Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H8271
שְׁרֵא
sheresher-ay'
to loose
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shᵉrêʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8271is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8271
to free, separate; figuratively, to unravel, commence; by implication (of unloading beasts) to reside
The King James renders it: begin, dissolve, dwell, loose.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shere is rendered "to loose". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Five of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 5:2Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
Ezra 5:2וְשָׁרִ֣יו
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and loosening of1
- and they began1
- dwelling1
- loosed1
- loosened1
- to loosen1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁרִירוּת | sheriruth | stubbornness | Uses10 |
| שְׁרֵקָה | shereqah | hissing | Uses7 |
| שְׁרוּקָה | sheruqah | piping | Uses2 |
| שְׁרֵמָה | sheremah | field | Usesnot recorded |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּמְשָׁרֵ֣א1
- וְשָׁרִ֣יו1
- לְמִשְׁרֵ֑א1
- מִשְׁתָּרַ֔יִן1
- שְׁרֵֽא׃1
- שְׁרַ֙יִן֙1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1AC/Vpp3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1AC/Vprmsc
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1AR/Vqcc
- verb · poal, participle · masculine plural1AVMrmpa
- verb · passive (qal passive), participle · masculine plural1AVQrmpa
- verb · passive (qal passive), participle · masculine singular1AVQrmsa
Ezra
one use
Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
- וְשָׁרִ֣יוvesharivconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and they began
Daniel
five uses
He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.
- שְׁרֵֽא׃shere'verb · passive (qal passive), participle · masculine singulartagged: dwelling
“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”
- שְׁרַ֙יִן֙sherayinverb · passive (qal passive), participle · masculine pluraltagged: loosed
his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
- מִשְׁתָּרַ֔יִןmishtarayinverb · poal, participle · masculine pluraltagged: loosened
did this because Daniel, the one he named Belteshazzar, was found to have an extraordinary spirit, as well as knowledge, understanding, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Summon Daniel, therefore, and he will give you the interpretation.”
- וּמְשָׁרֵ֣אumeshare'conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and loosening of
But I have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
- לְמִשְׁרֵ֑אlemishre'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to loosen
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.