Lexical Definition

‎סָרָה‎ çârâh (saw-raw') revolt ^H:N-F
from ‎סוּר‎

[idiom] continual, rebellion, revolt(-ed), turn away, wrong.

• apostasy, crime
• figuratively, remission

1) apostasy, defection, turning aside, withdrawal
1a) defection (of moral or legal offenses)
1b) apostasy
1c) withdrawal (negated)

See Greek: ἀνομία · ἄνομος · ἀσέβεια

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סָרָה‎ noun feminine a turning aside, defection, apostasy, withdrawal; — always absolute ‎׳‎‎ס‎; —

1. defection, used apparently of any moral or legal offence Deut 19:16, so probably Isa 59:13 (+ ‎עשֶׁק‎, ‎דִּבְרֵי שָׁ֑קֶר‎).

2. apostasy, Deut 13:6*; Isa 1:5; Isa 31:6; Jer 28:16; Jer 29:32.

3. ‎סָרָה בִּלְתִּי‎ non-withdrawal Isa 14:6 (compare verb, vIsa 14:25; Amos 6:7).

‎סִרָה‎ see ‎׳‎‎בּוֺר הַסּ‎ above ‎יסור‎, only in ‎יסורי‎ Jer 17:13 Kt, but see Qr ‎סור‎ Qal Participle

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