שְׁאֵר sheer
Hebrew word for “flesh” · Strong’s H7607 · used 16 times in 16 verses
Meaning
1) flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman;
How it is translated
Glosses given for sheer in context, with how often each is used:
- relative 6
- flesh 4
- meat 2
- body 2
- food 1
- any of the relatives 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Micah | 2 | 1.4 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 18 (3), Psalms 78 (2), Micah 3 (2), Exodus 21 (1), Leviticus 20 (1), Leviticus 21 (1), Leviticus 25 (1), Numbers 27 (1), Psalms 73 (1), Proverbs 5 (1)
Forms
- שׁאר 6
- שׁארו 2
- לשׁארו 2
- שׁארה 1
- משׁאר 1
- שׁארי 1
- ושׁארך 1
- ושׁארי 1
- ושׁארם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with sheer more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֶרְוָה ervah “nakedness” 4
- גָּלָה galah “to reveal” 4
- בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 4
- אָחוֹת achot “sister” 3
- אֵם em “mother” 3
- אִם im “if” 4
- אָב av “father” 4
- צוּר tsur “rock” 2
- קָרֹב qarov “near” 2
- עוֹר or “skin” 2
- עֶצֶם etsem “bone” 2
- כָּלָה kalah “to end” 2
Key verses
The verses using sheer that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 18:6 — None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 18:12 — Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.
- Leviticus 20:19 — And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
- Numbers 27:11 — And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it…
- Psalms 73:26 — My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
- Psalms 78:20 — Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
- Psalms 78:27 — He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
- Proverbs 5:11 — And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
- Proverbs 11:17 — The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
- Jeremiah 51:35 — The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
- Micah 3:2 — Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
- Micah 3:3 — Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh…
See all 16 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.