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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H8328

שֶׁרֶשׁ

shereshsheh'-resh

root

33 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8328is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 13 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 26
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H8328

a root (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: bottom, deep, heel, root.

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

sheresh is rendered "root". It stands 33 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 29:18Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-six different ways.

The first use

Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,

Deuteronomy 29:18שֹׁ֛רֶשׁ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Nine of the word's thirty-three uses are in Job.

The other 26 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • roots its6
  • and root of4
  • a root3
  • root their3
  • root its2
  • and like the root1
  • and roots his1
  • and roots its1
  • and roots of1
  • from root1
  • from root of1
  • from roots his1

and 8 more, 33 uses in all

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.

שֶׁרֶץsheretsswarmUses15

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 33, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

26 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

  • שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ3
  • וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ2
  • וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ2
  • וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יו2
  • שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו2
  • שָׁרְשָׁם֙2
  • וְכַשֹּׁ֙רֶשׁ֙1
  • וְשָׁרְשֵׁ֖י1
  • מִשֹּׁ֣רֶשׁ1
  • מִשֹּׁ֤רֶשׁ1
  • מִשָּׁרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃1
  • מִשָּׁרָשָׁ֥יו1

and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HC/Ncmsc
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular4HNcmpc/Sp3fs
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HNcmpc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine singular4HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HNcmsc/Sp3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HC/Rd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmpc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs

Deuteronomy

one use
  • Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,

    Deuteronomy 29:18

    • שֹׁ֛רֶשׁshoreshnoun · masculine singulartagged: a root

Judges

one use
  • Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

    Judges 5:14

    • שָׁרְשָׁם֙shareshamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: root their

2 Kings

one use
  • And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

    2 Kings 19:30

    • שֹׁ֣רֶשׁshoreshnoun · masculine singulartagged: a root

Job

nine uses
  • His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

    Job 8:17

    • שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יוsharashavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: roots its
  • You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

    Job 13:27

    • שָׁרְשֵׁ֥יsharesheinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: roots of
  • If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

    Job 14:8

    • שָׁרְשׁ֑וֹshareshonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: root its
  • The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

    Job 18:16

    • שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יוsharashavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: roots his
  • If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

    Job 19:28

    • וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁveshoreshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and root of
  • The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.

    Job 28:9

    • מִשֹּׁ֣רֶשׁmishoreshpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from root
  • My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

    Job 29:19

    • שָׁרְשִׁ֣יshareshinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: root my
  • They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

    Job 30:4

    • וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁveshoreshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and root of
  • See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.

    Job 36:30

    • וְשָׁרְשֵׁ֖יvesharesheiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and roots of

Psalms

one use
  • You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.

    Psalms 80:9

    • שָׁ֝רָשֶׁ֗יהָsharasheihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: roots its

Proverbs

two uses
  • A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

    Proverbs 12:3

    • וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁveshoreshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and root of
  • The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

    Proverbs 12:12

    • וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁveshoreshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and root of

Isaiah

seven uses
  • Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

    Isaiah 5:24

    • שָׁרְשָׁם֙shareshamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: root their
  • Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

    Isaiah 11:1

    • מִשָּׁרָשָׁ֥יוmisharashavpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from roots his
  • On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

    Isaiah 11:10

    • שֹׁ֣רֶשׁshoreshnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: root of
  • Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.

    Isaiah 14:29

    • מִשֹּׁ֤רֶשׁmishoreshpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from root of
  • Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.

    Isaiah 14:30

    • שָׁרְשֵׁ֔ךְshareshekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: root your
  • And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

    Isaiah 37:31

    • שֹׁ֣רֶשׁshoreshnoun · masculine singulartagged: a root
  • He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

    Isaiah 53:2

    • וְכַשֹּׁ֙רֶשׁ֙vekhashoreshconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and like the root

Jeremiah

one use
  • He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

    Jeremiah 17:8

    • שָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יוsharashavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: roots its

Ezekiel

five uses
  • It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.

    Ezekiel 17:6

    • וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יוvesharashavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and roots its
  • But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.

    Ezekiel 17:7

    • שָׁרֳשֶׁ֣יהָshorosheihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: roots its
  • So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.

    Ezekiel 17:9

    • שָׁרָשֶׁ֨יהָsharasheihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: roots its
    • מִשָּׁרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃misharasheihapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: from roots its
  • It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.

    Ezekiel 31:7

    • שָׁרְשׁ֖וֹshareshonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: root its

Daniel

one use
  • But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.

    Daniel 11:7

    • שָׁרָשֶׁ֖יהָsharasheihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: roots her

Hosea

two uses
  • Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

    Hosea 9:16

    • שָׁרְשָׁ֥םshareshamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: root their
  • I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

    Hosea 14:5

    • שָׁרָשָׁ֖יוsharashavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: roots its

Amos

one use
  • Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

    Amos 2:9

    • וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יוvesharashavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and roots his

Malachi

one use
  • “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”

    Malachi 4:1

    • שֹׁ֥רֶשׁshoreshnoun · masculine singulartagged: root

The letters

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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