שְׁאֵר
shᵉʼêr · sheh-ayr'
flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7604 (שָׁאַר);
flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
- flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood
- generally, food of any kind
- figuratively, kindred by blood
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
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 שְׁאֵר 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- near kinswoman2 · 13%
- flesh2 · 13%
- wife; her food1 · 6%
- that is near1 · 6%
- his near kin1 · 6%
- but for his kin1 · 6%
- him, or any that is nigh1 · 6%
- unto his kinsman1 · 6%
- my flesh1 · 6%
- and thy body1 · 6%
- his own flesh1 · 6%
- done to me and to my flesh1 · 6%
- from off them, and their flesh1 · 6%
- the flesh1 · 6%
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.