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Lexicon :: Strong's H8328 - šereš

Aa
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 - So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Out of Ephraim they came down into the valley; after you, Benjamin, among your tribesmen; from Machir came down the captains, and from Zebulun those in whose hand is the ruler's rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth and give fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 - Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:28 - If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 - My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 - They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9 - You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 - No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Be not glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod which was on you is broken: for out of the snake's root will come a poison-snake, and its fruit will be a winged poison-snake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And the poorest of the land will have food, and those in need will be given a safe resting-place: but your seed will come to an end for need of food, and the rest of you will be put to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth, and give fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2 - For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 - For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - And there was another eagle with great wings and thick feathers: and now this vine, pushing out its roots to him, sent out its branches in his direction from the bed where it was planted, so that he might give it water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - Say, This is what the Lord has said: Will it do well? will he not have its roots pulled up and its branches cut off, so that all its young leaves may become dry and it may be pulled up by its roots?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7 - So it was beautiful, being so tall and its branches so long, for its root was by great waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - But out of a branch from her roots one will come up to take his place, who will come against the army, forcing his way into the strong place of the king of the north, and he will take them in hand and overcome them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 - I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - Though I sent destruction on the Amorite before them, who was tall as the cedar and strong as the oak-tree, cutting off his fruit from on high and his roots from under the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 - For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.
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