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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 8296. שֶׂ֫רֶט (seret) -- Incision, cut, gash</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/8296.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/leviticus/21-5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/8296.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 8296</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/8295.htm" title="8295">◄</a> 8296. seret <a href="../hebrew/8296a.htm" title="8296a">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">seret: Incision, cut, gash</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">שֶׂרֶט</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>seret<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>seh-ret<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(seh'-ret)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Incision, cut, gash<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>an incision<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root שָׂרַט (sarat), meaning "to cut" or "to incise."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Greek equivalent in the Strong's Concordance, the concept of bodily harm or mutilation in a religious context can be related to Greek terms like "στίγμα" (stigma, G4742), which refers to a mark or brand.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "seret" refers to a physical cut or incision, often associated with practices of mourning or pagan rituals. In the context of the Hebrew Bible, it is used to describe the act of making cuts on the body, which was a common practice among certain ancient Near Eastern cultures as a sign of grief or as part of idolatrous worship.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, making incisions on the body was a ritualistic act often associated with mourning the dead or invoking the attention of deities. The Israelites were specifically commanded against such practices, as they were considered pagan and contrary to the worship of Yahweh. This prohibition was part of a broader set of laws intended to distinguish the Israelites from surrounding nations and to maintain their covenantal purity.<div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">שֶׂ֫רֶט</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>incision</b></font>; — absolute <font class="hebrew2">לָנֶפֶשׁ לֹא</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">וְשׂ</font> <font class="hebrew2">תִתְּנוּ בִּבְשַׂרְכֶם</font> <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/19-28.htm">Leviticus 19:28</a>. <p> [<font class="hebrew2">שָׂרֶ֫טֶת</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> id. (Ba<sup>§ 93</sup> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">α β</font>; — <font class="hebrew2">שָׂרָ֑טֶת</font> <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/21-5.htm">Leviticus 21:5</a>, see verb <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal.</b></font> <p><font class="hebrew2">שָׂרַי</font> see below <font class="hebrew2">שׂרר</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">שְׂרָיָה(וּׅ</font> see below I. <font class="hebrew2">שׂרה</font>. above<br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>cutting <p>And sareteth {saw-reh'-teth}; from <a href="/hebrew/8295.htm">sarat</a>; an incision -- cutting. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/8295.htm">sarat</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְשֶׂ֣רֶט ושרט שָׂרָֽטֶת׃ שרטת׃ śā·rā·ṭeṯ saRatet śārāṭeṯ veSeret wə·śe·reṭ wəśereṭ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/leviticus/19-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 19:28</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וְשֶׂ֣רֶט </b> לָנֶ֗פֶשׁ לֹ֤א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> You shall not make <span class="itali">any cuts</span> in your body<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> any <span class="itali">cuttings</span> in your flesh<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/19-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">cuts</span> the dead nor<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/21-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 21:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/21.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לֹ֥א יִשְׂרְט֖וּ <b> שָׂרָֽטֶת׃ </b> </span><br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> nor make <span class="itali">any cuttings</span> in their flesh.<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/21-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> nor make <span class="itali">cuttings</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8296.htm">2 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8296.htm">Strong's Hebrew 8296<br>2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/saratet_8296.htm">śā·rā·ṭeṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veseret_8296.htm">wə·śe·reṭ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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