שְׁאֵרִית
she.e.rit
“remnant”
Definition
a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
from H7604 (שָׁאַר);
- rest, residue, remainder, remnant 1a) rest, what is left 1b) remainder, descendants
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
שְׁאֵרִית appears 61 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.
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Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”
The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning;Ashkelon will be silenced.O remnant of their valley,how long will you gash yourself?
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