Strong's Hebrew · H8328
שֶׁרֶשׁ
sheresh · sheh'-resh
Definitiona root (literally or figuratively)
Derivationfrom H8327 (שָׁרַשׁ);
KJV usagebottom, deep, heel, root.
Occurrences33 in the KJV · 32 verses
שֶׁרֶשׁ in Scripture
Deuteronomy 29:18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
Judges 5:14
Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
2 Kings 19:30
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Job 8:17
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
Job 13:27
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Job 14:8
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
Job 19:28
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
Job 28:9
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Job 29:19
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
Job 30:4
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
Job 36:30
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
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