To twist
שָׁזַרStrong’s H7806shazar (sha-zar)
Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shazar is the Hebrew word usually translated “twisted”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
“Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.”
Meaning
- To twist, be twisted(Hophal)
How it's translated
- twisted 21
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 21
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 26:31And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
- Exodus 26:36And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
- Exodus 27:9And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
- Exodus 27:16And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
- Exodus 27:18The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
- Exodus 28:6And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁזַר shazar · to twist
1) to twist, be twisted 1a) (Hophal) 1a1) to be twisted 1a2) twisted (participle)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “twist” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TWIST, verb transitive
- To unite by winding one thread, strand or other flexible substance round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as to twist yarn or thread.
- To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
- To contort; to writhe; as, to twist a thing into a serpentine form.
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle.
All definitions and other forms of “twist”
- To form; to weave; as, to twist a story.
- To unite by intertexture of parts; as, to twist bays with ivy.
- To unite; to enter by winding; to insinuate; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
- To pervert; as, to twist a passage in an author.
- To turn from a straight line.
TWIST, verb intransitive
To be contorted or united by winding round each other. Some strands will twist more easily than others.
TWIST, noun
A cord, thread or any thing flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
- A cord; a string; a single cord.
- A contortion; a writhe.
- A little roll of tobacco.
- Manner of twisting.
- A twig. [Not in use.]
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.