shear · rest, remainder

What it means

shear (שְׁאָר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “rest, remainder”.

The rest, what remains (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shear".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The others, what remains.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×8
• Daniel×4

• Ezra 4:9

  Then Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions: the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, the Dehaites, the Elamites,

• Ezra 4:10

  and the rest of the nations whom Osnappar, the great and noble, carried into exile and settled them in the city of Samaria, and the rest of the other side of the river. And now:

• Ezra 4:17

  The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions who live in Samaria and the rest of the other side of the river: Peace. And now:

• Ezra 6:16

  And the sons of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the sons of the exile, celebrated the dedication of this house of Elah with joy.

• Ezra 7:18

  And whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, you shall do it according to the will of your Elah.

• Ezra 7:20

  And the rest of what is needed for the house of your Elah, which falls to you to give, you shall give from the house of the treasures of the king.

• Daniel 2:18

  and told them to ask for compassion from before the Elah of the heavens concerning this mystery, so that they would not destroy Daniel and his companions with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

• Daniel 7:7

  After this I was looking in the visions of the night, and look, a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong; and it had great teeth of iron; it devoured and crushed, and the rest it trampled with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

• Daniel 7:12

  And as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but a lengthening of life was given them for a season and a time.

• Daniel 7:19

  Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all of them, exceedingly terrifying, whose teeth were of iron and its claws of bronze, which devoured, crushed, and trampled the rest with its feet;

And 2 more times.