Sheer שְׁאֵר
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| שְׁאֵר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sheer |
| Strong's number | H7607 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | flesh |
| Occurrences | 16 in 16 verses |
| Most frequent in | Leviticus (6) |
Sheer (Hebrew שְׁאֵר, Strong's H7607) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “flesh”. It occurs 16 times in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman
1a) flesh
1a1) as food
1a2) for physical power (fig)
1b) flesh relation, blood relation
1c) self
Also means: sha.a.rah (שַׁאֲרָה "kinswomen" H7608)
1a) flesh
1a1) as food
1a2) for physical power (fig)
1b) flesh relation, blood relation
1c) self
Also means: sha.a.rah (שַׁאֲרָה "kinswomen" H7608)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | flesh (7), kinswoman (2), kin (2), food (1), near (1), nigh (1), kinsman (1), body (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | close relative (3), my flesh (2), meat (2), food (1), one's own kin (1), family (1), any close relative (1), kin (1), your body (1), himself (1), strip the flesh (1), flesh (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Sheer, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 21:10If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
Leviticus
- Leviticus 18:6None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 18:12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
- Leviticus 18:13Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
- Leviticus 20:19And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.
- Leviticus 21:2But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
- Leviticus 25:49Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
Numbers
- Numbers 27:11And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
Psalms
- Psalm 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Psalm 78:20Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
- Psalm 78:27He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 5:11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
- Proverbs 11:17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 51:35The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
Micah
- Micah 3:2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
- Micah 3:3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).