7610. Shear Yashub
Lexical Summary
Shear Yashub: A remnant will return

Original Word: שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Sh'ar Yashuwb
Pronunciation: sheh-ahr yah-shoov
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh-awr'yaw-shoob')
KJV: Shear-jashub
NASB: Shear-jashub
Word Origin: [from H7605 (שְׁאָר - rest) and H7725 (שׁוּב - return)]

1. a remnant will return
2. Shear-Jashub, the symbolic name of one of Isaiah's sons

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Shear-jashub

From sh'ar and shuwb; a remnant will return; Shear-Jashub, the symbolic name of one of Isaiah's sons -- Shear-jashub.

see HEBREW sh'ar

see HEBREW shuwb

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from shear and shub
Definition
"a remnant shall return," son of Isaiah
NASB Translation
Shear-jashub (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב proper name, masculine of Isaiah's son Isaiah 7:3 ( = a remnant shall return, compare Isaiah 10:21; ᵐ5 ὁ καταλειφθείς Ἰασουβ).

Topical Lexicon
Name and Narrative Setting

Shear-jashub appears only once as a proper name, in Isaiah 7:3, where Isaiah is sent by the Lord to confront King Ahaz during the Syro-Ephraimite crisis. The boy’s presence, and especially his divinely given name, functions as a prophetic sign: “a remnant will return.” In Isaiah’s ministry his sons are living object lessons (compare Maher-shalal-hash-baz in Isaiah 8:3), their names encapsulating the Lord’s message to Judah.

Historical Context

Around 734 BC, the kingdoms of Aram (Syria) and Israel (Ephraim) formed an alliance against Assyria and tried to coerce Judah into joining. Ahaz, fearful, considered foreign help. Isaiah meets Ahaz at Jerusalem’s water supply—strategic in siege warfare—accompanied by Shear-jashub. The king is urged to trust the Lord rather than human alliances. The encounter situates the boy within a decisive political and theological moment, stressing that God, not political maneuvering, preserves His people.

Prophetic Symbolism of the Remnant

The compound message in the name (“remnant” and “return”) balances judgment and hope. Judah’s unbelief will invite devastation, yet God guarantees survival of a faithful core. Isaiah’s later oracle recasts the same wording in Isaiah 10:21-22: “A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob, to the Mighty God.” The proper name in 7:3 thus anticipates later thematic development: exile will purify, but covenant promises remain intact.

Theological Themes

1. Covenant Fidelity: The remnant motif confirms that the Abrahamic-Davidic covenants are irrevocable (Genesis 17:7; 2 Samuel 7:15-16).
2. Divine Sovereignty in Judgment and Salvation: God both disciplines His people and preserves them.
3. Faith versus Fear: Ahaz embodies fear; Shear-jashub embodies the assurance that God’s plan will not fail.
4. Assurance of Future Restoration: The name points forward to the post-exilic return (Ezra 1-3) and the eschatological gathering (Isaiah 11:11-12).

Connections within Scripture

Isaiah 10:20-22 expands Shear-jashub’s meaning to national scale.
Micah 2:12 and Zephaniah 3:12 echo the concept of a purified remnant.
• Paul cites Isaiah 10:22 in Romans 9:27 to explain Israel’s partial hardening and the certainty of a believing remnant within God’s redemptive plan for Jew and Gentile.
Revelation 12:17 depicts a final remnant “who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus,” showing the enduring relevance of the motif.

Christological Implications

The Shear-jashub sign precedes the Immanuel sign (Isaiah 7:14). Together they frame a dual assurance: a surviving remnant and a coming child through whom God is “with us.” New Testament writers view Jesus Christ as the true embodiment of God-with-us and the guarantor that a remnant is preserved (Matthew 1:22-23; Romans 11:5). Thus the boy standing beside Isaiah foreshadows the greater Son who secures the return not merely from geographic exile but from sin and death.

Ministry and Devotional Application

• Encouragement amid Decline: Believers laboring in settings of widespread unbelief can take heart that God always reserves a remnant (1 Kings 19:18).
• Call to Faithfulness: The remnant are those who trust God when the majority falter; pastors can challenge congregations to steadfast loyalty rather than cultural compromise.
• Hope for Restoration: Personal or corporate setbacks are not the final word; the God who promised a remnant also orchestrates their return.
• Mission Focus: The inclusion of a remnant from “every nation” (Revelation 7:9-14) fuels evangelistic zeal; the church is God’s instrument to gather them.

Related Scripture Passages

Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 10:20-22; Isaiah 11:11-12; Micah 2:12; Zephaniah 3:12-13; Romans 9:27; Romans 11:5; Revelation 12:17.

Forms and Transliterations
יָשׁ֣וּב ישוב yā·šūḇ yaShuv yāšūḇ
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Englishman's Concordance
Isaiah 7:3
HEB: אַתָּ֕ה וּשְׁאָ֖ר יָשׁ֣וּב בְּנֶ֑ךָ אֶל־
NAS: you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end
KJV: Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son,
INT: Ahaz you Shear-jashub and your son at

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 7610
1 Occurrence


yā·šūḇ — 1 Occ.

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