שְׁאָר
shᵉʼâr · sheh-awr'
a remainder
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7604 (שָׁאַר);
a remainder
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] other, remnant, residue, 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 שְׁאָר 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
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the rest5 · 19%
- the rest3 · 12%
- and the remnant3 · 12%
- the remnant3 · 12%
- and the residue2 · 8%
- now the rest1 · 4%
- in the rest1 · 4%
- but the other1 · 4%
- that the remnant1 · 4%
- even the remnant1 · 4%
- yet a remnant1 · 4%
- for the remnant1 · 4%
- and remnant1 · 4%
- unto the residue1 · 4%
- yet had he the residue1 · 4%
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.