שְׁאֵרִית
shᵉʼêrîyth · sheh-ay-reeth'
a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7604 (שָׁאַר);
a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), 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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › the head, the highest › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
To consume, to destroy of strength, the leader of the head, the highest of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁאֵרִית 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
66 occurrences · 66 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the remnant10 · 21%
- and the remnant5 · 10%
- a remnant4 · 8%
- and the residue3 · 6%
- of the remnant3 · 6%
- for the remnant2 · 4%
- and all the remnant2 · 4%
- all the residue2 · 4%
- you a posterity1 · 2%
- nor remainder1 · 2%
- the rest1 · 2%
- and all the rest1 · 2%
- and of all the remnant1 · 2%
- and them that had escaped1 · 2%
- us, so that there should be no remnant1 · 2%
- and that which the rest1 · 2%
- thee: the remainder1 · 2%
- thy remnant1 · 2%
- and upon the remnant1 · 2%
- by all the residue1 · 2%
- and there shall be no remnant1 · 2%
- with all the residue1 · 2%
- that were with him, all the remnant1 · 2%
- even for all this remnant1 · 2%
- ye remnant1 · 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.