Sheer means “flesh” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7607 שְׁאֵר (sh'er) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. sh'er (sheh-ayr') n-m. 1. flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food 2. (generally) food of any kind It has 16 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include flesh, any, and food. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
sh'er (sheh-ayr') n-m. 1. flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food 2. (generally) food of any kind 3. (figuratively) kindred by blood [from H7604] KJV: body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin). Root(s): H7604
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flesh
Usage: 1) flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman 1a) flesh 1a1) as food 1a2) for physical power (fig) 1b) flesh relation, blood relation 1c) self Also means: sha.a.rah (שַׁאֲרָה "kinswomen" H7608)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sh'er, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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16 indexed usages in Old Testament.
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7607.
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.
Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7607, grouped by book.
Sheer (Strong's H7607) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "flesh". sh'er (sheh-ayr') n-m. 1. flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food 2. (generally) food of any kind
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's H7607 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7607 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as flesh, any, and food. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.