Midvash

שְׁאֵרִיתshᵉʼêrîyth

rest, residue, remnant, remainder, (= שָׁאָר)

Pronunciation: sheh-ay-reeth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7611

Meanings

1. rest, what is left (Isaiah 44:17; Isaiah 15:9; Jeremiah 47:4)

2. remainder, = descendants (Isaiah 14:22; Genesis 45:7; 2 Samuel 14:7)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 66 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 45:7 God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors.
  • 2 Samuel 14:7 Now the rest of the family is demanding, ‘Let us have your son. We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn’t deserve to inherit his family’s property.’ They want to extinguish the only coal I have left, and my husband’s name and family will disappear from the face of the earth.”
  • 2 Kings 19:4 But perhaps the Lord your God has heard the Assyrian chief of staff, sent by the king to defy the living God, and will punish him for his words. Oh, pray for those of us who are left!”
  • 2 Kings 19:31 For a remnant of my people will spread out from Jerusalem, a group of survivors from Mount Zion. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!
  • 2 Kings 21:14 Then I will reject even the remnant of my own people who are left, and I will hand them over as plunder for their enemies.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:43 They destroyed the few Amalekites who had survived, and they have lived there ever since.
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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).