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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 BoxJdg 5:14 - Out of H4480 Ephraim H669 was there a root of them H8328 against Amalek; H6002 after thee, H310 Benjamin, H1144 among thy people; H5971 out of H4480 Machir H4353 came down H3381 governors, H2710 and out of Zebulun H2074 they that handle H4900 the pen H7626 of the writer. H5608

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And H3254➔ the remnant H7604 that is escaped H6413 of the house H1004 of Judah H3063 shall yet again ➔H3254 take root H8328 downward, H4295 and bear H6213 fruit H6529 upward. H4605

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - His roots H8328 are wrapped H5440 about H5921 the heap, H1530 and seeth H2372 the place H1004 of stones. H68

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - Thou puttest H7760➔ my feet H7272 also ➔H7760 in the stocks, H5465 and lookest narrowly H8104 unto all H3605 my paths; H734 thou settest a print H2707 upon H5921 the heels H8328 of my feet. H7272

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - Though H518 the root thereof H8328 wax old H2204 in the earth, H776 and H6083➔ the stock thereof H1503 die H4191 in the ground; ➔H6083

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 - His roots H8328 shall be dried up H3001 beneath, H8478 and above H4605 shall H5243➔ his branch H7105 be cut off. ➔H5243

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:28 - But H3588 ye should say, H559 Why H4100 persecute we H7291 him, seeing the root H8328 of the matter H1697 is found H4672 in me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - He putteth forth H7971 his hand H3027 upon the rock; H2496 he overturneth H2015 the mountains H2022 by the roots. H8328

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 - My root H8328 was spread out H6605 by H413 the waters, H4325 and the dew H2919 lay all night H3885 upon my branch. H7105

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 - Who cut up H6998 mallows H4408 by H5921 the bushes, H7880 and H8328➔ juniper H7574 roots ➔ H8328 for their meat. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - Behold, H2005 he spreadeth H6566 his light H216 upon it, H5921 and H8328➔ covereth H3680 the bottom ➔ H8328 of the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9 - Thou preparedst H6437 room before it, H6440 and didst cause it to take H8327 deep root, H8328 and it filled H4390 the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 - A man H120 shall H3559➔ not H3808 be established ➔H3559 by wickedness: H7562 but the root H8328 of the righteous H6662 shall H4131➔ not H1077 be moved. ➔H4131

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The wicked H7563 desireth H2530 the net H4685 of evil H7451 men: but the root H8328 of the righteous H6662 yieldeth H5414 fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore H3651 as H398➔ the fire H3956 H784 devoureth ➔H398 the stubble, H7179 and H2842➔ the flame H3852 consumeth H7503 the chaff, ➔H2842 so their root H8328 shall be H1961 as rottenness, H4716 and their blossom H6525 shall go up H5927 as dust: H80 because H3588 they have cast away H3988 the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 and H853 despised H5006 the word H565 of the Holy One H6918 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - And there shall come forth H3318 a rod H2415 out of the stem H1503 of Jesse, H3448 and a Branch H5342 shall grow H6509 out of his roots: H8328

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - And H1961➔ in H3117➔ that H1931 day ➔H3117 there shall be ➔H1961 a root H8328 of Jesse, H3448 which H834 shall stand H5975 for an ensign H5251 of the people; H5971 to it H413 shall H1875➔ the Gentiles H1471 seek: ➔H1875 and H1961➔ his rest H4496 shall be ➔H1961 glorious. H3519

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice H8055 not H408 thou, whole H3605 Palestina, H6429 because H3588 the rod H7626 of him that smote thee H5221 is broken: H7665 for H3588 out of the H8328➔ serpent's H5175 root ➔ H8328 shall come forth H3318 a cockatrice, H6848 and his fruit H6529 shall be a fiery H8314➔ flying H5774 serpent. ➔H8314

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And H7462➔ the firstborn H1060 of the poor H1800 shall feed, ➔H7462 and the needy H34 shall lie down H7257 in safety: H983 and I will kill H4191 thy root H8328 with famine, H7458 and H7611➔ he shall slay H2026 thy remnant. ➔H7611

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And H3254➔ the remnant H7604 that is escaped H6413 of the house H1004 of Judah H3063 shall again ➔H3254 take root H8328 downward, H4295 and bear H6213 fruit H6529 upward: H4605

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2 - For he shall grow up H5927 before him H6440 as a tender plant, H3126 and as a root H8328 out of a H776➔ dry H6723 ground: ➔H776 he hath no H3808 form H8389 nor H3808 comeliness; H1926 and when we shall see him, H7200 there is no H3808 beauty H4758 that we should desire him. H2530

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 - For he shall be H1961 as a tree H6086 planted H8362 by H5921 the waters, H4325 and H5921➔ that spreadeth out H7971 her roots H8328 by ➔H5921 the river, H3105 and H3808➔ shall H7200➔ not ➔H3808 see ➔H7200 when H3588 heat H2527 cometh, H935 but H1961➔ her leaf H5929 shall be ➔H1961 green; H7488 and H8141➔ shall H1672➔ not H3808 be careful ➔H1672 in the year ➔H8141 of drought, H1226 neither H3808 shall cease H4185 from yielding H6213 fruit. H6529

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - And it grew, H6779 and became H1961 a H1612➔ spreading H5628 vine ➔H1612 of low H8217 stature, H6967 whose branches H1808 turned H6437 toward him, H413 and the roots thereof H8328 were H1961 under him: H8478 so it became H1961 a vine, H1612 and brought forth H6213 branches, H905 and shot forth H7971 sprigs. H6288

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - There was also H1961 another H259 great H1419 eagle H5404 with great H1419 wings H3671 and many H7227 feathers: H5133 and, behold, H2009 this H2063 vine H1612 did bend H3719 her roots H8328 toward him, H5921 and H1808➔ shot forth H7971 her branches ➔H1808 toward him, that he might water H8248 it H853 by the furrows H6170 of her plantation. H4302

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - Say thou, H559 Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Shall it prosper? H6743 shall he H5423➔ not H3808 pull up ➔H5423 the roots thereof, H8328 and H853 cut off H7082 the fruit thereof, H6529 that it wither? H3001 it shall wither H3001 in all H3605 the leaves H2964 of her spring, H6780 even without H3808 great H1419 power H2220 or H5971➔ many H7227 people ➔H5971 to pluck H5375➔ it H853 up ➔H5375 by the roots thereof. H8328

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7 - Thus was he fair H3302 in his greatness, H1433 in the length H753 of his branches: H1808 for H3588 his root H8328 was H1961 by H413 great H7227 waters. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - But H5975➔ out of a branch H5342 of her roots H8328 shall one stand up ➔H5975 in his estate, H3653 which shall come H935 with H413 an army, H2428 and shall enter H935 into the fortress H4581 of the king H4428 of the north, H6828 and shall deal H6213 against them, and shall prevail: H2388

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - Ephraim H669 is smitten, H5221 their root H8328 is dried up, H3001 they shall bear H6213 no H1077 fruit: H6529 yea, H1571 though H3588 they bring forth, H3205 yet will I slay H4191 even the beloved H4261 fruit of their womb. H990

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 - I will be H1961 as the dew H2919 unto Israel: H3478 he shall grow H6524 as the lily, H7799 and cast forth H5221 his roots H8328 as Lebanon. H3844

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - Yet H595➔ destroyed H8045 I ➔H595 the Amorite H567 before them, H6440 whose H834 height was like H1363 the height H1363 of the cedars, H730 and H2634➔ he H1931 was strong ➔H2634 as the oaks; H437 yet I destroyed H8045 his fruit H6529 from above, H4605 and his roots H8328 from beneath. H8478

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 - For, H3588 behold, H2009 the day H3117 cometh, H935 that shall burn H1197 as an oven; H8574 and H1961➔ all H3605 the proud, H2086 yea, and all H3605 that do H6213 wickedly, H7564 shall be ➔H1961 stubble: H7179 and H3857➔ the day H3117 that cometh H935 shall burn ➔H3857➔ them H853 up, ➔H3857 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 that H834 it shall leave H5800 them neither H3808 root H8328 nor branch. H6057
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