Spittle
רִירStrong’s H7388rir
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rir is the Hebrew word usually translated “spittle his” and “slime of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.”
Meaning
- Slime juice or liquid, spittle
How it's translated
- spittle his 1
- in slime of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 1
- Job 1
2 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
רִיר rir · spittle
slime juice or liquid, spittle
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “spittle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPITTLE, noun
[from spit.]
- Saliva; the thick moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands and ejected from the mouth.
- A small sort of spade. [spaddle.]
All definitions and other forms of “spittle”
SPITTLE, verb transitive
To dig or stir with a small spade. [Local.]
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.