Quranic root
صخر
ṣ · kh · r
A large, hard stone: a rock or mass of rock.
The lexical field distinguishes an individual rock, صَخْرَة, from صَخْر as rocks or great masses; the Quranic forms retain this concrete stone sense.
- Maqāyīs · row 2765
- Lane · entry 25497
- Mufradāt · row 818
- 2
- Quran-attested forms
- 2
- Quran senses
- 3
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
صَخْرَة
ṣakhrah
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 2 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
An individual rock or mass of hard stone.
In contrast with the collective or mass term صَخْر, this form denotes one rock. A classical interpretation of its Quranic use describes the rock as lying beneath the ground.
- Lane · entry 25497
- Mufradāt · row 818
Selected Quran examples
Quran 18:63word 6
“the rock”
Quran 31:16word 11
“a rock”
صَخْر
ṣakhr
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Rocks or great masses of hard stone.
Used as a collective or plural designation for substantial solid rocks, distinct from the individual-rock noun صَخْرَة.
- Lane · entry 25497
- Mufradāt · row 818
Selected Quran examples
Quran 89:9word 4
“the rocks”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 3 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 5 Classical meanings
صَخِر
A place abounding in rocks or great masses of hard stone.
A distinct place-denoting lexical use, not the ordinary material noun for rock.
- Lane · entry 25499
صَخِير
A certain plant.
- Lane · entry 25500
صَاخِر
The sound of iron striking iron.
- Lane · entry 25502
صَاخِرَة
A kind of earthen vessel used for drinking.
- Lane · entry 25503
أَصْخَرُ الوَجْهِ
A hard-faced person; one with little shame.
A figurative expression.
- Lane · entry 25504
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quran verse keys and word locations shown in the examples follow the independently supplied QAC locations; the historical Lane citation associated with the Luqman discussion is not normalized into a separate modern verse reference.