Shâʼar — H7604

H7604 · Hebrew — שאר

Pronunciation: shaw-ar'

Definition

verb

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

  1. to remain, be left over, be left behind
    1. (Qal) to remain
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be left over, be left alive, survive
        1. remainder, remnant (participle)
      2. to be left behind
    3. (Hiphil)
      1. to leave over, spare
      2. to leave or keep over
      3. to have left
      4. to leave (as a gift)

Usually translated as

left, remain, leave, remnant, let, the rest, reserve

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shâʼar occurs 133 times in 122 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (8), Leviticus (4), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (9), Joshua (17), Judges (3), Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (6), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (13), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (3), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (2), Job (1), Isaiah (8), Jeremiah (16), Ezekiel (4), Daniel (2), Joel (1), Amos (1), Obadiah (1), Zephaniah (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (3)

Strong's Lexicon — S