שְׁאָר
remnant
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where H7605 appears in the Book of Ezra — 3 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Ezra
- Ezra 3:8 וּ/שְׁאָ֥ר conj + n c ms cs Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of Yahweh.
- Ezra 4:3 וּ/שְׁאָ֨ר conj + n c ms cs But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [houses] of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.
- Ezra 4:7 וּ/שְׁאָ֣ר conj + n c ms cs In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian [character], and set forth in the Syrian [language].
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, שאר (shᵉʼâr) means “remnant.” The King James Version usually renders it “remnant,” while modern versions prefer “remnant of” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) — see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 25 verses in 8 books, it ranks among the uncommon words of the Hebrew Bible. Its uses concentrate in Isaiah (44% of all occurrences). Scripture first uses it in 1 Chronicles 11:8. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7605 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 25
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 25 distinct verses.
- 8 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 8 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #1,251
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 1,251 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 25 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 25 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 13 verses · 52%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 12 verses · 48%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Remnant 11×, Rest 9×, Residue 3×
- American Standard Version: Remnant 10×, Rest 8×, Residue 3×
- Berean Standard Bible: Rest 10×, Remnant 8×, Remaining 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Remnant of 10×, Rest of 10×, Remnant 4×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7605 across 26 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7605 across 26 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7605 across 26 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7605 across 27 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in BDB
The 1 sense BDB distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- rest, residue, remnant, remainder
Word origin
n.m. Is 16:14 rest, residue, remnant (= יֶתֶר, especially Is. and late; on form Köii. 1, 141 NöBeitr. z. Sem. W. 30);—שׁ׳ abs. Is 14:22 +, cstr. Is 10:19 +;—rest, residue, remainder, of trees Is 10:19, silver 2 Ch 24:14, city 1 Ch 11:8, territory Est 9:12; שׁ׳ דִּבְרֵי שְׁלֹמהֹ 2 Ch 9:29 (יֶתֶר in ‖ 1 K 11:41, and usually in like phrase, v. p. 451 f.); of men 1 Ch 16:41; Ezr 3:8; 4:3, 7; Ne 10:29; 11:1, 20; Est 9:16; of Moab Is 16:14; Aram 17:3 (= last remnant), archers of Kedar 21:17; = posterity, שֵׁם וּשׁ׳ וְנִין וָנֶכֶד Is 14:22 (of Babylon); שׁ׳ הַבַּעַל Zp 1:4, i.e. Baal, to the last remnant, vestige (so We al.; 𝔊 שֵׁם, cf. Schwally Now GASm); term. techn. = purified remnant of Israel (GieBeiträge 37 f.) Is 10:20 (‖ פְּלֵיטָה), v 21(×2), 22; 11:11, 16; 28:5.—וּשׁ׳ רוּחַ לוֹ Mal 2:15 is obscure; read וַיַּשְׁאֵר ר׳ לָנוּ We Now, cf. GASm.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שאר (shâʼar) (H7604) — to remain.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שָׁאַר
- (b. h.) to swell, rise; to run over; (cmp. יָתַר, עָדַף) to remain over. Denom. מִשְׁאֶרֶת, שְׁאָר, שְׁאֵר &c.
- to be left over, reserved, preserved, spared. Gen. R. s. 76 (ref. to Gen. XXXII, 9) אלו אחינו … אע"פ שנִשְׁאֲרוּ לפליטה וכ׳ this refers to our brethren in the diaspora …; although they have been spared for escape (from Roman persecution), yet they fasted for us (Palestinians) &c. Cant. R. to II, 13 הנִשְׁאָרִים the survivors of the Messianic days; a. e. e.g. Genesis 32:9
- ,) שִׁיֵּיר to leave over, reserve. B. Bath. IX, 6 שכיב … וש׳ וכ׳ if an ill person donated all his property to others and reserved some land for himself, his donation is valid (even if he recovers). Ib. 148ᵃ דקל לאחד וש׳ פירותיו לפניו ש׳ מקום פירי if he donated a palm-tree (for the wood of it) to a person, and reserved its fruit for himself, he meant to reserve for himself the place whereon the fruit grows (the branches). Ib. כל … בעין יפה מְשַׁיֵּיר whatever one reserves for one’s self, one reserves liberally; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. מְשׁוֹאָר, (מְשׁוּיָּיר). Y. Pes. VII, 35ᵃ top לא עשה בה המש׳ כיוצא the law does not treat that which is left over (of the sacrifice) like that which has been carried outside of its limits. Peah III, 3 נותּן מן המש׳ על מה ששייר he must give to the poor out of the remainder in proportion to that which he left over; נותן מן המש׳ על הכל he must give out of the remainder a quantity corresponding to the whole (including that which he has taken out before); a. fr.
- same. Midr. Till. to Ps. IX שלא להַשְׁאִיר זכר וכ׳ that he will not leave a remainder of the memory of Amalek; Yalk. ib. 642 להשאר (corr. acc.); a. e.
- to be left over. Ḥull. III, 1 ניטל … ולא נ׳ וכ׳ if the liver of a slaughtered animal is found consumed without any part of it left. Yoma 77ᵃ לא נִשְׁתַּיְירוּ משונאיהן וכ׳ no remnant or survivor would have been left of the enemies of Israel (euphem. for ‘of Israel’); a. fr.
שְׁאַר I
- to leave over. Targ. O. Ex. X, 12 (Y. שייר). Ib. 26 נַשְׁאַר ed. Berl. (ed. Vien. תִּשְׁתָּאַר Ithpa.); a. fr.
- , שַׁיֵּר same. Targ. Y. Ex. XII, 10 (O. Af.). Ib. X, 12, v. supra; a. fr.—B. Kam. 15ᵃ תנא וש׳ מאי ש׳ דהאי ש׳ ש׳ וכ׳ the Mishnah states some cases, but leaves over (does not state all cases coming under the same category). But what else did it omit, so as to be justified in omitting this? It omitted a case when half the assessed fine is to be paid; Succ. 54ᵃ; a. fr.
- to leave over, spare. Targ. Ps. LXXIX, 11 Var. ed. Lag. (ed. Lag. a. oth. שרי; h. text הוֹתֵר).
- to be left over, remain. Targ. Gen. VII, 23. Targ. Ex. VIII, 5; a. fr.—B. Mets. 25ᵃ א׳ בה מידי some of it was left behind; a. e.
שְׁאַר II
- Pa. שָׁאֵר (denom. of מֵשָׁאר, v. מֵישָׁרָא) to plant in beds. B. Kam. 81ᵃ שַׁאֲרֵיה מֵשָׁארֵי לאדם וכ׳ (Ms. M. שדיא משראי לשראי, read: משארי משארי; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if he planted in beds, it shows that he planted it for human food; if not, it is intended for cattle.
שְׁאֵר
- v. שָׁאַר) [preservation, existence,]
- 1. sustenance, alimentation;
- 2. (sub. בשר) body, flesh;
- 3. bodily contact, intimacy. Mekh. Mishp. s. 3 (ref. to שארה, Ex. XXI, 10) שְׁאֵרָהּ אלו מזונותיה וכ׳ sh’erah means her alimentation &c. (ref. to Mic. III, 3, a. Ps. LXXVIII, 27); ib. (anoth. opin.) שארה כסותה כסות … לשְׁאֵרָהּ וכ׳ sh’erah k’suthah means, garments suited to her body (according to age and season) &c.; ib. (anoth. opin.) שארה זו דרך ארץ sh’erah means (intimacy) marital duty (ref. to Lev. XVIII, 6; 12; 13, cmp. Targ.); Keth. 47ᵇ לפום שארה תן כסותה וכ׳ according to her body (age) give her garments …, according to the season give her &c.; Y. ib. V, 30ᵇ top. Sabb. 137ᵇ חוק בשְׁאֵרוֹ, v. חוֹק; Y. Ber. IX, 14ᵃ bot. בשְׁאֵירוֹ.—Trnsf. [flesh and blood,] relationship, relatives; race. Ib. שְׁאֵירֵנוּ; Sabb. l. c. שְׁאֵרֵינוּ, v. יְדִידוּת. Lev. R. v. 34 (expl. עכר שארו, Prov. XI, 17) זה שמגעת … את קרוביו וכ׳ that is he to whom joy (a festive occasion) happens, and who lets not his nearest relatives join him because they are poor; Yalk. Prov. 947. Yeb. 90ᵇ (ref. to Lev. XXI, 2) שארו זו אשתו his flesh (sh’er), this means his wife (cmp. Gen. II, 24); Sifra Emor beg.; a. e. e.g. Exodus 21:10
שְׁאָר
- remainder, rest. Sot. VII, 7 ועל ש׳ התפלה (Y. ed. וש׳ תפילה) and a special benediction for the remaining (general) prayer; Bab. ed. 40ᵇ והש׳ תפלה and the remainder is a general prayer; ib. 41ᵃ; Y. ib. VII, end, 22ᵃ; Yoma 70ᵃ וש׳ התפלה רינה וכ׳ and the remaining prayer is song, supplication &c. B. Mets. III, 4 והש׳ יהא מונח וכ׳ and what is left must be deposited &c., v. אֵלִיָּהוּ. Peah IV, 3; a. fr.—V. שְׁיָ֫יר.
שְׁאָר ²
- Targ. O. Gen. XLV, 7 (Y. שיורא; h. text שארית). Targ. Is. X, 19, sq. Targ. II Sam. III, 8 (h. text אשר?); a. fr.—Targ. II Chr. XXXVI, 20 (fem.).—Ruth R. to III, 3 והיא עבדא ש׳ (some ed. שְׁאָרָהּ); Yalk. ib. 604 שְׁיָרָהּ, v. נְפֵי.—[שאריא, Yalk. Jer. 321, v. שְׁמָרָא.]
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 13 distinct written forms H7605 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּ/שְׁאָ֣ר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Esther 9:16 | 5 |
| וּ/שְׁאָ֥ר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Ezra 3:8 | 4 |
| שְׁאָ֣ר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | 2 Chronicles 24:14 | 4 |
| שְׁאָ֥ר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Isaiah 10:21 | 2 |
| וּ/שְׁאָ֨ר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Ezra 4:3 | 2 |
| וּ/שְׁאָר֙ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | 1 Chronicles 16:41 | 2 |
| בִּ/שְׁאָ֛ר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Esther 9:12 | 1 |
| וּ/שְׁאָ֛ר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Isaiah 14:22 | 1 |
| וּ/שְׁאָ֧ר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Isaiah 21:17 | 1 |
| לִ/שְׁאָ֖ר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Isaiah 28:5 | 1 |
| לִ/שְׁאָ֣ר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Isaiah 11:16 | 1 |
| שְׁאָ֖ר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Isaiah 10:22 | 1 |
| שְׁאָ֤ר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Isaiah 10:20 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7605, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- משארת mishʼereth H4863 kneading trough
- שאר sᵉʼôr H7603 leaven
- שאר shᵉʼêr H7607 flesh
- שארית shᵉʼêrîyth H7611 remnant
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 22 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 25 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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