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שְׁאֵרִית
shᵉʼêrîyth · Hebrew · Strong's H7611 · 66 occurrences
The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “rest”
What it means
a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
from H7604 (שָׁאַר);
How the KJV renders it
that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain, remnant, residue, rest
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“rest”
also renders kataskēnóō (G2681), sabbatismós (G4520), epíloipos (G1954), eirḗnē (G1515), ánesis (G425), hēsycházō (G2270), katapaúō (G2664), katápausis (G2663), loipoí (G3062), anápausis (G372), dᵉmîy (H1824), dâmam (H1826), châdal (H2308), chûwl (H2342), chârash (H2790), mânôwach (H4494), mᵉnûwchâh (H4496), margôwaʻ (H4771), pûwgâh (H6314), shᵉʼâr (H7606), shabbâthôwn (H7677), shâkan (H7931), shâlôwm (H7965), sârîyd (H8300)
“remain”
“remnant”
also renders katáleimma (G2640), leîmma (G3005), loipoí (G3062), pᵉlêyṭâh (H6413), shâʼar (H7604), shêrûwth (H8293), sârîyd (H8300)
“be left”
“posterity”
also renders dôwr (H1755)
Where it appears
66 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 4:43 · HNcfsc
They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.
1 Chronicles 12:38 · HNcfsc
All these were men of war who could order the battle array, and came with a perfect heart to Hebron to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
2 Chronicles 34:9 · HNcfsc
They came to Hilkiah the high priest and delivered the money that was brought into God’s house, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered from the hands of Manasseh, Ephraim, of all the remnant of Israel, of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:20 · HTd/Ncfsa
He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon, and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia,
2 Kings 19:4 · HTd/Ncfsa
It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
2 Kings 19:31 · HNcfsa
For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and out of Mount Zion those who shall escape. Yahweh’s zeal will perform this.
2 Kings 21:14 HNcfsc2 Samuel 14:7 HC/NcfsaAmos 1:8 HNcfscAmos 5:15 HNcfscAmos 9:12 HNcfscEzekiel 5:10 HNcfsc/Sp2fsEzekiel 9:8 HNcfscEzekiel 11:13 HNcfscEzekiel 25:16 HNcfscEzekiel 36:3 HR/NcfscEzekiel 36:4 HR/NcfscEzekiel 36:5 HNcfscEzra 9:14 HNcfsaGenesis 45:7 HNcfsaHaggai 1:12 HNcfscHaggai 1:14 HNcfscHaggai 2:2 HNcfscIsaiah 14:30 HC/Ncfsc/Sp2fsIsaiah 15:9 HC/R/NcfscIsaiah 37:4 HTd/NcfsaIsaiah 37:32 HNcfsaIsaiah 44:17 HC/Ncfsc/Sp3msIsaiah 46:3 HNcfscJeremiah 6:9 HNcfscJeremiah 8:3 HTd/NcfsaJeremiah 11:23 HC/NcfsaJeremiah 15:9 HC/Ncfsc/Sp3mpJeremiah 23:3 HNcfscJeremiah 24:8 HNcfscJeremiah 25:20 HNcfscJeremiah 31:7 HNcfscJeremiah 39:3 HNcfscJeremiah 40:11 HNcfsaJeremiah 40:15 HNcfscJeremiah 41:10 HNcfscJeremiah 41:16 HNcfscJeremiah 42:2 HTd/NcfsaJeremiah 42:15 HNcfscJeremiah 42:19 HNcfscJeremiah 43:5 HNcfscJeremiah 44:7 HNcfsaJeremiah 44:12 HNcfscJeremiah 44:14 HR/NcfscJeremiah 44:28 HNcfscJeremiah 47:4 HNcfscJeremiah 47:5 HNcfscJeremiah 50:26 HNcfsaMicah 2:12 HNcfscMicah 4:7 HR/NcfsaMicah 5:7 HNcfscMicah 5:8 HNcfscMicah 7:18 HR/NcfscNehemiah 7:72 HNcfscPsalm 76:10 HNcfsc
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.