What does שְׁאֵר (šĕʾēr) mean in the Bible?
שְׁאֵר (šĕʾēr): Flesh as physical substance extends to kinship: blood relatives are your own flesh, your nearest kin.
Hebrew · H7607
שְׁאֵר
Flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
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שְׁאֵר H7607
Pronunciation šĕʾēr
What does שְׁאֵר (šĕʾēr) mean in the Bible?
שְׁאֵר (šĕʾēr): Flesh as physical substance extends to kinship: blood relatives are your own flesh, your nearest kin.
Full entry for שְׁאֵר (H7607) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7607?
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include close relative (3), and strip the flesh (1), and to my flesh (1), and your body (1), any close relative (1).
Where does שְׁאֵר (šĕʾēr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 21:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Leviticus (6), Psalms (3), Micah (2), Proverbs (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It close relative 3× Leviticus 18:6, Leviticus 18:12, Leviticus 18:13
and strip the flesh 1× Micah 3:2
and to my flesh 1× Jeremiah 51:35
and your body 1× Proverbs 5:11
any close relative 1× Leviticus 25:49
family 1× Leviticus 21:2
meat 1× Psalms 78:27
My flesh 1× Psalms 73:26
of kin 1× Numbers 27:11
on himself 1× Proverbs 11:17
one’s own kin 1× Leviticus 20:19
the flesh 1× Micah 3:3
the food 1× Exodus 21:10
with meat 1× Psalms 78:20
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 21:10 שְׁאֵרָ֛הּ to the food Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Leviticus 18:6 שְׁאֵ֣ר to close relative Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 18:12 שְׁאֵ֥ר to close relative Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 18:13 שְׁאֵ֥ר to close relative Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 20:19 שְׁאֵר֛וֹ to one’s own kin Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Leviticus 21:2 לִשְׁאֵר֔וֹ to family Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Leviticus 25:49 מִשְּׁאֵ֧ר to any close relative Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Numbers 27:11 לִשְׁאֵר֞וֹ to of kin Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Psalms 73:26 שְׁאֵרִ֗י to My flesh Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Psalms 78:20 שְׁאֵ֣ר to with meat Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 21:10
Aligned rows 16
Books represented 7
Exodus 1 Leviticus 6 Numbers 1 Psalms 3 Proverbs 2 Jeremiah 1 Micah 2
Source forms
שְׁאֵ֣ר 3x šə·’êr Leviticus 18:6, Psalms 78:20, Micah 3:3
שְׁאֵ֥ר 2x šə·’êr Leviticus 18:12, Leviticus 18:13
וּשְׁאֵרִי֙ 1x ū·šə·’ê·rî Jeremiah 51:35
וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃ 1x ū·šə·’ê·re·ḵā Proverbs 5:11
וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם 1x ū·šə·’ê·rām Micah 3:2
לִשְׁאֵר֔וֹ 1x liš·’ê·rōw Leviticus 21:2
לִשְׁאֵר֞וֹ 1x liš·’ê·rōw Numbers 27:11
מִשְּׁאֵ֧ר 1x miš·šə·’êr Leviticus 25:49
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular construct 4x Leviticus 18:6, Leviticus 18:12, Leviticus 18:13, Micah 3:3
Noun - masculine singular 2x Psalms 78:20, Psalms 78:27
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 2x Leviticus 20:19, Proverbs 11:17
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 2x Leviticus 21:2, Numbers 27:11
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular 1x Jeremiah 51:35
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular 1x Proverbs 5:11
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural 1x Micah 3:2
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular 1x Psalms 73:26
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Flesh as physical substance extends to kinship: blood relatives are your own flesh, your nearest kin.
Source Gloss
flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Flesh as physical substance extends to kinship: blood relatives are your own flesh, your nearest kin.
flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood BDB: flesh Usage: body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
blood relatives, those related by flesh, prohibited sexual relations
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Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain