Word Study · Strong's H7607 · Hebrew
שְׁאֵר
sheer
sheh-ayr'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shᵉʼêr
“flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
Rendered in the KJV as
body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
- 16occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- שְׁאֵ֣ר3
- שְׁאֵ֥ר2
- וּשְׁאֵרִי֙1
- וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃1
- וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם1
- לִשְׁאֵר֔וֹ1
- לִשְׁאֵר֞וֹ1
- מִשְּׁאֵ֧ר1
- שְׁאֵ֑ר1
- שְׁאֵרָ֛הּ1
- שְׁאֵר֛וֹ1
- שְׁ֝אֵר֗וֹ1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- [is] a relative of2
- meat2
- [the] flesh of1
- and body your1
- and flesh my1
- and flesh their1
- any of [the] relative[s] of1
- body his1
- flesh my1
- food her1
- for relative his1
- relative his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc · 4
- HNcmsa · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus6 occurrences
- Leviticus 18:6שְׁאֵ֣רsheernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.here: relative of
- Leviticus 18:12שְׁאֵ֥רsheernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.here: [is] a relative of
- Leviticus 18:13שְׁאֵ֥רsheernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.here: [is] a relative of
- Leviticus 20:19שְׁאֵר֛וֹsheeronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularYou must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.here: relative his
- Leviticus 21:2לִשְׁאֵר֔וֹlisheropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularexcept for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,here: for relative his
- Leviticus 25:49מִשְּׁאֵ֧רmisheerpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.here: any of [the] relative[s] of
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 73:26שְׁאֵרִ֗יsheerinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularMy flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.here: flesh my
- Psalms 78:20שְׁאֵ֣רsheernoun · masculine singularWhen He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”here: meat
- Psalms 78:27שְׁאֵ֑רsheernoun · masculine singularHe rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.here: meat
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 5:11וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃usheerekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAt the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,here: and body your
- Proverbs 11:17שְׁ֝אֵר֗וֹsheeronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularA kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.here: body his
Micah2 occurrences
- Micah 3:2וּשְׁאֵרָ֖םusheeramconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralYou hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.here: and flesh their
- Micah 3:3שְׁאֵ֣רsheernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”here: [the] flesh of