Remainder
שְׁאָרStrong’s H7606shear (she-ar)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shear is the Aramaic word usually translated “rest of” and “rest the”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.”
Meaning
- Rest, remainder
How it's translated
- and rest of 8
- and rest the 2
- with rest of 1
- rest of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 6
- Daniel 4
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 7:7In contextAfter this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
- Daniel 7:12In contextAs concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
- Daniel 7:19In contextThen I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
- Ezra 4:9Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
- Ezra 4:10And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.
- Ezra 4:17Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
Aramaic dictionary
שְׁאָר shear · remainder
rest, remainder Aramaic of she.ar (שְׁאָר "remnant" H7605)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “remainder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REMA'INDER, noun
- Any thing left after the separation and removal of a part.
- Relics; remains; the corpse of a human being. [Not now used.]
- That which is left after a part is past; as the remainder of the day or week; the remainder of the year; the remainder of life.
- The sum that is left after subtraction or after any deduction.
All definitions and other forms of “remainder”
- In law, an estate limited to take effect and be enjoyed after another estate is determined.
REMA'INDER, adjective
Remaining; refuse; left; as the remainder biscuit; the remainder viands. obsolete
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.