שְׁאָר shear

Hebrew word for “remainder” · Strong’s H7606 · used 12 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

rest, remainder; Aramaic of she.ar (שְׁאָר "remnant" H7605)

How it is translated

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

• rest 10
• rest the 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 4 (3), Daniel 7 (3), Ezra 7 (2), Ezra 6 (1), Daniel 2 (1)

Forms

• ושׁאר 8
• ושׁארא 2
• בשׁאר 1
• שׁאר 1

Words used with it

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

• דִּי di “that” 7
• אֱלָהּ elah “god” 4
• מִן־ min “from” 4
• עַל al “since” 4
• חֵיוָא cheva “beast” 3
• שׇׁמְרָיִן shomrayin “Samaria” 2
• רְפַס rephas “to tread” 2
• דְּנָה denah “this” 3
• בְּעֵל beel “commander” 2
• שֵׁן shen “tooth” 2
• שִׁמְשַׁי shimshay “Shimshai” 2
• כְּעֶנֶת keenet “now” 2

Key verses

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

• Ezra 4:9 — Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites,…
• Ezra 4:10 — And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and…
• Ezra 4:17 — Then 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…
• Ezra 6:16 — And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
• Ezra 7:18 — And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
• Ezra 7:20 — And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.
• Daniel 2:18 — 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…
• Daniel 7:7 — After 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…
• Daniel 7:12 — As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
• Daniel 7:19 — Then 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;…

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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.