun, a he-goat

How many times is sair (שָׂעִיר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 57 linked usages for Strong's H8163 across 7 books.

Where can I study sair (שָׂעִיר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8163 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate sair (שָׂעִיר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as goats, goat, hairy, and devils. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.