שְׁאָר shear

Hebrew word for “remnant” · Strong’s H7605 · used 26 times in 25 verses

Explore it in the Word Atlas

Meaning

rest, residue, remnant, remainder; Aramaic equivalent: she.ar (שְׁאָר "remainder" H7606)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shear in context, with how often each is used:

• remnant 14
• rest 9
• remainder 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Isaiah 10 (4), Ezra 4 (2), Nehemiah 11 (2), Esther 9 (2), Isaiah 11 (2), 1 Chronicles 11 (1), 1 Chronicles 16 (1), 2 Chronicles 9 (1), 2 Chronicles 24 (1), Ezra 3 (1)

Forms

• ושׁאר 15
• שׁאר 8
• לשׁאר 2
• בשׁאר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shear more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 4
• זְרֻבָּבֶל zerubbavel “Zerubbabel” 2
• כָּתַב katav “to write” 3
• פָּרַס paras “Persia” 2
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 3
• יֵשׁוּעַ yeshua “Jeshua” 2
• מְדִינָה medinah “province” 2
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 3
• יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jew” 2
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 3
• שָׁאַר shaar “to remain” 2
• מִסְפָּר mispar “number” 2

Key verses

The verses using shear that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Chronicles 16:41 — And 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 9:29 — Now 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…
• Nehemiah 10:28 — And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of…
• Nehemiah 11:1 — And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts…
• Isaiah 10:20 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote…
• Isaiah 10:22 — For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
• Isaiah 11:11 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from…
• Isaiah 11:16 — And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the…
• Isaiah 14:22 — For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
• Isaiah 17:3 — The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel,…
• Isaiah 28:5 — In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
• Malachi 2:15 — And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let…

See all 25 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.