Definition
a primitive root; to root, i.e. strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it
Traditional renderings: (take, cause to take) root (out).
Traditional renderings: (take, cause to take) root (out).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁרַשׁ:
- τέκνονteknon“child”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Job 5:3מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ · taking rootI have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
- Job 31:8יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃ · be uprooted…then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
- Job 31:12תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃ · it would root outFor it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
- Psalm 52:5וְשֵֽׁרֶשְׁךָ֨ · He will uproot youSurely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Psalm 80:9וַתַּשְׁרֵ֥שׁ · and it tookYou cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
- Isaiah 27:6יַשְׁרֵ֣שׁ · will take rootIn the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Isaiah 40:24שֹׁרֵ֥שׁ · taken rootNo sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
- Jeremiah 12:2שֹׁרָ֔שׁוּ · they have taken rootYou planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.