Quick Definition
remnant
Strong's Definition
a remainder
Derivation: from H7604 (שָׁאַר);
KJV Usage: [idiom] other, remnant, residue, rest.
TWOT Reference: 2307a
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
שְׁאָר (she.ar) — remnant. rest, residue, remnant, remainder Aramaic equivalent: she.ar (שְׁאָר "remainder" H7606)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁאר
Remain
rest, remnant = a limited number of a larger quantity of objects remaining in a place after part of it was dealt with another way
1CH 11:8 · 2CH 24:14 · EZR 4:10 · EZR 4:17 · EZR 7:18 · EZR 7:20 · EST 9:12 · ISA 10:19 · MAL 2:15
Groups | ≈ פְּלֵיטָה
rest, remnant = a limited number of a larger group of people remaining in a place after part of them was killed, exiled, or dealt with in a different way
1CH 16:41 · EZR 3:8 · EZR 4:3 · EZR 4:7 · EZR 4:9 · EZR 4:10 · EZR 4:17 · EZR 6:16 · NEH 10:29 · NEH 11:1 · NEH 11:20 · EST 9:16 · ISA 10:20 · ISA 10:21 · ISA 10:21 · ISA 10:22 · ISA 11:11 · ISA 11:16 · ISA 14:22 · ISA 16:14 · ISA 17:3 · ISA 21:17 · ISA 28:5 · DAN 2:18 · DAN 7:7 · DAN 7:12 · DAN 7:19 · ZEP 1:4
Happen
to remain, be left = a limited number of activities that are remaining after other activities have been mentioned
noun m · שׁאר
| ≈ בָּשָׂר · שְׁאֵר | ≠ רוּחַ
body = the physical body of humans, not including the mind and the inner person
1 MAL 2:15 LXX "ὑπόλειμμα" VUL "residuum" NJPS "remaining" ESV "portion" = [1a] | NIV NJB NRSV REB "flesh" GNT "body" = [2a] | RSV "sustained" = שׁאר
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁאָר n.m. rest, residue, remnant base