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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 H6435 that there H3426 will not be among you a man H376 or H176 woman, H802 or H176 family H4940 or H176 tribe, H7626 whose H834 heart H3824 turns H6437 away H6437 today H3117 from the LORD H3068 our God, H430 to go H1980 and serve H5647 the gods H430 of those H1992 nations; H1471 that there H3426 will not be among you a root H8328 bearing H6509 poisonous H7219 fruit H6509 and wormwood. H3939

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - “From Ephraim H669 those whose root H8328 is in Amalek H6002 came down,
Following H310 you, Benjamin, H1144 with your peoples; H5971
From Machir H4353 commanders H2710 came H3381 down, H3381
And from Zebulun H2074 those who wield H4900 the staff H7626 of [fn]office. H5608

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - ‘The surviving H7604 remnant H7604 of the house H1004 of Judah H3063 will again H3254 take root H8328 downward H4295 and bear H6213 fruit H6529 upward. H4605

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - “His roots H8328 wrap H5440 around H5440 a rock H1530 pile, H1530
He [fn]grasps H270 a house H1004 of stones. H68

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - “You put H7760 my feet H7272 in the stocks H5465
And watch H8104 all H3605 my paths; H734
You [fn]set H2707 a limit H2707 for the soles H8328 of my feet, H7272

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - “Though H518 its roots H8328 grow H2204 old H2204 in the ground H776
And its stump H1503 dies H4191 in the dry H6083 soil, H6083

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 - “His roots H8328 are dried H3001 below, H4480 H8478
And his branch H7105 is cut H4448 off H4448 above. H4480 H4605

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:28 - “If H3588 you say, H559 ‘How H4100 shall we persecute H7291 him?’
And ‘[fn]What pretext H8328 for a case H1697 against him can we find?’ H4672

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - “He puts H7971 his hand H3027 on the flint; H2496
He overturns H2015 the mountains H2022 at the [fn]base. H8328

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 - ‘My root H8328 is spread H6605 out to the waters, H4325
And dew H2919 lies H3885 all night H3885 on my branch. H7105

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 - Who pluck H6998 [fn]mallow H4408 by the bushes, H7880
And whose food H3899 is the root H8328 of the broom H7574 shrub. H7574

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - “Behold, H2005 He spreads H6566 His [fn]lightning H216 about H5921 Him,
And He covers H3680 the depths H8328 of the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9 - You cleared H6437 the ground before H6440 it,
And it took H8327 deep H8328 root H8328 and filled H4390 the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 - A man H120 will not be established H3559 by wickedness, H7562
But the root H8328 of the righteous H6662 will not be moved. H4131

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The wicked H7563 man desires H2530 the [fn]booty H4685 of evil H7451 men, H7451
But the root H8328 of the righteous H6662 yields H5414 fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, H3651 as a tongue H3956 of fire H784 consumes H398 stubble H7179
And dry H2842 grass H2842 collapses H7503 into the flame, H3852
So their root H8328 will become H1961 like rot H4716 and their blossom H6525 [fn]blow H5927 away H5927 as dust; H80
For they have rejected H3988 the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635
And despised H5006 the word H565 of the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - Then a shoot H2415 will spring H3318 from the stem H1503 of Jesse, H3448
And a branch H5342 from his roots H8328 will bear H6509 fruit. H6509

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - Then in that day H3117
The nations H1471 will resort H1875 to the root H8328 of Jesse, H3448
Who H834 will stand H5975 as a [fn]signal H5251 for the peoples; H5971
And His resting H4496 place H4496 will be [fn]glorious. H3519

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - “Do not rejoice, H8055 O Philistia, H6429 all H3605 of you,
Because H3588 the rod H7626 that struck H5221 you is broken; H7665
For from the serpent’s H5175 root H8328 a viper H6848 will come H3318 out,
And its fruit H6529 will be a flying H5774 serpent. H8314

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - “[fn]Those who are most H1060 helpless H1800 will eat, H7462
And the needy H34 will lie H7257 down H7257 in security; H983
I will [fn]destroy H4191 your root H8328 with famine, H7458
And it will kill H2026 off your survivors. H7611

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - “The surviving H7604 remnant H7604 of the house H1004 of Judah H3063 will again H3254 take root H8328 downward H4295 and bear H6213 fruit H6529 upward. H4605

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2 - For He grew H5927 up before H6440 Him like a tender H3126 [fn]shoot, H3126
And like a root H8328 out of parched H6723 ground; H776
He has no H3808 stately form H8389 or majesty H1926
That we should look H7200 upon Him,
Nor H3808 appearance H4758 that we should [fn]be attracted H2530 to Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 - “For he will be like a tree H6086 planted H8362 by the water, H4325
That extends H7971 its roots H8328 by a stream H3105
And will not fear H3372 when H3588 the heat H2527 comes; H935
But its leaves H5929 will be green, H7488
And it will not be anxious H1672 in a year H8141 of drought H1226
Nor H3808 cease H4185 to yield H6213 fruit. H6529

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - “Then it sprouted H6779 and became H1961 a low, H8217 spreading H5628 vine H1612 with its branches H1808 turned H6437 toward H413 him, but its roots H8328 remained H1961 under H8478 it. So it became H1961 a vine H1612 and yielded H6213 shoots H909 and sent H7971 out branches. H6288

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - “But there was [fn]another H259 great H1419 eagle H5404 with great H1419 wings H3671 and much H7227 plumage; H5133 and behold, H2009 this H2088 vine H1612 bent H3719 its roots H8328 toward H5921 him and sent H7971 out its branches H1808 toward him from the beds H6170 where H4302 it was planted, H4302 that he might water H8248 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - “Say, H559 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “Will it thrive? H6743 Will he not pull H5423 up its roots H8328 and cut H7082 off H7082 its fruit, H6529 so that it withers H3001—so that all H3605 its sprouting H6780 leaves H2964 wither? H3001 And neither H3808 by great H1419 [fn]strength H2220 nor H3808 by many H7227 people H5971 can it be raised H5375 from its roots H8328 again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7 - ‘So it was beautiful H3302 in its greatness, H1433 in the length H753 of its branches; H1808
For its [fn]roots H8328 extended H1961 to many H7227 waters. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - “But one of the [fn]descendants H5342 of her line H8328 will arise H5975 in his place, H3653 and he will come H935 against H413 their army H2428 and enter H935 the fortress H4581 of the king H4428 of the North, H6828 and he will deal H6213 with them and display H2388 great strength. H2388

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - Ephraim H669 is stricken, H5221 their root H8328 is dried H3001 up,
They will bear H6213 no H1097 fruit. H6529
Even H1571 though H3588 they bear H3205 children,
I will slay H4191 the precious H4261 ones H4261 of their womb. H990

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 - I will be like the dew H2919 to Israel; H3478
He will blossom H6524 like the lily, H7799
And he will [fn]take H5221 root H8328 like the cedars of Lebanon. H3844

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - “Yet it was I who destroyed H8045 the Amorite H567 before H4480 H6440 them,
[fn]Though his height H1363 was like the height H1363 of cedars H730
And he was strong H2634 as the oaks; H437
I even destroyed H8045 his fruit H6529 above H4480 H4605 and his root H8328 below. H4480 H8478

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 - “[fn]For behold, H2009 the day H3117 is coming, H935 burning H1197 like a furnace; H8574 and all H3605 the arrogant H2086 and every H3605 evildoer H6213 H7564 will be chaff; H7179 and the day H3117 that is coming H935 will set H3857 them ablaze,” H3857 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 “so H834 that it will leave H5800 them neither H3808 root H8328 nor H3808 branch.” H6057
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