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Shear-jashub — the meaning of the Hebrew name שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב

שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב

Shᵉʼâr Yâshûwb · pronounced sheh-awr'yaw-shoob' · Strong's H7610 · a man

Shear-jashub means a remnant will return.

Built from

שְׁאָר shᵉʼâr (from, H7605) — a remainder open in the lexicon ›

שׁוּב shûwb (and, H7725) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H7605 and H7725; a remnant will return; Shear-Jashub, the symbolic name of one of Isaiah's sons.

First appearance

Isa 7:3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear–jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field; (KJV)

Every verse that names Shear-jashub

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Isaiah

Isa 7:3

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