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Lexicon :: Strong's H8328 - šereš

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שֶׁרֶשׁ
Transliteration
šereš
Pronunciation
sheh'-resh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2471a

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁרֶשׁ sheresh, sheh'-resh; from H8327; a root (literally or figuratively):—bottom, deep, heel, root.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H8328 in the following manner: root (30x), bottom (1x), deep (1x), heels (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H8328 in the following manner: root (30x), bottom (1x), deep (1x), heels (1x).

  1. root

    1. root (literal)

    2. root (of people involving firmness or permanence) (fig)

    3. root, bottom (as lowest stratum) (fig)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁרֶשׁ sheresh, sheh'-resh; from H8327; a root (literally or figuratively):—bottom, deep, heel, root.
STRONGS H8328: Abbreviations
† שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ noun masculineDeuteronomy 29:17 root; — שׁ׳ absolute Deuteronomy 29:17 +, construct Isaiah 11:10 +; suffix שָׁרְשִׁי Job 29:19, etc.; plural construct שָׁרְשֵׁי Job 13:27 (see below) Job 36: suffix שָֽׁרָשָׁיו Amos 2:9 +, שָֽׁרָשֶׁיהָ Ezekiel 17:7 +; —
1. root of people under figure of tree, involving firmness, permanence, Amos 2:9; Hosea 9:16; Hosea 14:6; Isaiah 14:30; 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31; — שָׁרְשָׁם Judges 5:14 is probably corrupt, see GFM; — so of person (compare Phoenician, Eshmunazar11 GACookepp. 30, 36) Isaiah 5:24; Malachi 3:19; Job 8:17; Job 18:16; Job 29:19; Proverbs 12:3, 12; = stock, family Isaiah 11:1, 10; Daniel 11:7, compare (of serpent) Isaiah 14:29; = source or cause Deuteronomy 29:17, דָּבָר שׁ׳ Job 19:28.
2. literally root of tree or shrub Jeremiah 17:8 (simile), Ezekiel 31:7 (metaphor of people). Isaiah 53:2 (simile), Job 14:8; Job 30:4; of vine (metaphor of people) Ezekiel 17:6, 7, 9 (twice in verse); Psalm 80:10 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb with שׁרשׁ Hiph.).
3. root, figurative=lowest stratum, of mountain Job 28:9, of sea Job 36:30= bottom (text strange and dubious: Du רָאשֵׁי הָרִים, with אֵרוֺ in Job 36:30a); of feet, שָׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי Job 13:27, i.e. soles Ew Di De Da and others (elsewhere כַּף), Bu place of treading, footholds; Du (arbitrarily) שָׁרְשִׁי, strike out רגלי.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8330.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

29:17; 29:17; 29:17

Judges

5:14

2 Kings

19:30

Job

8:17; 13:27; 13:27; 14:8; 18:16; 19:28; 28:9; 29:19; 29:19; 30:4; 36; 36:30; 36:30

Psalms

80:10

Proverbs

12:3; 12:12

Isaiah

5:24; 11:1; 11:10; 11:10; 14:29; 14:30; 37:31; 53:2

Jeremiah

17:8

Ezekiel

17:6; 17:7; 17:7; 17:9; 31:7

Daniel

11:7

Hosea

9:16; 14:6

Amos

2:9; 2:9

H8328

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Strong's Number H8328 matches the Hebrew שֶׁרֶשׁ (šereš),
which occurs 33 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 -
Out of Ephraim came down they whose root is in Amalek;
After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples;
Out of Machir came down governors,
And out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal’s staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 -
His roots are wrapped about the stone-heap,
He beholdeth the place of stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 -
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks,
And markest all my paths;
Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 -
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,
And the stock thereof die in the ground;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 -
His roots shall be dried up beneath,
And above shall his branch be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:28 -
If ye say, How we will persecute him!
And that the root of the matter is found in me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 -
He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock;
He overturneth the mountains by the roots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 -
My root is spread out to the waters,
And the dew lieth all night upon my branch:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 -
They pluck salt-wort by the bushes;
And the roots of the broom are their food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 -
Behold, he spreadeth his light around him;
And he covereth the bottom of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9 -
Thou preparedst room before it,
And it took deep root, and filled the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 -
A man shall not be established by wickedness;
But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 -
The wicked desireth the net of evil men;
But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2 - For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 - For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - Say thou, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7 - Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come unto the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 - I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 - For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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