שָׁאַר (sha.ar) means “to remain” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shaw-ar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
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)
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a primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
KJV glosses: leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| remained | 11 |
| leaving | 8 |
| left | 7 |
| was left | 7 |
| remain | 6 |
| leave | 5 |
| who remained | 4 |
| is left | 3 |
| left behind | 3 |
| and the surviving | 2 |
| remaining | 2 |
| survive | 2 |
| survived | 2 |
| that remain | 2 |
| those remaining | 2 |
| was left alone | 2 |
| and had remained | 1 |
| and he who remains | 1 |
| and leave | 1 |
| and let those who remain | 1 |
| and those who survive | 1 |
| are left | 1 |
| as for those of you who survive | 1 |
| but i will leave | 1 |
| but the survivors | 1 |
| did any survive | 1 |
| even the survivors | 1 |
| except for those | 1 |
| had remained | 1 |
| had survived | 1 |
| has left behind | 1 |
| he had left behind | 1 |
| however had remained | 1 |
| joshua left | 1 |
| man was left | 1 |
| my one remaining | 1 |
| nevertheless i have reserved | 1 |
| not sparing anyone | 1 |
| of us remain | 1 |
| remains | 1 |
| remnant was left | 1 |
| spared | 1 |
| survivor | 1 |
| that remains | 1 |
| the other | 1 |
| the remaining | 1 |
| the remnant | 1 |
| the remnant i preserve | 1 |
| the rest | 1 |
| the survivors | 1 |
| then the rest of the people | 1 |
| they left | 1 |
| they will leave | 1 |
| they will remain | 1 |
| those of you who remain | 1 |
| those of you who survive | 1 |
| to preserve | 1 |
| we left | 1 |
| we remain | 1 |
| were left | 1 |
| what was kept back | 1 |
| while the rest | 1 |
| who had remained | 1 |
| who remain | 1 |
| who survive | 1 |
| who were left | 1 |
| whoever remains | 1 |
| will be left | 1 |
| will be left behind | 1 |
| will become a remnant | 1 |
| will remain | 1 |
| will survive | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| left | 15 |
| that remain | 5 |
| that remained | 5 |
| that are left | 4 |
| he left | 3 |
| remained | 3 |
| there remained | 3 |
| all that remained | 2 |
| and the remnant | 2 |
| and there remained | 2 |
| and ye shall be left | 2 |
| shall be left | 2 |
| shall leave | 2 |
| there remaineth | 2 |
| therein he left | 2 |
| therein he let | 2 |
| these that remain | 2 |
| to thee would they not leave | 2 |
| was left | 2 |
| against you and there remained | 1 |
| among them until they that are left | 1 |
| and he is left | 1 |
| and he that remaineth | 1 |
| and if there remain | 1 |
| and it came to pass that they which remained | 1 |
| and leave | 1 |
| and left | 1 |
| and let the rest | 1 |
| and let us not leave | 1 |
| and shall not leave | 1 |
| and she was left | 1 |
| and such as are left | 1 |
| and the rest | 1 |
| and there remaineth | 1 |
| and they that are left | 1 |
| and they that remain | 1 |
| and those which remain | 1 |
| and upon them that are left | 1 |
| and whosoever remaineth | 1 |
| be left behind | 1 |
| because he hath nothing left | 1 |
| behold that which is left | 1 |
| but he that remaineth | 1 |
| but there remained | 1 |
| for me and for them that are left | 1 |
| for we are left | 1 |
| for we remain | 1 |
| had left | 1 |
| hath left | 1 |
| him until none was left | 1 |
| i will also leave | 1 |
| if i leave | 1 |
| is left | 1 |
| neither did he leave | 1 |
| neither left | 1 |
| none remained | 1 |
| of them that remain | 1 |
| of them were not left | 1 |
| shall not leave | 1 |
| that were left | 1 |
| that yet remaineth | 1 |
| them and i was left | 1 |
| them neither left | 1 |
| them there remained | 1 |
| them until they left | 1 |
| them whom i reserve | 1 |
| there and they that remained | 1 |
| there is not ought left | 1 |
| there was none left | 1 |
| therefore i was left alone | 1 |
| these behold i was left | 1 |
| they let | 1 |
| they may remain | 1 |
| they shall leave | 1 |
| they shall remain | 1 |
| to leave | 1 |
| to the remnant | 1 |
| until he had left | 1 |
| until he left | 1 |
| unto me the remnant | 1 |
| we left | 1 |
| which are left | 1 |
| which is left | 1 |
| which remain | 1 |
| which remained | 1 |
| which remaineth | 1 |
| which shall be left | 1 |
| which were left | 1 |
| who remained | 1 |
| yet i have left | 1 |
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both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
Read word by wordBut when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.
Read word by wordSo the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.
Read word by wordThe next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
Read word by wordAnd Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”
Read word by wordAnd Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
Read word by wordMay God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”
Read word by wordNow the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
Read word by wordAs soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
Read word by wordAs soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
Read word by wordNevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
Read word by wordHe banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.47
They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
Read word by wordBut one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”
Read word by wordSo Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.
Read word by wordThen Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them.
Read word by wordWhen Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
Read word by wordThen Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
Read word by wordJehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
Read word by wordSo the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
Read word by wordAnd the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
Read word by wordHe carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
Read word by wordThen Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
Read word by wordBut the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
Read word by wordNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
Read word by wordAnd he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
Read word by wordSo they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.
Read word by wordAt the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
Read word by word“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
Read word by wordAnd let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”
Read word by wordBut now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
Read word by wordO LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
Read word by wordHanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAnd they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
Read word by wordSo how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
Read word by wordWhoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
Read word by wordOn that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Read word by wordThere will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordYet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
Read word by wordTherefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.
Read word by wordThe city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
Read word by wordAnd the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
Read word by wordThen you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
Read word by wordAnd wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
Read word by word‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
Read word by wordBut like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordas the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
Read word by wordIndeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
Read word by wordThen the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
Read word by wordAll the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
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