שְׁאָר
shᵉʼâr · sheh-awr'
{a remainder}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7605 (שְׁאָר)
{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] whatsoever more, 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the rest4 · 33%
- the residue2 · 17%
- and to the rest1 · 8%
- and unto the rest1 · 8%
- with the rest1 · 8%
- and whatsoever more1 · 8%
- the rest1 · 8%
- as concerning the rest1 · 8%
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.