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Hebrew

To sneeze

זָרַרStrong’s H2237

zarar (za-rar)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Zarar is the Hebrew word usually translated “sneezed”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.”
2 Kings 4:35 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Poel) to sneeze
How it's translated
  • and he sneezed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Kings 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    זָרַר zarar · to sneeze

    (Poel) to sneeze

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “sneeze” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    SNEEZE, verb intransitive

      All definitions and other forms of “sneeze”

        SNEEZE, noun

        A sudden and violent ejection of air through the nose with an audible sound.

          Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

          Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.