shere · loosen; begin; dwell

What it means

shere (שְׁרֵא) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “loosen; begin; dwell”.

To loosen, to untie; hence, to begin something; also to dwell (Aramaic).

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. Loosen, untie; go slack.
2. To start a piece of work for the first time.
3. To dwell, be present in a place or with someone.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• began ×1
• dwells ×1
• loose ×1
• loosen ×1
• loosening ×1
• were loosened ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Ezra×1
• Daniel×5

• Ezra 5:2

  Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of Elah which is in Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of Elah, supporting them.

• Daniel 2:22

  He reveals the deep things and the hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

• Daniel 3:25

  He answered and said, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no harm in them; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”

• Daniel 5:6

  Then the king’s color changed and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his hips were loosened, and his knees knocked one against the other.

• Daniel 5:12

  because an extraordinary spirit and knowledge and insight for interpreting dreams and declaring riddles and loosening knots were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.”

• Daniel 5:16

  But I have heard of you that you can give interpretations and loosen knots. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold will be on your neck, and as third in the kingdom you will rule.”