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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 BoxDeu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - (LXX 29:17) Lest there be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart has turned aside from the Lord your God, having gone to serve the gods of these nations; lest there be in you a root springing up with gall and bitterness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Ephraim rooted them out in Amalec, behind thee was Benjamin among thy people: the inhabitants of Machir came down with me searching out the enemy, and from Zabulon came they that [fn]draw with the scribe's pen of record.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And he shall [fn]increase [fn]him that has escaped of the house of Juda: and the remnant shall strike root beneath, and it shall produce fruit above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the midst of flints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; and thou hast watched all my works, and hast penetrated to my heels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 - His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:28 - But if ye shall also say, What shall we say before him, and so find the root of the matter in him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp rock, and turned up mountains by the roots:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 - My root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 - Who compass the salt places on the sounding shore, who had salt herbs for their food, and were dishonourable and of no repute, in want of every good thing; who also ate roots of trees by reason of great hunger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9 - (LXX 79:10) Thou madest a way before it, and didst cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 - A man shall not prosper by wickedness; but the roots of the righteous shall not be taken up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The desires of the ungodly are evil; but the roots of the godly are firmly set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore as stubble shall be burnt by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and insulted the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - [fn] And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from his root:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - And in that day [fn] there shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall arise to rule over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust, and his rest shall be glorious.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, all ye Philistines, because the yoke of him that smote you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young of asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And the poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace: but he shall destroy thy seed with hunger, and shall destroy thy remnant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2 - We brought a report as of a child before him; he is as a root in a thirsty land: he has no form nor comeliness; and we saw him, but he had no form nor beauty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 - And he shall be as a thriving tree by the waters, and he shall cast forth his root toward a moist place: he shall not fear when heat comes, and there shall be upon him shady branches: he shall not fear in a year of drought, and he shall not fail to bear fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - And it sprang up, and became a weak and little vine, so that the branches thereof appeared upon it, and its roots were under it: and it became a vine, and put forth shoots, and sent forth its tendrils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - And there was another great eagle, with great wings and many claws: and, behold, this vine bent itself round toward him, and her roots were turned towards him, and she sent forth her branches towards him, that he might water her together with the growth of her plantation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; Shall it prosper? shall not the roots of her tender stem and her fruit be blighted? yea, all her early shoots shall be dried up, and that not by a mighty arm, nor by many people, to tear her up from her roots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7 - And he was fair in his height by reason of the multitude of his branches: for his roots were amidst much water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - But out of the flower of her root there shall arise one on his place, and shall come against the host, and shall enter into the strongholds of the king of the north, and shall fight against them, and prevail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - Ephraim is sick, he is dried up at his roots, he shall in no wise any more bear fruit: wherefore even if they should beget children, I will kill the desired fruit of their womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 - (LXX 14:6) I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Libanus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - Nevertheless I cut off the Amorite from before them, whose height was as the height of a cedar, and he was strong as an oak; and I dried up his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 - (LXX 3:19) For, behold, a day comes burning as an oven, and it shall consume them; and all the aliens, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that is coming shall set them on fire, saith the Lord Almighty, and there shall not be left of them root or branch.
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