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Rough

סָמָרStrong’s H5569

samar (sa-mar)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

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

“Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.”
Jeremiah 51:27 KJV
Meaning
  1. Bristling, rough
How it's translated
  • bristly 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    סָמָר samar · rough

    bristling, rough

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    ROUGH, adjective

    [Latin raucus. Eng. rye, that is rough Latin ruga, a wrinkle. Gr. to snore. Latin ruga, a wrinkle, a ridge. See Ridge. The primary sense is to stretch or strain; but applied to roughness or wrinkling, it is to draw or contract, a straining together.]

    1. Having inequalities, small ridges or points on the surface; not smooth or plane; as a rough board, a rough stone; rough cloth.
    2. Stony; abounding with stones and stumps; as rough land; or simply with stones; as a rough road.
    3. Not wrought or polished; as a rough diamond.
    4. Thrown into huge waves; violently agitated; as a rough sea.
    All definitions
    1. Tempestuous; stormy; boisterous; as rough weather.
    2. Austere to the taste; harsh; as rough wine.
    3. Harsh to the ear; grating; jarring; unharmonious; as rough sounds; rough numbers.
    4. Rugged of temper; severe; austere; rude; not mild or courteous.
    5. Coarse in manners; rude.
    6. Harsh; violent; not easy; as a rough remedy.
    7. Hard featured; not delicate; as a rough visage.
    8. Harsh; severe; uncivil; as rough usage.
    9. Terrible; dreadful.
    10. Rugged; disordered in appearance; coarse.
    11. Hairy; shaggy; covered with hairs, bristles and the like.

    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.