Remnant
שְׁאָרStrong’s H7605shear (she-ar)
Appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shear is the Hebrew word usually translated “rest of”, “remnant of” and “remainder of”. It appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.”
Meaning
- Rest, residue, remnant, remainder
How it's translated
- and rest of 8
- remnant of 4
- and remnant of 3
- remainder of 2
- a remnant 2
- in rest of 1
- and remainder of 1
- to remnant of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 11
- Ezra 3
- Nehemiah 3
- 1 Chronicles 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Esther 2
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 16:41And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
- 2 Chronicles 9:29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
- 2 Chronicles 24:14And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
- Ezra 3:8Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
- Ezra 4:3But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
- Ezra 4:7And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
Hebrew dictionary
שְׁאָר shear · remnant
rest, residue, remnant, remainder Aramaic equivalent: she.ar (שְׁאָר "remainder" H7606)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “remnant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REM'NANT, noun
[contracted from remanent. See Remain.]
- Residue; that which is left after the separation, removal or destruction of a part.“The remnant that are left of the captivity” Nehemiah 1:3
- That which remains after a part is done, performed, told or passed.
All definitions and other forms of “remnant”
REM'NANT, adjective
Remaining; yet left.
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.