Lexicon shera: to loosen, abide Original Word: שְׁרָאPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: shera Phonetic Spelling: (sher-ay') Short Definition: began NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin(Aramaic) corresponding to sharahDefinitionto loosen, abide NASB Translationbegan (1), dwells (1), loosed (1), solve (1), solving (1), went slack (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ שְׁרָא] verb 1. loosen. 2 abide (see Biblical Hebrew I. שׁרה); — Pe`al Infinitive לְמִשְׁרֵא Daniel 5:16; read ׳מִשׁ also Daniel 5:12, for ׳מְשָׁ (K§ 40 n M87* and others); — Passive participle שְׁרֵא (K§ 47. Beisp. f)) Daniel 2:22; plural שְׁרַיִן Daniel 3:25; — 1 loosen: literal passive participle loosed Daniel 3:25 (opposed to bound); figurative loosen knots, i.e. solve difficulties, Daniel 5:12,16. 2 abide (from loosening girths, loads, at encampment; compare ᵑ7 Late Hebrew [also on passive participle]), figurative Daniel 2:22 (עִם of person). Pa`el Perfect3masculine plural שָׁרִיו Ezra 5:2 begin (see Biblical Hebrew III. [חָלַל] Hiph`il 2), followed by infinitive Hithpa. Participle masculine plural מִשְׁתָּרַ֫יִן Daniel 5:6 joints were loosened (in fear).
Strong's begin, dissolve, dwell, loose (Aramaic) a root corresponding to that of sheruwth; to free, separate; figuratively, to unravel, commence; by implication (of unloading beasts) to reside -- begin, dissolve, dwell, loose. see HEBREW sheruwth |
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