Strong H8327שָׁרַשׁ

to uproot

Transliteration
shârash
Pronunciation
shaw-rash'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to {root} that {is} strike into the {soil} or (by implication) to pluck from it: - ({take} cause to take) root (out).

Detailed definition

1) to uproot, take root, deal with the roots
1a) (Piel) to root up, root out
1b) (Pual) to be rooted up or out (of produce)
1c) (Poel) to take root
1d) (Poal) to take root
1e) (Hiphil) to take root, cause to take root

In the Bible

Strong H8327 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • root6
  • take2

First verses

  1. Job 5:3
    I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
  2. Job 31:8
    Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
  3. Job 31:12
    For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
  4. Psalms 52:5
    God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
  5. Psalms 80:9
    Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
  6. Isaiah 27:6
    He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
  7. Isaiah 40:24
    Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
  8. Jeremiah 12:2
    Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
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