שָׁרַשׁ
shârash · shaw-rash'
to root, i.e. strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to root, i.e. strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (take, cause to take) root (out).
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁרַשׁ 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- taking root1 · 13%
- be rooted out1 · 13%
- and would root out1 · 13%
- and root thee out1 · 13%
- root1 · 13%
- to take root1 · 13%
- shall not take root1 · 13%
- them, yea, they have taken root1 · 13%
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.