King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8184
Transliteration: seorah
Phonetic Spelling: (seh-o-raw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: barley
Meaning: barley
Word Summary
seorah: barley
Original Word: שְׂעֹרָהTransliteration: seorah
Phonetic Spelling: (seh-o-raw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: barley
Meaning: barley
Strong's Concordance
barley Or snowrah {seh-o-raw'} (feminine meaning the plant); and (masculine meaning the grain); also s or {seh-ore'}; or s-owr {seh-ore'}; from sa'ar in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose) -- barley.
see HEBREW sa'ar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8184. seorah
שְׂעֹרָה noun feminine barley (bearded grain; ᵐ5 κριθή, ᵑ9 hordeum; Late Hebrew id.; Sabean שערם Glas in FellZMG liv (1900), 256, Arabic ; Old Aramaic סְעָרְתָא ᵑ7 שערה,, Syriac ; Di260 compare Ethiopic wheat, grain); — absolute ׳שׂ Exodus 9:31 +; usually plural שְׂעֹרִים Hosea 3:2 +; — barley, common grain (often "" חִטָּה, etc.):
1 growing, standing, singular Exodus 9:31 (twice in verse) (J), Deuteronomy 8:8; Job 31:40; 1:11, as sown Isaiah 28:25; standing, plural 2 Samuel 14:30 ׳שְׂעוֺ 1 Chronicles 11:13, reaped (הַ)שְׂעֹרִים קְצִיר 2 Samuel 21:9; Ruth 1:22; 2:23, הַשּׂ ׳גֹּרֶן 3:2.
2 plural, the grains, measured, cooked, etc.: Hosea 3:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 4:9; 13:19; 45:13; 2 Kings 7:1, 16, 18; Jeremiah 41:8; 2 Chronicles 2:9; 2:14; 27:5; Ruth 2:17; 3:15, 17; 2 Samuel 17:28; 1 Kings 5:8 (food for horses); שׂ חֹמֶר ׳זֶרַע Leviticus 27:16 (P); שׂ ׳קֶמַח Numbers 5:15, שׂ ׳לֶחֶם Judges 7:13; 2 Kings 4:42, שׂ ׳עֻגַת Ezekiel 4:12.