Quick Definition
root
Strong's Definition
a root (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: from H8327 (שָׁרַשׁ);
KJV Usage: bottom, deep, heel, root.
TWOT Reference: 2471a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ (she.resh) — root. 1) root 1a) root (literal) 1b) root (of people involving firmness or permanence) (fig) 1c) root, bottom (as lowest stratum) (fig) Aramaic equivalent: sho.resh (שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ "root" H8330)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁרשׁ
Vegetation | ≈ גִּזַע · יֹונֵק · עָנָף · קָצִיר
root = a part of a plant normally below ground, which acts as a support and collects water and nourishment, ≈ associated with well-being, offspring, and the inclination of the mind
DEU 29:17 · JDG 5:14 · 2KI 19:30 · JOB 8:17 · JOB 14:8 · JOB 18:16 · JOB 29:19 · JOB 30:4 · PSA 80:10 · PRO 12:3 · PRO 12:12 · ISA 5:24 · ISA 11:1 · ISA 11:10 · ISA 14:29 · ISA 14:30 · ISA 37:31 · ISA 53:2 · JER 17:8 · EZK 17:6 · EZK 17:7 · EZK 17:9 · EZK 17:9 · EZK 31:7 · DAN 11:7 · HOS 9:16 · HOS 14:6 · AMO 2:9 · MAL 3:19
Happen
root > cause literally: root of a matter; hence: = a person or event that gives rise to (another) event
1 JDG 5:14 MT HOTTP-C שׁרשׁם בעמלק NIV "whose roots were in Amalek" NJPS "they whose roots are in Amalek" CEV "where Amalekites once lived" | RSV "they set out thither into the valley" NRSV "they set out into the valley" REB "rallied in the vale" = שר שם בעמק | NJB "princes of ... are in the valley" = שרים בעמק
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ n.m. root base