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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s[fn] staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - You fasten my feet in shackles; you keep close watch on all my paths by putting marks on the soles of my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 - His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:28 - “If you say, ‘How we will hound him, since the root of the trouble lies in him,[fn]’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - People assault the flinty rock with their hands and lay bare the roots of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 - My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 - In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food[fn] was the root of the broom bush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9 - You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 - No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken; from the root of that snake will spring up a viper, its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But your root I will destroy by famine; it will slay your survivors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2 - He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 - They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - “ ‘But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots toward him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to him for water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7 - It was majestic in beauty, with its spreading boughs, for its roots went down to abundant waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - “One from her family line will arise to take her place. He will attack the forces of the king of the North and enter his fortress; he will fight against them and be victorious.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - Ephraim is blighted, their root is withered, they yield no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay their cherished offspring.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 - I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - “Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them, though they were tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 - “Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the LORD Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.
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