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Lexicon :: Strong's H7611 - šᵊ'ērîṯ

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שְׁאֵרִית
Transliteration
šᵊ'ērîṯ
Pronunciation
sheh-ay-reeth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2307b

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁאֵרִית shᵉʼêrîyth, sheh-ay-reeth'; from H7604; a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion:—that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 66x

The KJV translates Strong's H7611 in the following manner: remnant (44x), residue (13x), rest (3x), remainder (2x), escaped (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 66x
The KJV translates Strong's H7611 in the following manner: remnant (44x), residue (13x), rest (3x), remainder (2x), escaped (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. rest, residue, remainder, remnant

    1. rest, what is left

    2. remainder, descendants

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁאֵרִית shᵉʼêrîyth, sheh-ay-reeth'; from H7604; a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion:—that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest.
STRONGS H7611: Abbreviations
† שְׁאֵרִית noun feminine rest, residue, remnant, remainder (= שָׁאָר); — שׁ׳ absolute 2 Samuel 14:7 +, construct Ezekiel 36:3 +, שֵׁרִית (Ges§ 23 f) 1 Chronicles 12:39 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:38); suffix שְׁאֵרִיתֵךְ Isaiah 14:30; Ezekiel 5:10, תוֺ- Isaiah 44:17, תָם- Jeremiah 15:9; —
1. rest, what is left, of wood Isaiah 44:17, land Isaiah 15:9 (|| פְּלֵיטָה), Jeremiah 47:4, 5; Ezekiel 25:16; חֵמֹת שׁ׳ Psalm 76: difficult (Gr [compare Che] proposes חֲמָת Hamath, Du אֻמֹּת tribes); rest of princes Jeremiah 39:3, of nations (= the other nations, Toy) Ezekiel 36:3, 4, 5; of Israel 1 Chronicles 12:39 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:38), 2 Chronicles 34:9; Nehemiah 7:71 (van d. H. Nehemiah 7:72); = last remnant of people, Philistines Amos 1:8 (compare We), Isaiah 14:30, Edom Amos 9:12, Anathoth Jeremiah 11:23, Ashdod Jeremiah 25:20, Babylon Jeremiah 50:26, Amalek 1 Chronicles 4:43 (+ הַפְּלֵיטָה), Israel 2 Kings 21:14; Jeremiah 6:9; Jeremiah 15:9; remnant left after catastrophe Amos 5:15; Jeremiah 8:3; Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 40:11, 15; Jeremiah 41:10, 16; Jeremiah 42:2, 15, 19; Jeremiah 43:5; Jeremiah 44:12, 14, 28; Ezekiel 5:10; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13; Haggai 1:12, 14; Haggai 2:2, even וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶתהַֿצֹּלֵעָה לִשׁ׳ Micah 4:7 (as promise, || עָצוּם compare GieBeiträge, 42f.); = survivors Jeremiah 44:7, מִןהַֿחֶרֶב הַשּׁ׳ 2 Chronicles 36:20; = faithful remnant of Israel or Judah (technical term of prophets, compare שְׁאָר near the end), 2 Kings 19:4 = Isaiah 37:4; 2 Kings 19:31 (|| פְּלֵיטָה) = Isaiah 37:32 (|| id.), Micah 2:12; Micah 5:6; Micah 5:7; Micah 7:18; Ezra 9:14 (|| id.), Isaiah 46:3; Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 31:7; Zephaniah 2:7, 9 (|| יֶתֶר), Zephaniah 3:13; Zechariah 8:6, 11, 12.
2. remainder = descendants (= שְׁאָר Isaiah 14:22): Genesis 45:7, שֵׁם וּשׁ׳ 2 Samuel 14:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

45:7

2 Samuel

14:7; 14:7

2 Kings

19:4; 19:31; 21:14

1 Chronicles

4:43; 12:38; 12:38; 12:39; 12:39

2 Chronicles

34:9; 36:20

Ezra

9:14

Nehemiah

7:71; 7:72

Psalms

76

Isaiah

14:22; 14:30; 14:30; 15:9; 37:4; 37:32; 44:17; 44:17; 46:3

Jeremiah

6:9; 8:3; 11:23; 15:9; 15:9; 23:3; 24:8; 25:20; 31:7; 39:3; 40:11; 40:15; 41:10; 41:16; 42:2; 42:15; 42:19; 43:5; 44:7; 44:12; 44:14; 44:28; 47:4; 47:5; 50:26

Ezekiel

5:10; 5:10; 9:8; 11:13; 25:16; 36:3; 36:3; 36:4; 36:5

Amos

1:8; 5:15; 9:12

Micah

2:12; 4:7; 5:6; 5:7; 7:18

Zephaniah

2:7; 2:9; 3:13

Haggai

1:12; 1:14; 2:2

Zechariah

8:6; 8:11; 8:12

H7611

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7611 matches the Hebrew שְׁאֵרִית (šᵊ'ērîṯ),
which occurs 66 times in 66 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 45:7–Amo 1:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:7 - God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - Now the rest of the family is demanding, ‘Let us have your son. We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn’t deserve to inherit his family’s property.’ They want to extinguish the only coal I have left, and my husband’s name and family will disappear from the face of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - But perhaps the LORD your God has heard the Assyrian chief of staff,[fn] sent by the king to defy the living God, and will punish him for his words. Oh, pray for those of us who are left!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:31 - For a remnant of my people will spread out from Jerusalem,
a group of survivors from Mount Zion.
The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies[fn]
will make this happen!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 - Then I will reject even the remnant of my own people who are left, and I will hand them over as plunder for their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:43 - They destroyed the few Amalekites who had survived, and they have lived there ever since.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:38 - All these men came in battle array to Hebron with the single purpose of making David the king over all Israel. In fact, everyone in Israel agreed that David should be their king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9 - They gave Hilkiah the high priest the money that had been collected by the Levites who served as gatekeepers at the Temple of God. The gifts were brought by people from Manasseh, Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, as well as from all Judah, Benjamin, and the people of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:20 - The few who survived were taken as exiles to Babylon, and they became servants to the king and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - But even so, we are again breaking your commands and intermarrying with people who do these detestable things. Won’t your anger be enough to destroy us, so that even this little remnant no longer survives?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:72

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:72 - The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, about 2,500 pounds[fn] of silver, and 67 robes for the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:10 - Human defiance only enhances your glory,
for you use it as a weapon.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - I will feed the poor in my pasture;
the needy will lie down in peace.
But as for you, I will wipe you out with famine
and destroy the few who remain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:9 - The stream near Dibon[fn] runs red with blood,
but I am still not finished with Dibon!
Lions will hunt down the survivors—
both those who try to escape
and those who remain behind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - But perhaps the LORD your God has heard the Assyrian chief of staff,[fn] sent by the king to defy the living God, and will punish him for his words. Oh, pray for those of us who are left!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:32 - For a remnant of my people will spread out from Jerusalem,
a group of survivors from Mount Zion.
The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies
will make this happen!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:17 - Then he takes what’s left
and makes his god: a carved idol!
He falls down in front of it,
worshiping and praying to it.
“Rescue me!” he says.
“You are my god!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:3 - “Listen to me, descendants of Jacob,
all you who remain in Israel.
I have cared for you since you were born.
Yes, I carried you before you were born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9 - This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:
“Even the few who remain in Israel
will be picked over again,
as when a harvester checks each vine a second time
to pick the grapes that were missed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:3 - And the people of this evil nation who survive will wish to die rather than live where I will send them. I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:23 - Not one of these plotters from Anathoth will survive, for I will bring disaster upon them when their time of punishment comes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:9 - The mother of seven grows faint and gasps for breath;
her sun has gone down while it is still day.
She sits childless now,
disgraced and humiliated.
And I will hand over those who are left
to be killed by the enemy.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3 - But I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their own sheepfold, and they will be fruitful and increase in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - “But the bad figs,” the LORD said, “represent King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, all the people left in Jerusalem, and those who live in Egypt. I will treat them like bad figs, too rotten to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20 - along with all the foreigners living in that land. I also gave it to all the kings of the land of Uz and the kings of the Philistine cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:7 - Now this is what the LORD says:
“Sing with joy for Israel.[fn]
Shout for the greatest of nations!
Shout out with praise and joy:
‘Save your people, O LORD,
the remnant of Israel!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:3 - All the officers of the Babylonian army came in and sat in triumph at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, and Nebo-sarsekim,[fn] a chief officer, and Nergal-sharezer, the king’s adviser, and all the other officers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11 - When the Judeans in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and the other nearby countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a few people in Judah and that Gedaliah was the governor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Later Johanan had a private conference with Gedaliah and volunteered to kill Ishmael secretly. “Why should we let him come and murder you?” Johanan asked. “What will happen then to the Judeans who have returned? Why should the few of us who are still left be scattered and lost?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael made captives of the king’s daughters and the other people who had been left under Gedaliah’s care in Mizpah by Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard. Taking them with him, he started back toward the land of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan son of Kareah and the other guerrilla leaders took all the people they had rescued in Gibeon—the soldiers, women, children, and court officials[fn] whom Ishmael had captured after he killed Gedaliah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:2 - Jeremiah the prophet. They said, “Please pray to the LORD your God for us. As you can see, we are only a tiny remnant compared to what we were before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:15 - then hear the LORD’s message to the remnant of Judah. This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and live there,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:19 - “Listen, you remnant of Judah. The LORD has told you: ‘Do not go to Egypt!’ Don’t forget this warning I have given you today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:5 - Johanan and the other leaders took with them all the people who had returned from the nearby countries to which they had fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - “And now the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, asks you: Why are you destroying yourselves? For not one of you will survive—not a man, woman, or child among you who has come here from Judah, not even the babies in your arms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12 - I will take this remnant of Judah—those who were determined to come here and live in Egypt—and I will consume them. They will fall here in Egypt, killed by war and famine. All will die, from the least to the greatest. They will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:14 - Of that remnant who fled to Egypt, hoping someday to return to Judah, there will be no survivors. Even though they long to return home, only a handful will do so.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - Only a small number will escape death and return to Judah from Egypt. Then all those who came to Egypt will find out whose words are true—mine or theirs!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - “The time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed,
along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon.
Yes, the LORD is destroying the remnant of the Philistines,
those colonists from the island of Crete.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - Gaza will be humiliated, its head shaved bald;
Ashkelon will lie silent.
You remnant from the Mediterranean coast,[fn]
how long will you lament and mourn?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:26 - Yes, come against her from distant lands.
Break open her granaries.
Crush her walls and houses into heaps of rubble.
Destroy her completely, and leave nothing!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:10 - Parents will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. I will punish you and scatter to the winds the few who survive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:8 - While they were out killing, I was all alone. I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign LORD! Will your fury against Jerusalem wipe out everyone left in Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - While I was still prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah suddenly died. Then I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign LORD, are you going to kill everyone in Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will raise my fist of judgment against the land of the Philistines. I will wipe out the Kerethites and utterly destroy the people who live by the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3 - Therefore, son of man, give the mountains of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Your enemies have attacked you from all directions, making you the property of many nations and the object of much mocking and slander.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:4 - Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. He speaks to the hills and mountains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long-deserted cities that have been destroyed and mocked by the surrounding nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: My jealous anger burns against these nations, especially Edom, because they have shown utter contempt for me by gleefully taking my land for themselves as plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8 - I will slaughter the people of Ashdod
and destroy the king of Ashkelon.
Then I will turn to attack Ekron,
and the few Philistines still left will be killed,”
says the Sovereign LORD.

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