Quick Definition
to remain
Strong's Definition
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
TWOT Reference: 2307,2308
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁאַר (sha.ar) — to remain. 1) to remain, be left over, be left behind 1a) (Qal) to remain 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left over, be left alive, survive 1b1a) remainder, remnant (participle) 1b2) to be left behind 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to leave over, spare 1c2) to leave or keep over 1c3) to have left 1c4) to leave (as a gift)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שְׁאָר · שְׁאֵר · שְׁאֵרִית · שַׁאֲרָה · שֶׁאֱרָה
Remain | verb nif, verb hif, verb qal
to remain, to be left = state in which humans, animals, plants, or objects remain in a certain place after part of the original quantity has disappeared or has been used or dealt with in a certain way
GEN 7:23 · GEN 14:10 · GEN 32:9 · GEN 42:38 · GEN 47:18 · EXO 8:5 · EXO 8:7 · EXO 8:27 · EXO 10:5 · EXO 10:19 · EXO 10:26 · EXO 14:28 · LEV 5:9 · LEV 26:36 · LEV 26:39 · NUM 11:26 · NUM 21:35 · DEU 3:3 · DEU 3:11 · DEU 4:27 · DEU 7:20 · DEU 19:20 · DEU 28:55 · DEU 28:62 · JOS 8:17 · JOS 8:22 · JOS 11:8 · JOS 11:22 · JOS 13:1 · JOS 13:2 · JOS 13:12 · JOS 23:4 · JOS 23:7 · JOS 23:12 · JDG 4:16 · JDG 7:3 · RUT 1:3 · RUT 1:5 · 1SA 5:4 · 1SA 9:24 · 1SA 11:11 · 1SA 11:11 · 1SA 16:11 · 2SA 14:7 · 1KI 22:47 · 2KI 3:25 · 2KI 7:13 · 2KI 7:13 · 2KI 7:13 · 2KI 10:11 · 2KI 10:17 · 2KI 10:21 · 2KI 13:7 · 2KI 17:18 · 2KI 19:30 · 2KI 24:14 · 2KI 25:11 · 2KI 25:22 · 1CH 13:2 · 2CH 21:17 · 2CH 30:6 · 2CH 34:21 · EZR 1:4 · EZR 9:15 · NEH 1:2 · NEH 1:3 · NEH 1:3 · ISA 4:3 · ISA 11:11 · ISA 11:16 · ISA 17:6 · ISA 24:6 · ISA 37:31 · ISA 49:21 · JER 8:3 · JER 8:3 · JER 21:7 · JER 24:8 · JER 34:7 · JER 37:10 · JER 38:4 · JER 38:22 · JER 39:9 · JER 39:9 · JER 40:6 · JER 41:10 · JER 42:2 · JER 52:15 · EZK 6:12 · EZK 9:8 · EZK 17:21 · EZK 36:36 · DAN 10:8 · DAN 10:17 · AMO 5:3 · HAG 2:3 · ZEC 9:7 · ZEC 11:9 · ZEC 12:14
Remain | verb hif
to leave over, to spare = causative action by which humans or deities cause humans, plants, or objects to remain in existence after part of the original quantity has disappeared or has been used or dealt with in a certain way
EXO 10:12 · NUM 9:12 · DEU 2:34 · DEU 28:51 · JOS 10:28 · JOS 10:30 · JOS 10:33 · JOS 10:37 · JOS 10:39 · JOS 10:40 · JOS 11:14 · JDG 6:4 · 1SA 14:36 · 1SA 25:22 · 1KI 15:29 · 1KI 16:11 · 1KI 19:18 · 2KI 10:11 · 2KI 10:14 · 2KI 25:12 · 2KI 25:22 · EZR 9:8 · JER 39:10 · JER 49:9 · JER 50:20 · JER 52:16 · JOL 2:14 · AMO 5:3 · OBA 1:5 · ZEP 3:12
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁאַר 133 vb. remain, be left over Qalthe youngest still remains
Niph. be left over
be left behind
Hiph. leave over, spare
leave or keep over
the city shall have 100 left
leave as a gift
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