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Strong's H8184 שְׂעֹרָה (seorah)

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

Strong's Number H8184
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 32
Books 17

Strong's H8184 Quick Answer

Strong's H8184 שְׂעוֹרָה שְׂעוֹרָה שְׂעוֹר שְׂעוֹר (s`orah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. s`orah (seh-o-raw') (or snowrah {seh-o-raw'} (feminine meaning the plant) and (masculine meaning the grain); also s or {seh-ore'}; or s-owr {seh-ore'};) n-f. 1. barley (as villose) [from H8175 in the sense of roughness] It has 32 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include barley and also. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
s`orah (seh-o-raw') (or snowrah {seh-o-raw'} (feminine meaning the plant) and (masculine meaning the grain); also s or {seh-ore'}; or s-owr {seh-ore'};) n-f. 1. barley (as villose) [from H8175 in the sense of roughness]
Usage
32 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
barley and also

Meaning and Definition

s`orah (seh-o-raw') (or snowrah {seh-o-raw'} (feminine meaning the plant) and (masculine meaning the grain); also s or {seh-ore'}; or s-owr {seh-ore'};) n-f. 1. barley (as villose) [from H8175 in the sense of roughness] KJV: barley. Root(s): H8175

Original Word
שְׂעוֹרָה שְׂעוֹרָה שְׂעוֹר שְׂעוֹר
Transliteration
s`orah
Derivation
Root: שׂער First root strongs: 8175
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8184. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H8184 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render s`orah, 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.

barley Exodus 9:31 28× Also Ruth 3:15

How Strong's H8184 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 32 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8184 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 H8184 in the Old Testament

32 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 9:31 KJV

And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

Leviticus 27:16 KJV

And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

Numbers 5:15 KJV

Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

Usage Excerpts

First 32 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8184.

Exodus 9:31 Old Testament, KJV
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
Leviticus 27:16 Old Testament, KJV
And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
Numbers 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
Deuteronomy 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
Judges 7:13 Old Testament, KJV
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Ruth 1:22 Old Testament, KJV
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
Ruth 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
Ruth 2:23 Old Testament, KJV
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
Ruth 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
Ruth 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.
Ruth 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
2 Samuel 14:30 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
2 Samuel 17:28 Old Testament, KJV
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
2 Samuel 21:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
1 Kings 4:28 Old Testament, KJV
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
2 Kings 4:42 Old Testament, KJV
And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
2 Kings 7:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2 Kings 7:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
2 Kings 7:18 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
1 Chronicles 11:13 Old Testament, KJV
He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
2 Chronicles 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
2 Chronicles 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
2 Chronicles 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
Job 31:40 Old Testament, KJV
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Isaiah 28:25 Old Testament, KJV
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
Jeremiah 41:8 Old Testament, KJV
But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
Ezekiel 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
Ezekiel 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
Ezekiel 13:19 Old Testament, KJV
And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
Ezekiel 45:13 Old Testament, KJV
This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:
Hosea 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
Joel 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8184, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
Ruth 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H8184 FAQ

What does seorah (שְׂעֹרָה) mean?

Seorah (Strong's H8184) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "barley". s`orah (seh-o-raw') (or snowrah {seh-o-raw'} (feminine meaning the plant) and (masculine meaning the grain); also s or {seh-ore'}; or s-owr {seh-ore'};) n-f. 1. barley (as villose) [from H8175 in the sense of roughness]

How many times is seorah (שְׂעֹרָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 32 linked usages for Strong's H8184 across 17 books.

Where can I study seorah (שְׂעֹרָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8184 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate seorah (שְׂעֹרָה)?

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