Sheresh שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ

Sheresh (Hebrew שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ, Strong's H8328) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “root”. It occurs 33 times in 32 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 29:18
  Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,

Judges

• Judges 5:14
  Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 19:30
  And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

Job

• Job 8:17
  His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
• Job 13:27
  Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
• Job 14:8
  Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
• Job 18:16
  His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
• Job 19:28
  But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
• Job 28:9
  He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
• Job 29:19
  My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
• Job 30:4
  Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
• Job 36:30
  Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.

Psalms

• Psalm 80:9
  Thou 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.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 12:3
  A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
• Proverbs 12:12
  The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 5:24
  Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 11:1
  And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
• Isaiah 11:10
  And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
• Isaiah 14:29
  Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
• Isaiah 14:30
  And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.
• Isaiah 37:31
  And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
• Isaiah 53:2
  For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 17:8
  For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 17:6
  And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.
• Ezekiel 17:7
  There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.
• Ezekiel 17:9
  Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.
• Ezekiel 31:7
  Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.

Daniel

• Daniel 11:7
  But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.

Hosea

• Hosea 9:16
  Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
• Hosea 14:5
  I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Amos

• Amos 2:9
  Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

Malachi

• Malachi 4:1
  For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”

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).