What does שַׁעֲרוּרָה (šaʿărûrāh) mean in the Bible?
שַׁעֲרוּרָה (šaʿărûrāh): A thing that provokes shuddering horror or trembling dread, often describing abominable deeds or divine judgment.
Hebrew · H8186
שַׁעֲרוּרָה
Something fearful
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שַׁעֲרוּרָה H8186
Pronunciation šaʿărûrāh
What does שַׁעֲרוּרָה (šaʿărûrāh) mean in the Bible?
שַׁעֲרוּרָה (šaʿărûrāh): A thing that provokes shuddering horror or trembling dread, often describing abominable deeds or divine judgment.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8186?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a horrible thing (2), and shocking thing (1), terrible thing (1).
Where does שַׁעֲרוּרָה (šaʿărûrāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Jeremiah 5:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (3), Hosea (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a horrible thing 2× Jeremiah 23:14, Hosea 6:10
and shocking thing 1× Jeremiah 5:30
terrible thing 1× Jeremiah 18:13
Show sample aligned rows
Jeremiah 5:30 וְשַׁ֣עֲרוּרָ֔ה to and shocking thing Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular Jeremiah 18:13 שַֽׁעֲרֻרִת֙ to terrible thing Adjective - feminine singular Jeremiah 23:14 שַׁעֲרוּרָ֗ה to a horrible thing Adjective - feminine singular Hosea 6:10 שַׁעֲרִירִיָּה to a horrible thing Adjective - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Jeremiah 5:30
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Jeremiah 3 Hosea 1
Source forms
וְשַׁ֣עֲרוּרָ֔ה 1x wə·ša·‘ă·rū·rāh Jeremiah 5:30
שַׁעֲרוּרָ֗ה 1x ša·‘ă·rū·rāh Jeremiah 23:14
שַׁעֲרִירִיָּה 1x ša·ʿă·rī·rī·yå̄h Hosea 6:10
שַֽׁעֲרֻרִת֙ 1x ša·‘ă·ru·riṯ Jeremiah 18:13
Parsing patterns
Adjective - feminine singular 3x Jeremiah 18:13, Jeremiah 23:14, Hosea 6:10
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular 1x Jeremiah 5:30
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. A thing that provokes shuddering horror or trembling dread, often describing abominable deeds or divine judgment.
Source Gloss
something fearful
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
A thing that provokes shuddering horror or trembling dread, often describing abominable deeds or divine judgment.
something fearful BDB: horror Usage: horrible thing.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שַׁעֲרוּרָה is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain