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Offscouring

סְחִיStrong’s H5501

sechi (se-chi)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

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

“Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.”
Lamentations 3:45 KJV
Meaning
  1. Offscourings
How it's translated
  • scouring 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Lamentations 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    סְחִי sechi · offscouring

    offscourings

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    OFF'SCOURING, noun

    [off and scour.]

    That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised.

      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.