What does שְׁאֵר · בָּשָׂר mean in the Bible?
שְׁאֵר · בָּשָׂר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "flesh relation, close kin".
Hebrew · H7607, H1320
שְׁאֵר בְּשָׂרוֹ
Flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood · flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
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שְׁאֵר H7607 flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
Pronunciation šĕʾēr
Flesh as physical substance extends to kinship: blood relatives are your own flesh, your nearest kin.
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בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
Pronunciation bāšār
Flesh as the vulnerable human body, emphasizing mortality, kinship, and bodily shame or nakedness.
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What does שְׁאֵר בְּשָׂרוֹ (she'er besaro) mean in the Bible?
שְׁאֵר · בָּשָׂר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "flesh relation, close kin".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7607, H1320?
H7607, H1320 is connected to 286 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. flesh relation, close kin
Strong's H7607, H1320
Lexical occurrences 286 verses Source Gloss
flesh relation, close kin
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שְׁאֵר בְּשָׂרוֹ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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