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Lexicon :: Strong's H7607 - šᵊ'ēr

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שְׁאֵר
Transliteration
šᵊ'ēr
Pronunciation
sheh-ayr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2308a

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁאֵר shᵉʼêr, sheh-ayr'; from H7604; flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood:—body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H7607 in the following manner: flesh (7x), near kinswoman (2x), food (1x), near (1x), nigh (1x), near kin (1x), kin (1x), body (1x), kinsman (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H7607 in the following manner: flesh (7x), near kinswoman (2x), food (1x), near (1x), nigh (1x), near kin (1x), kin (1x), body (1x), kinsman (1x).

  1. flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman

    1. flesh

      1. as food

      2. for physical power (fig)

    2. flesh relation, blood relation

    3. self

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁאֵר shᵉʼêr, sheh-ayr'; from H7604; flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood:—body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
STRONGS H7607: Abbreviations
† שְׁאֵר noun masculinePsalm 73:26 flesh (perhaps originally the inner flesh, full of blood, next the bones, compare HoffmZAW iii (1883), 107, and בָּשָׂר = (originally) flesh next the skin); — שׁ׳ absolute Psalm 78:20; Psalm 78:27, construct Micah 3:3 +, suffix שְׁאֵרִי Jeremiah 51:35; Psalm 73:26, etc; —
1. flesh :
a. as food, Exodus 21:10 (HPS also 1 Samuel 9:24, for הַנִּשְׁאָר), Psalm 78:20 (|| לֶחֶם), Psalm 78:27 (|| עוֺף כָּנָף); figurative Micah 3:2 (|| עוֺר), Micah 3:3 (|| id.), Jeremiah 51:35 (|| דָּם),
b. figurative for physical power Psalm 73:26 (+ לֵבָב), Proverbs 5:11 (+ בָּשָׂר).
2. in HP = flesh- (= blood-) relation (i.e. one near of kin):שְׁאֵר אָבִיךָ Leviticus 18:12 compare Leviticus 18:13; Leviticus 20:19, also [H7608 Leviticus 18:17] (read שְׁאֵרְךָ for שַׁאֲרָה Greek Version of the LXX Ew Dr-Wh; compare of. Di Baen); + אֵלָיו הַקָּרֹב Leviticus 21:2; Numbers 27:11 בְשָׂרוֺ שׁ׳ Leviticus 18:6; Leviticus 25:49.
3. = self, Proverbs 11:17 (|| נֶפֶשׁ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

21:10

Leviticus

18:6; 18:12; 18:13; 20:19; 21:2; 25:49

Numbers

27:11

1 Samuel

9:24

Psalms

73:26; 73:26; 73:26; 78:20; 78:20; 78:27; 78:27

Proverbs

5:11; 11:17

Jeremiah

51:35; 51:35

Micah

3:2; 3:3; 3:3

H7607

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7607 matches the Hebrew שְׁאֵר (šᵊ'ēr),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:10 - If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:6 - “None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:12 - You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s relative.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 - You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s relative.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister, for that is to make naked one’s relative; they shall bear their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:2 - except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or a close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he grows rich he may redeem himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the nearest kinsman of his clan, and he shall possess it. And it shall be for the people of Israel a statute and rule, as the LORD commanded Moses.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:26 - My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength[fn] of my heart and my portion forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20 - He struck the rock so that water gushed out
and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
or provide meat for his people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - he rained meat on them like dust,
winged birds like the sand of the seas;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:11 - and at the end of your life you groan,
when your flesh and body are consumed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:17 - A man who is kind benefits himself,
but a cruel man hurts himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:35 - The violence done to me and to my kinsmen be upon Babylon,”
let the inhabitant of Zion say.
“My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
let Jerusalem say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:2 - you who hate the good and love the evil,
who tear the skin from off my people[fn]
and their flesh from off their bones,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:3 - who eat the flesh of my people,
and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones in pieces
and chop them up like meat in a pot,
like flesh in a cauldron.
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