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Remnant

שְׁאָרStrong’s H7605

shear (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.”
1 Chronicles 11:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. 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.

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Explore in Scripture
All 25 verses, by book
1 Chronicles 2
11:816:41
2 Chronicles 2
9:2924:14
Ezra 3
3:84:34:7
Nehemiah 3
10:2811:111:20
Esther 2
9:129:16
Zephaniah 1
1:4
Malachi 1
2:15
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.]

  1. 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
  2. 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.