שְׁאָרshᵉʼâr
a remainder
Pronunciation: sheh-awr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7605
Meanings
שְׁאָר: rest, residue, remnant, rest, residue, remainder, = יֶתֶר, especially Isaiah and late, technical term = purified remnant of Israel (Isaiah 16:14; Isaiah 14:22; Isaiah 10:19; 2 Chronicles 24:14; 1 Chronicles 11:8)
: rest, remainder (Ezra 7:20; Ezra 4:10; Ezra 4:9; Daniel 7:7; Daniel 7:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 26 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 11:8 He extended the city from the supporting terraces to the surrounding area, while Joab rebuilt the rest of Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 16:41 David also appointed Heman, Jeduthun, and the others chosen by name to give thanks to the Lord, for “his faithful love endures forever.”
- 2 Chronicles 9:29 The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Nathan the Prophet, and The Prophecy of Ahijah from Shiloh, and also in The Visions of Iddo the Seer, concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat.
- 2 Chronicles 24:14 When all the repairs were finished, they brought the remaining money to the king and Jehoiada. It was used to make various articles for the Temple of the Lord—articles for worship services and for burnt offerings, including ladles and other articles made of gold and silver. And the burnt offerings were sacrificed continually in the Temple of the Lord during the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.
- Ezra 3:8 The construction of the Temple of God began in midspring, during the second year after they arrived in Jerusalem. The work force was made up of everyone who had returned from exile, including Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jehozadak and his fellow priests, and all the Levites. The Levites who were twenty years old or older were put in charge of rebuilding the Lord’s Temple.
- Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other leaders of Israel replied, “You may have no part in this work. We alone will build the Temple for the Lord, the God of Israel, just as King Cyrus of Persia commanded us.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).