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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 - “so that there may not be among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, and that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - From Ephraim were those whose roots were in Amalek.
After you, Benjamin, with your peoples,
From Machir rulers came down,
And from Zebulun those who bear the recruiter’s staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And the remnant who have 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 wrap around the rock heap,
And look for a place in the stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - You put my feet in the stocks,
And watch closely all my paths.
You set a limit[fn] for the soles of my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - Though its root may grow old in the earth,
And its stump may die in the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 - His roots are dried out below,
And his branch withers above.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:28 - If you should say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’—
Since 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 puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains at 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 lies all night on my branch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 - Who pluck mallow by the bushes,
And broom tree roots for their food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - Look, He scatters His light upon it,
And covers the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9 - You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root,
And it filled the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The wicked covet the catch of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So their root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the LORD 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 - There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse,
And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - “And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a banner to the people;
For the Gentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - “Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia,
Because the rod that struck you is broken;
For out of the serpent’s roots will come forth a viper,
And its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - The firstborn of the poor will feed,
And the needy will lie down in safety;
I will kill your roots with famine,
And it will slay your remnant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And the remnant who have 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 shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or 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 like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear[fn] when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will 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;
Its branches turned toward him,
But its roots were under it.
So it became a vine,
Brought forth branches,
And put forth shoots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - “But there was another[fn] great eagle with large wings and many feathers;
And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him,
And stretched its branches toward him,
From the garden terrace where it had been planted,
That he might water it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - “Say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD:

“Will it thrive?
Will he not pull up its roots,
Cut off its fruit,
And leave it to wither?
All of its spring leaves will wither,
And no great power or many people
Will be needed to pluck it up by its roots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7 - ‘Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the length of its branches,
Because its roots reached to abundant waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - “But from a branch of her roots one shall arise in his place, who shall come with an army, enter the fortress of the king of the North, and deal with them and prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - Ephraim is stricken,
Their root is dried up;
They shall bear no fruit.
Yes, were they to bear children,
I would kill the darlings of their womb.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 - I will be like the dew to Israel;
He shall grow like the lily,
And lengthen his roots like Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
Whose height was like the height of the cedars,
And he was as strong as the oaks;
Yet I destroyed his fruit above
And his roots beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 - “For behold, the day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble.
And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”
Says the LORD of hosts,
“That will leave them neither root nor branch.
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