Sharash שָׁרַשׁ
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| שָׁרַשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sharash |
| Strong's number | H8327 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to uproot |
| Occurrences | 8 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (3) |
Sharash (Hebrew שָׁרַשׁ, Strong's H8327) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to uproot”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to uproot, take root, deal with the roots
1a) (Piel) to root up, root out
1b) (Pual) to be rooted up or out (of produce)
1c) (Poel) to take root
1d) (Poal) to take root
1e) (Hiphil) to take root, cause to take root
1a) (Piel) to root up, root out
1b) (Pual) to be rooted up or out (of produce)
1c) (Poel) to take root
1d) (Poal) to take root
1e) (Hiphil) to take root, cause to take root
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | root (5), out (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | taking root (1), be uprooted (1), it would root out (1), he will uproot you (1), it took (1), will take root (1), taken root (1), they have taken root (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Sharash, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 5:3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
- Job 31:8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
- Job 31:12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
Psalms
- Psalm 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Psalm 80:9Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 27:6He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Isaiah 40:24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 12:2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
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).