Quick Definition
remnant
Strong's Definition
a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
Derivation: from H7604 (שָׁאַר);
KJV Usage: that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest.
TWOT Reference: 2307b
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
שְׁאֵרִית (she.e.rit) — remnant. 1) rest, residue, remainder, remnant 1a) rest, what is left 1b) remainder, descendants
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שׁאר
Remain
rest, remainder = a limited amount of material remaining after part of it was used for a particular purpose
Groups | ≈ יֶתֶר · פְּלֵיטָה · שֹׁרֶשׁ
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
GEN 45:7 · 2SA 14:7 · 2KI 19:4 · 2KI 19:31 · 2KI 21:14 · 1CH 4:43 · 1CH 12:39 · 2CH 34:9 · 2CH 36:20 · EZR 9:14 · NEH 7:71 · PSA 76:11 · PSA 76:11 · ISA 14:30 · ISA 15:9 · ISA 37:4 · ISA 37:32 · ISA 46:3 · JER 6:9 · JER 8:3 · JER 11:23 · JER 15:9 · JER 23:3 · JER 24:8 · JER 25:20 · JER 31:7 · JER 39:3 · JER 40:11 · JER 40:15 · JER 41:10 · JER 41:16 · JER 42:2 · JER 42:15 · JER 42:19 · JER 43:5 · JER 44:7 · JER 44:12 · JER 44:14 · JER 44:28 · JER 47:4 · JER 47:5 · JER 50:26 · EZK 5:10 · EZK 9:8 · EZK 11:13 · EZK 25:16 · EZK 36:3 · EZK 36:4 · EZK 36:5 · AMO 1:8 · AMO 5:15 · AMO 9:12 · MIC 2:12 · MIC 4:7 · MIC 5:6 · MIC 5:7 · MIC 7:18 · ZEP 2:7 · ZEP 2:9 · ZEP 3:13 · HAG 1:12 · HAG 1:14 · HAG 2:2 · ZEC 8:6 · ZEC 8:11 · ZEC 8:12
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁאֵרִית n.f. rest, residue, remnant, remainder base