Word

שְׁאֵר

shᵉʼêr · H7607 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences

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Meanings

flesh, meat

Poetic term: the soft substance in the body of humans and animals that consists of muscle tissue and fat

Examples
Psalm 78:20 “Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out, And streams were overflowing; Can He also provide bread? Will He prepare meat for His people?”
Psalm 78:27 When He rained meat upon them like the dust, Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
Proverbs 5:11 And you will groan in the end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;
body

Poetic term: the physical body of humans and animals, not including the mind and the inner person

Examples
Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
food

Literally: flesh; hence: food provided to someone to live on

Examples
Exodus 21:10 “If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights.
relative

Literally: (one's) flesh; hence: a person connected by blood or marriage

Examples
Leviticus 18:6 ‘None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am the LORD.
Leviticus 18:12 ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s blood relative.
Leviticus 18:13 ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s blood relative.
self

Literally: (one's) flesh; hence: a reference to one's self

Examples
Proverbs 11:17 A merciful person does himself good, But the cruel person does himself harm.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

14 occurrences in 9 groups

הוּhis 4
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 1 groups

קָרוֹבnear 2

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 2 groups

כָּלָהto be finished 2
גָּאַלto redeem, to act as kinsman-redeemer 1

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 6 groups

גָּרַעto diminish, to take away 1
כּוּןto establish, to prepare 1
אָכַלto eat, to devour 1
מָטַרto send rain 1
עָכַרtrouble 1
עָרָהto uncover 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בָּבֶלBabylon, Babel 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

הוּאhe, she, it 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 3 groups

לto/for 3
אֵלto, toward 2
מִןfrom 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

σάρξ sárx · G4561 · flesh, body, physical body: The Hebrew שְׁאֵר (shᵉʼêr, H7607) encompasses both literal flesh/body and kinship relations, while the Greek σάρξ (sárx, G4561) focuses primarily on physical flesh/meat; the LXX employs σάρξ to render the somatic/bodily senses of שְׁאֵר but typically uses different Greek terms (e.g., συγγενής) for its kinship meanings.
σῶμα sōma · G4983 · body, self, physical being: Greek σῶμα (body) renders Hebrew שְׁאֵר specifically in its 'flesh/body' sense, not its kinship senses ('near kin, kinsman'), representing the somatic subset of שְׁאֵר's broader semantic range.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Food001003001003: Exodus 21:10 rules that a husband "may not reduce her food," directly attesting the sense of nourishment or sustenance this word can carry.
Relatives001001003012: Leviticus 18:6 forbids approaching "any blood relative," and Leviticus 18:12-13 repeat "she is your father's/mother's blood relative," directly attesting the kinship this word denotes.
Self003001016: The kinship this word describes is rooted in the idea of a relative as one's own flesh, an extension of oneself, consistent with Leviticus 18:6's "blood relative of his" describing kin as bound to a person's own body.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁאַר shâʼar · H7604 · to remain, to be left, to leave over · 133×שְׁאֵרִית shᵉʼêrîyth · H7611 · rest, remainder, remnant · 66×שְׁאָר shᵉʼâr · H7605 · rest, remnant · 26×שְׁאֵרshᵉʼêr · H7607שְׁאָר shᵉʼâr · H7606 · whatsoever more, residue, rest · 12×שְׂאֹר sᵉʼôr · H7603 · leaven, yeast · 5×מִשְׁאֶרֶת mishʼereth · H4863 · kneading bowl · 4×שַׁאֲרָה shaʼărâh · H7608 · relative · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7607. sheer שְׁאֵר noun masculinePsa 73:26 flesh (perhaps originally the inner flesh,…

H7607. sheer
שְׁאֵר noun masculinePsa 73:26 flesh (perhaps originally the inner flesh, full of blood, next the bones, compare HoffmZAW iii (1883), 107, and בָּשָׂר = (originally) flesh next the. skin); — ׳שׁ absolute Psa 78:20; Psa 78:27, construct Mic 3:3 +, suffix שְׁאֵרִי Jer 51:35; Psa 73:26, etc; —
1 flesh :
a. as food, Exo 21:10 (HPS also 1Sa 9:24, for הַנִּשְׁאָר), Psa 78:20 (|| לֶחֶם), Psa 78:27 (|| כָּנָף עוֺף); figurative Mic 3:2 (|| עוֺר), Mic 3:3 (|| id.), Jer 51:35 (|| דָּם),
b. figurative for physical power Psa 73:26 (+ לֵבָב), Pro 5:11 (+ בָּשָׂר).
2 in HP = flesh- (= blood-) relation (i.e. one near of kin):אָבִיךָ שְׁאֵר Lev 18:12 compare Lev 18:13; Lev 20:19, also Lev 18:17 (read שְׁאֵרְךָ for ᵐ5 שַׁאֲרָה Ew Dr-Wh; compare of. Di Baen); + הַקָּרֹב אֵלָיו Lev 21:2; Num 27:11 ׳שׁ בְשָׂרוֺ Lev 18:6; Lev 25:49.
3 = self, Pro 11:17 (|| נֶפֶשׁ),
שַׁאֲרָה Lev 18:17 see שְׂאֵר, 2 above

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Relatives8 occurrences Food1 occurrence Self1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0