To remain
שָׁאַרStrong’s H7604shaar (sha-ar)
Appears in 123 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shaar is the Hebrew word usually translated “left”, “which remains” and “it remained”. It appears in 123 verses of the Old Testament.
“Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.”
Meaning
- To remain, be left over, be left behind(Qal) to remain · (Niphal) · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- he left 9
- which remains 6
- it remained 6
- he had left 6
- which remain 6
- who remained 6
- they remained 4
- he left behind 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 17
- Jeremiah 16
- 2 Kings 13
- Deuteronomy 9
- Exodus 8
- Isaiah 8
27 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 10:17In contextFor how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
- Zechariah 9:7In contextAnd I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
- Zechariah 11:9In contextThen said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
- Zechariah 12:14In contextAll the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
- Genesis 7:23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
- Genesis 14:10And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
All 123 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁאַר shaar · to remain
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 STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “remain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REMA'IN, verb intransitive
[Latin remaneo; re and maneo, Gr.]
- To continue; to rest or abide in a place for a time indefinite.“Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown” Genesis 38:11
- To be left after others have withdrawn; to rest or abide in the same place when others remove, or are lost, destroyed or taken away.“Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark” Genesis 7:23
- To be left after a part or others have past.
- To continue unchanged, or in a particular state.
All definitions and other forms of “remain”
- Not to be lost; not to escape; not to be forgotten.
- To be left, out of a greater number or quantity.“That which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept till the morning” Exodus 16:23
- To be left as not included or comprised.
- To continue in the same state.
REMA'IN, verb transitive
To await; to be left to; as, the easier conquest now remains thee. [This is elliptical for remains to thee. remain is not properly a transitive verb.]
REMA'IN, noun
That which is left; a corpse; also, abode. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.