Shaar שָׁאַר

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Shaar
שָׁאַר
Transliterationshaar
Strong's numberH7604
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto remain
Occurrences133 in 123 verses
Most frequent inJoshua (17)

Shaar (Hebrew שָׁאַר, Strong's H7604) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to remain”. It occurs 133 times in 123 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to remain, be left over, be left behind
1a) (Qal) to remain
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be left over, be left alive, survive
1b1a) remainder, remnant (participle)
1b2) to be left behind
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to leave over, spare
1c2) to leave or keep over
1c3) to have left
1c4) to leave (as a gift)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVleft (62), remained (23), remain (15), leave (13), remaineth (8), remnant (4), let (3), rest (2), behind (1), reserve (1), alone (1)
BSBremained (11), remain (8), leaving (8), was left (7), left (6), leave (6), who remained (4), is left (3), remaining (3), left behind (3), survivors (2), survived (2), and 51 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Shaar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Job

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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