Jump to: ISBE • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms • Resources Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.2. (v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely. 3. (v. t.) To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth. 4. (n.) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag. 5. (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphytic orchids. 6. (n.) An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop. 7. (n.) That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like. 8. (n.) An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem. 9. (n.) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical. 10. (n.) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the source. 11. (n.) That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27. 12. (n.) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed. 13. (n.) The lowest place, position, or part. 14. (n.) The time which to reckon in making calculations. 15. (v. i.) To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow. 16. (v. i.) To be firmly fixed; to be established. 17. (v. t.) To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; -- used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted dislike. 18. (v. t.) To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up, out, or away. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia DAVID, ROOT OFroot (he rhiza Daueid, Revelation 5:5; Revelation 22:16): Root here means stock, family, descendant, hence, "the Root of David" is that which descended from David, not that from which David descended. Jesus Christ in His human nature and family connections was a descendant of David, a member of his family. ROOT root (shoresh; rhiza): Frequently mentioned in the Old Testament and New Testament, but almost always in a figurative sense, e.g. "root of the righteous" (Proverbs 12:3, 12); "root that beareth gall" (Deuteronomy 29:18); "Their root shall be as rottenness" (Isaiah 5:24); "root of bitterness" (Hebrews 12:15). Also of peoples: "they whose root is in Amalek" (Judges 5:14); of Assyria (Ezekiel 31:7); "Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up" (Hosea 9:16); "Judah shall again take root downward" (2 Kings 19:30; compare Isaiah 27:6; Isaiah 37:31); the root of Jesse (Isaiah 11:10 Romans 15:12); root of David (Revelation 5:5; Revelation 22:16). ROOT OF JESSE (shoresh yishay (Isaiah 11:10); rhiza tou Iessai (Romans 15:12)): The Hebrew and Greek words are practically the same in meaning. "Root" means descendant, branch of the family or stock. The Messianic king was to be of the family of Jesse the father of David. In Romans 15:12 Paul quotes the Septuagint of Isaiah 11:10. Jesus is a branch or descendant of the family of Jesse, as well as of David. ROOT OF DAVID See DAVID, ROOT OF. Greek 4491. rhiza -- a root ... a root. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: rhiza Phonetic Spelling: (hrid'-zah) Short Definition: a root, that which comes from the root Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4491.htm - 6k 4492. rhizoo -- to cause to take root 1610. ekrizoo -- to uproot 4998. sophron -- of sound mind, self-controlled 3474. moros -- dull, stupid, foolish 1388. dolos -- a bait, fig. craft, deceit 1143. dakno -- to bite 2348. thnesko -- to die 3105. mainomai -- to rage, be mad 2300. theaomai -- to behold, look upon Strong's Hebrew 8328. shoresh -- a root... 8327, 8328. shoresh. 8329 . a root. Transliteration: shoresh Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-resh) Short Definition: root. Word Origin ... /hebrew/8328.htm - 6k 5428. nathash -- to pull or pluck up, root out 6131. aqar -- to pluck or root up 8330. shoresh -- a root 6136a. iqqar -- root, stock 8329. Sheresh -- "root," a man of Manasseh 6136. iqqar -- root, stock 8327. sharash -- to deal with the roots 5423. nathaq -- to pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off 5255. nasach -- to pull or tear away Library Whether Covetousness is the Root of all Sins? The Poetry of a Root Crop "The Axe is Laid to the Root. " Seed Scattered and Taking Root Love is the Root of all Other Passions. ... Self is the Root, the Tree, and the Branches of all the Evils of ... Humility is the Root of Charity, and Meekness the Fruit of Both. . ... Fragment xxx. "The Axe unto the Root," He Says, Urging us to the ... Love the Root of all Good Things; Cupidity, of all Evil Ones. How the Old Law Would Root Out Anger not Only from the Actions but ... Thesaurus Root (54 Occurrences)... 4. (n.) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag. ... /r/root.htm - 28k Slayer (23 Occurrences) Alway (26 Occurrences) Kohathite (18 Occurrences) Kin (18 Occurrences) Conspire (18 Occurrences) Stablish (12 Occurrences) Cook (17 Occurrences) Ax (12 Occurrences) Aramean (17 Occurrences) Resources What is the meaning of root of Jesse in the Bible? | GotQuestions.orgWhat is a root of bitterness? | GotQuestions.org Why is the love of money the root of all kinds of evil? | GotQuestions.org Root: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Root (54 Occurrences)Matthew 3:10 Matthew 13:6 Matthew 13:21 Matthew 13:29 Mark 4:6 Mark 4:17 Luke 3:9 Luke 8:13 Luke 17:6 Romans 11:16 Romans 11:17 Romans 11:18 Romans 15:12 1 Timothy 6:10 Hebrews 12:15 Revelation 5:5 Revelation 22:16 Deuteronomy 29:18 Judges 5:14 1 Kings 14:15 2 Kings 19:30 Job 5:3 Job 14:8 Job 15:29 Job 19:28 Job 28:9 Job 29:19 Job 30:4 Job 31:12 Psalms 52:5 Psalms 80:9 Psalms 80:15 Proverbs 12:3 Proverbs 12:12 Proverbs 15:25 Isaiah 5:24 Isaiah 11:10 Isaiah 14:29 Isaiah 14:30 Isaiah 27:6 Isaiah 37:31 Isaiah 40:24 Isaiah 53:2 Jeremiah 1:10 Jeremiah 12:2 Lamentations 3:15 Lamentations 3:19 Ezekiel 31:7 Hosea 9:16 Hosea 14:5 Amos 2:9 Micah 5:14 Malachi 2:12 Malachi 4:1 Subtopics Related Terms |