To saw
שׂוּרStrong’s H7787sur
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Sur is the Hebrew word usually translated “sawed”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to saw(TWOT) meaning uncertain
How it's translated
- and he sawed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
שׂוּר sur · to saw
1) (Qal) to saw 1a) (TWOT) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “saw” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SAW, noun
[See the Verb.]
- A cutting instrument consisting of a blade or thin plate of iron or steel, with one edge dentated or toothed.
- A saying; proverb; maxim; decree. obsolete [See Say.]
All definitions and other forms of “saw”
SAW, verb transitive
preterit tense sawed; participle passive sawed or sawn. [Latin seco; ]
- To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
- To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw timber into boards or planks.
SAW, verb intransitive
- To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
- To cut with a saw; as, the mill saws fast or well.
- To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smooth.
SAW'-DUST, noun
Dust or small fragments of wood or stone made by the attrition of a saw
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.