שָׁאַר
shâʼar · shaw-ar'
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of strength, the leader of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁאַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
133 occurrences · 133 OT · 0 NT · 90 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- left11 · 17%
- that remained5 · 8%
- that remain5 · 8%
- that are left4 · 6%
- he left3 · 5%
- there remained3 · 5%
- remained3 · 5%
- all that remained2 · 3%
- was left2 · 3%
- and there remained2 · 3%
- there remaineth2 · 3%
- that were therein; he left2 · 3%
- that were therein; he let2 · 3%
- and the remnant2 · 3%
- to thee, would they not leave2 · 3%
- shall be left2 · 3%
- that were left2 · 3%
- shall leave2 · 3%
- and ye shall be left2 · 3%
- they shall remain1 · 2%
- that they may remain1 · 2%
- there is not ought left1 · 2%
- and he is left1 · 2%
- which is left1 · 2%
- there; and they that remained1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.