H8163c H8163c
satyr, goat-demon; hairy supernatural beings or idols with goat-like features, objects of forbidden worship
This noun refers to satyrs or goat-demons—supernatural entities associated with desolate places or idolatrous worship. Leviticus 17:7 forbids Israel from sacrificing to 'goat-demons' as they did in Egypt. 2 Chronicles 11:15 condemns Jeroboam for appointing priests for 'the goat-demons.' Isaiah uses the term for creatures inhabiting desolate ruins: Isaiah 13:21 pictures Babylon as a haunt where 'goat-demons shall dance,' and 34:14 similarly depicts Edom's wasteland where 'the satyr shall meet the wild beast.' The multilingual glosses show uncertainty (French transliterates, Spanish uses 'satyrs' and 'goat-demons'). These beings blur the line between demon-gods worshiped idolatrously and wilderness spirits haunting abandoned places—embodiments of chaos and desolation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Goat-demons or satyrs—supernatural beings with goat-like features, associated both with idolatrous worship (Lev 17:7, 2 Chr 11:15) and with haunting desolate ruins (Isa 13:21, 34:14). These entities represent forbidden worship of demon-powers and the chaos of uninhabited wilderness. Whether understood as actual spirits or as idols in goat-form, they embody everything opposite to ordered worship of YHWH—wilderness rather than temple, chaos rather than covenant, demonic rather than divine. 4×
AR["لِ-الشَّيَاطِينِ", "وَ-الأَعْيَارُ", "وَ-الشَّيْطَانُ", "وَلِلشَّياطينِ"]·ben["ও-ছাগল", "ও-ছাগলরা", "ও-ছাগলের-জন্য", "কাছে-ছাগল-দেবতাদের"]·DE["[ולשעירים]", "[ושעיר]", "[ושעירים]", "zu-der-Ziege-demons"]·EN["and-a-wild-goat", "and-for-the-goat-demons", "and-goat-demons", "to-the-goat-demons"]·FR["[ולשעירים]", "[ושעיר]", "[ושעירים]", "à-le-bouc-demons"]·heb["ו-ל-ה-שעירים", "ו-שעיר", "ו-שעירים", "ל-ה-לשעירם"]·HI["और-बकरी", "और-बकरे", "और-बकरों-के-लिए", "बकरों-को"]·ID["dan-kambing-hutan", "dan-untuk-jin-jin", "kepada-jin-jin"]·IT["[ולשעירים]", "a-il-capro-demons", "e-capro"]·jav["kanggé-roh-wédhus", "lan-kanggé-wedhus", "lan-para-wedhus-wana", "lan-sètan-wedhus"]·KO["그리고-그-염소들-을-위해", "그리고-털만이-될-자가", "숙염소들이", "에게-그-염소-귀신들"]·PT["aos-sátiros", "e-bodes-selvagens", "e-para-os-bodes", "e-sátiro"]·RU["и-для-козлов", "и-козлоногие", "и-козёл", "козлам"]·ES["a-los-demonios-cabríos", "y-el-sátiro", "y-machos-cabríos", "y-para-los-demonios"]·SW["kwa-mapepo", "na-kwa-mapepo", "na-mbuzi-mwitu", "na-mbuzi-wa-mwitu"]·TR["tekelere", "ve-keciboynuz-iblislere", "ve-killi-oglaklari", "ve-teke"]·urd["اور-بکرا", "اور-بکروں-کے-لیے", "اور-بکرے", "بکروں-کے-لیے"]
Related Senses
H6629 1. flock, sheep/goats (small livestock) (274×)H1241 1. cattle, herd (bovine livestock) (183×)H0352a 1. ram (male sheep) (156×)H6499 1. young bull, bullock (130×)H3532 1. lamb, young male sheep (105×)H2543 1. donkey (male ass) (96×)H7794 1. ox, bull (79×)H7462b 1. shepherd (agent noun) (76×)H5795 1. she-goat(s), female goat(s) (68×)H7462b 2. to shepherd, tend, pasture (60×)H1581 1. camel (domestic animal) (54×)H0738b 1. lion (46×)G4263 1. sheep (39×)H5739 1. flock or herd of livestock (38×)H5695 1. calf, young bull (35×)H0738a 1. lion (large predatory feline) (34×)H0860 1. female donkey (34×)H3611 1. dog (animal) (32×)H3715a 1. young lion, lion cub (31×)G0721 1. Lamb (29×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† III. שָׂעִיר n.m. satyr, demon (with he-goat’s form, or feet; NH id.; cf. BaudStud. i. 136 ff.; hairy demons WeSkizzen iii. 135; Heid. 152 RSSem 113, 423; 2nd ed. 120, 441); abs. שׂ׳ Is 34:14 inhabiting desolate ruins, so pl. שְׂעִירִים 13:21; name for idols 2 Ch 11:15 and (שְׂעִרִם) Lv 17:7 (H); prob. also בָּמוֹת הַשּׂ׳ 2 K 23:8 (MT הַשְּׁעָרִים) HoffmZAW ii (1882), 175 SS Kmp Klo Kit Benz Bur.