8328. shoresh

Strong's Lexicon

shoresh: Root

Original Word: שֶׁרֶשׁ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: sheresh
Pronunciation: sho-resh
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-resh)
Definition: Root
Meaning: a root

Word Origin: Derived from the root שָׁרַשׁ (sharash), meaning "to root" or "to take root."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 4491: ῥίζα (rhiza) - meaning "root," used in similar metaphorical contexts in the New Testament, such as in Romans 11:16-18 and Revelation 22:16.

Usage: The Hebrew word "shoresh" primarily refers to the root of a plant, symbolizing the source or origin of life and growth. It is used metaphorically in the Bible to denote foundational aspects, such as the root of a family, nation, or spiritual truth. The term can also imply stability, depth, and the unseen source of visible growth.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, agriculture was a central part of life, and the imagery of plants and roots was commonly understood. The root of a plant was seen as essential for its survival and fruitfulness, making it a powerful metaphor for spiritual and communal life. The concept of roots also played a role in genealogies and heritage, emphasizing the importance of one's origins and lineage.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a root
NASB Translation
base (1), deep root (1), depths (1), line (1), pretext (1), root (17), roots (10), soles (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ noun masculine^{Deut 29:17} root; — ׳שׁ absolute Deuteronomy 29:17 +, construct Isaiah 11:10 +; suffix שָׁרְשִׁי Job 29:19, etc.; plural construct שָׁרְשֵׁי Job 13:27 (see below) Job 36: suffix שָֽׁרָשָׁיו Amos 2:9 +, שָֽׁרָשֶׁיהָ Ezekiel 17:7 +; —

1 root of people under figure of tree, involving firmness, permanence, Amos 2:9; Hosea 9:16; Hosea 14:6; Isaiah 14:30; 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31; — שָׁרְשָׁם Judges 5:14 is probably corrupt, see GFM; — so of person (compare Phoenician, Eshmunazar¹¹ GACooke^{pp. 30, 36}) Isaiah 5:24; Malachi 3:19; Job 8:17; Job 18:16; Job 29:19; Proverbs 12:3,12; = stock, family Isaiah 11:1,10; Daniel 11:7, compare (of serpent) Isaiah 14:29; = source or cause Deuteronomy 29:17, דָּבָר ׳שׁ Job 19:28.

2 literally root of tree or shrub Jeremiah 17:8 (simile), Ezekiel 31:7 (metaphor of people). Isaiah 53:2 (simile), Job 14:8; Job 30:4; of vine (metaphor of people) Ezekiel 17:6,7,9 (twice in verse); Psalm 80:10 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb with שׁרשׁ Hiph`il).

3 root, figurative=lowest stratum, of mountain Job 28:9, of sea Job 36:30= bottom (text strange and dubious: Du רָאשֵׁי הָרִים, with אֵרוֺ in v^a); of feet, שָׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי Job 13:27, i.e. soles Ew Di De Da and others (elsewhere כַּף), Bu place of treading, footholds; Du (arbitrarily) שָׁרְשִׁי, strike out רגלי.

[שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ] noun masculine^{Dan 4:12} root (see Biblical Hebrew); — plural suffix שָׁרְשׁוֺ֫הִי of tree Daniel 4:12; Daniel 4:20; Daniel 4:23.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bottom, deep, heel, root

From sharash; a root (literally or figuratively) -- bottom, deep, heel, root.

see HEBREW sharash

Forms and Transliterations

וְכַשֹּׁ֙רֶשׁ֙ וְשָׁרְשֵׁ֖י וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יו וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ וכשרש ושרש ושרשי ושרשיו מִשָּׁרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃ מִשָּׁרָשָׁ֥יו מִשֹּׁ֣רֶשׁ מִשֹּׁ֤רֶשׁ משרש משרשיה׃ משרשיו רשיה שָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יו שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו שָׁ֝רָשֶׁ֗יהָ שָׁרְשִׁ֣י שָׁרְשֵׁ֔ךְ שָׁרְשֵׁ֥י שָׁרְשָׁ֥ם שָׁרְשָׁם֙ שָׁרְשׁ֑וֹ שָׁרְשׁ֖וֹ שָׁרֳשֶׁ֣יהָ שָׁרָשֶׁ֖יהָ שָׁרָשֶׁ֨יהָ שָׁרָשָׁ֖יו שֹׁ֛רֶשׁ שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ שֹׁ֥רֶשׁ שרש שרשו שרשי שרשיה שרשיו שרשך שרשם miš·šā·rā·šāw miš·šā·rā·še·hā miš·šō·reš mishsharaShav mishsharaSheiha mishShoresh miššārāšāw miššārāšehā miššōreš rā·še·hā rāšehā raSheiha šā·rā·šāw šā·rā·še·hā šā·rə·šām šā·rə·šê šā·rə·šêḵ šā·rə·šî šā·rə·šōw šā·ro·še·hā šārāšāw šārāšehā šārəšām šārəšê šārəšêḵ šārəšî šārəšōw šārošehā sharaShav sharaSheiha shareSham shareShech shareShei shareShi shareSho Shoresh shoroSheiha šō·reš šōreš vechashShoresh vesharaShav veshareShei veShoresh wə·ḵaš·šō·reš wə·šā·rā·šāw wə·šā·rə·šê wə·šō·reš wəḵaššōreš wəšārāšāw wəšārəšê wəšōreš

Englishman's Concordance

Deuteronomy 29:18
HEB: יֵ֣שׁ בָּכֶ֗ם שֹׁ֛רֶשׁ פֹּרֶ֥ה רֹ֖אשׁ
NAS: that there will not be among you a root bearing
KJV: lest there should be among you a root that beareth
INT: so there A root bearing poisonous

Judges 5:14
HEB: מִנִּ֣י אֶפְרַ֗יִם שָׁרְשָׁם֙ בַּעֲמָלֵ֔ק אַחֲרֶ֥יךָ
NAS: From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek
KJV: Out of Ephraim [was there] a root of them against Amalek;
INT: From Ephraim root Amalek Following

2 Kings 19:30
HEB: יְהוּדָ֛ה הַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖ה שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ לְמָ֑טָּה וְעָשָׂ֥ה
NAS: will again take root downward
KJV: shall yet again take root downward,
INT: of Judah the surviving root downward and bear

Job 8:17
HEB: עַל־ גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית
NAS: His roots wrap around a rock pile,
KJV: His roots are wrapped about the heap,
INT: and A rock his roots wrap A house

Job 13:27
HEB: אָרְחוֹתָ֑י עַל־ שָׁרְשֵׁ֥י רַ֝גְלַ֗י תִּתְחַקֶּֽה׃
NAS: You set a limit for the soles of my feet,
KJV: thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
INT: my paths for the soles of my feet set

Job 14:8
HEB: יַזְקִ֣ין בָּאָ֣רֶץ שָׁרְשׁ֑וֹ וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר יָמ֥וּת
NAS: Though its roots grow old
KJV: Though the root thereof wax old
INT: grow the ground roots the dry dies

Job 18:16
HEB: מִ֭תַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל
NAS: His roots are dried below,
KJV: His roots shall be dried up
INT: Thahash his roots are dried and above

Job 19:28
HEB: נִּרְדָּף־ ל֑וֹ וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ דָּ֝בָ֗ר נִמְצָא־
NAS: shall we persecute him?' And 'What pretext for a case
KJV: Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter
INT: How persecute pretext A case is found

Job 28:9
HEB: יָד֑וֹ הָפַ֖ךְ מִשֹּׁ֣רֶשׁ הָרִֽים׃
NAS: the mountains at the base.
KJV: the mountains by the roots.
INT: his hand overturns the base the mountains

Job 29:19
HEB: שָׁרְשִׁ֣י פָת֣וּחַ אֱלֵי־
NAS: My root is spread out to the waters,
KJV: My root [was] spread out
INT: my root is spread to

Job 30:4
HEB: עֲלֵי־ שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃
NAS: And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
KJV: and juniper roots [for] their meat.
INT: by the bushes is the root of the broom food

Job 36:30
HEB: עָלָ֣יו אוֹר֑וֹ וְשָׁרְשֵׁ֖י הַיָּ֣ם כִּסָּֽה׃
NAS: Him, And He covers the depths of the sea.
KJV: upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
INT: about his lightning the depths of the sea covers

Psalm 80:9
HEB: לְפָנֶ֑יהָ וַתַּשְׁרֵ֥שׁ שָׁ֝רָשֶׁ֗יהָ וַתְּמַלֵּא־ אָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: it, And it took deep root and filled
KJV: [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root,
INT: before took deep and filled the land

Proverbs 12:3
HEB: אָדָ֣ם בְּרֶ֑שַׁע וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים בַּל־
NAS: by wickedness, But the root of the righteous
KJV: by wickedness: but the root of the righteous
INT: A man wickedness the root of the righteous lest

Proverbs 12:12
HEB: מְצ֣וֹד רָעִ֑ים וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ צַדִּיקִ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃
NAS: of evil men, But the root of the righteous
KJV: of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous
INT: the booty of evil the root of the righteous yields

Isaiah 5:24
HEB: לֶֽהָבָה֙ יִרְפֶּ֔ה שָׁרְשָׁם֙ כַּמָּ֣ק יִֽהְיֶ֔ה
NAS: into the flame, So their root will become
KJV: the chaff, [so] their root shall be as rottenness,
INT: the flame collapses their root rot will become

Isaiah 11:1
HEB: יִשָׁ֑י וְנֵ֖צֶר מִשָּׁרָשָׁ֥יו יִפְרֶֽה׃
NAS: And a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
KJV: shall grow out of his roots:
INT: of Jesse branch his roots will bear

Isaiah 11:10
HEB: בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ יִשַׁ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר
NAS: will resort to the root of Jesse,
KJV: And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse,
INT: day he to the root of Jesse Who

Isaiah 14:29
HEB: מַכֵּ֑ךְ כִּֽי־ מִשֹּׁ֤רֶשׁ נָחָשׁ֙ יֵ֣צֵא
NAS: For from the serpent's root a viper
KJV: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth
INT: struck Because root the serpent's will come

Isaiah 14:30
HEB: וְהֵמַתִּ֤י בָֽרָעָב֙ שָׁרְשֵׁ֔ךְ וּשְׁאֵרִיתֵ֖ךְ יַהֲרֹֽג׃
NAS: I will destroy your root with famine,
KJV: and I will kill thy root with famine,
INT: will destroy famine your root your survivors will kill

Isaiah 37:31
HEB: יְהוּדָ֛ה הַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖ה שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ לְמָ֑טָּה וְעָשָׂ֥ה
NAS: will again take root downward
KJV: shall again take root downward,
INT: of Judah the surviving root downward and bear

Isaiah 53:2
HEB: כַּיּוֹנֵ֜ק לְפָנָ֗יו וְכַשֹּׁ֙רֶשׁ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֔ה
NAS: Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched
KJV: him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry
INT: A tender before A root ground of parched

Jeremiah 17:8
HEB: יוּבַל֙ יְשַׁלַּ֣ח שָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יו וְלֹ֤א [יִרָא
NAS: That extends its roots by a stream
KJV: and [that] spreadeth out her roots by the river,
INT: A stream extends roots Nor affright

Ezekiel 17:6
HEB: דָּלִיּוֹתָיו֙ אֵלָ֔יו וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יו תַּחְתָּ֣יו יִֽהְי֑וּ
NAS: toward him, but its roots remained
KJV: turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine,
INT: branches toward roots under remained

Ezekiel 17:7
HEB: הַזֹּ֜את כָּֽפְנָ֧ה שָׁרֳשֶׁ֣יהָ עָלָ֗יו וְדָֽלִיּוֹתָיו֙
NAS: bent its roots toward
KJV: did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth
INT: likewise bent roots toward branches

33 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8328
33 Occurrences

miš·šā·rā·šāw — 1 Occ.
miš·šā·rā·še·hā — 1 Occ.
miš·šō·reš — 2 Occ.
rā·še·hā — 1 Occ.
šā·rā·šāw — 4 Occ.
šā·rā·še·hā — 2 Occ.
šā·rə·šām — 3 Occ.
šā·rə·šêḵ — 1 Occ.
šā·rə·šê — 1 Occ.
šā·rə·šî — 1 Occ.
šā·rə·šōw — 2 Occ.
šō·reš — 5 Occ.
šā·ro·še·hā — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵaš·šō·reš — 1 Occ.
wə·šā·rā·šāw — 2 Occ.
wə·šā·rə·šê — 1 Occ.
wə·šō·reš — 4 Occ.