שְׁאֵרִית
Transliteration
šᵊ'ērîṯ
Pronunciation
sheh-ay-reeth'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From שָׁאַר (H7604)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2307b

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁאֵרִית shᵉʼêrîyth, sheh-ay-reeth'; from H7604; a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion:—that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 66x

The KJV translates Strong's H7611 in the following manner: remnant (44x), residue (13x), rest (3x), remainder (2x), escaped (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 66x
The KJV translates Strong's H7611 in the following manner: remnant (44x), residue (13x), rest (3x), remainder (2x), escaped (1x), miscellaneous (3x).
  1. rest, residue, remainder, remnant

    1. rest, what is left

    2. remainder, descendants

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁאֵרִית shᵉʼêrîyth, sheh-ay-reeth'; from H7604; a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion:—that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest.
STRONGS H7611: Abbreviations
שְׁאֵרִית noun feminine rest, residue, remnant, remainder (= שָׁאָר); — שׁ׳ absolute 2 Samuel 14:7 +, construct Ezekiel 36:3 +, שֵׁרִית (Ges§ 23 f) 1 Chronicles 12:39 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:38); suffix שְׁאֵרִיתֵךְ Isaiah 14:30; Ezekiel 5:10, תוֺ- Isaiah 44:17, תָם- Jeremiah 15:9; —
1. rest, what is left, of wood Isaiah 44:17, land Isaiah 15:9 (|| פְּלֵיטָה), Jeremiah 47:4, 5; Ezekiel 25:16; חֵמֹת שׁ׳ Psalm 76: difficult (Gr [compare Che] proposes חֲמָת Hamath, Du אֻמֹּת tribes); rest of princes Jeremiah 39:3, of nations (= the other nations, Toy) Ezekiel 36:3, 4, 5; of Israel 1 Chronicles 12:39 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:38), 2 Chronicles 34:9; Nehemiah 7:71 (van d. H. Nehemiah 7:72); = last remnant of people, Philistines Amos 1:8 (compare We), Isaiah 14:30, Edom Amos 9:12, Anathoth Jeremiah 11:23, Ashdod Jeremiah 25:20, Babylon Jeremiah 50:26, Amalek 1 Chronicles 4:43 (+ הַפְּלֵיטָה), Israel 2 Kings 21:14; Jeremiah 6:9; Jeremiah 15:9; remnant left after catastrophe Amos 5:15; Jeremiah 8:3; Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 40:11, 15; Jeremiah 41:10, 16; Jeremiah 42:2, 15, 19; Jeremiah 43:5; Jeremiah 44:12, 14, 28; Ezekiel 5:10; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13; Haggai 1:12, 14; Haggai 2:2, even וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶתהַֿצֹּלֵעָה לִשׁ׳ Micah 4:7 (as promise, || עָצוּם compare GieBeiträge, 42f.); = survivors Jeremiah 44:7, מִןהַֿחֶרֶב הַשּׁ׳ 2 Chronicles 36:20; = faithful remnant of Israel or Judah (technical term of prophets, compare שְׁאָר near the end), 2 Kings 19:4 = Isaiah 37:4; 2 Kings 19:31 (|| פְּלֵיטָה) = Isaiah 37:32 (|| id.), Micah 2:12; Micah 5:6; Micah 5:7; Micah 7:18; Ezra 9:14 (|| id.), Isaiah 46:3; Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 31:7; Zephaniah 2:7, 9 (|| יֶתֶר), Zephaniah 3:13; Zechariah 8:6, 11, 12.
2. remainder = descendants (= שְׁאָר Isaiah 14:22): Genesis 45:7, שֵׁם וּשׁ׳ 2 Samuel 14:7.
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