What does שָׂרִיד mean in the Bible?
שָׂרִיד is a Hebrew word meaning "a survivor".
Hebrew · H8300
שָׂרִיד
A survivor
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שָׂרִיד H8300
What does שָׂרִיד mean in the Bible?
שָׂרִיד is a Hebrew word meaning "a survivor".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8300?
The BSB source-word alignment has 28 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include survivors (9), survivor (5), the survivors (2), - (1), among the remnant (1).
Where does שָׂרִיד appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Numbers 21:35. Its strongest book concentrations include Joshua (9), Jeremiah (4), Job (4), Deuteronomy (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It survivors 9× Deuteronomy 2:34, Joshua 10:28, Joshua 10:30, Joshua 10:33
survivor 5× Deuteronomy 3:3, Joshua 8:22, 2 Kings 10:11, Job 18:19
the survivors 2× Numbers 24:19, Judges 5:13
- 1× Numbers 21:35
among the remnant 1× Joel 2:32
and devour what is left 1× Job 20:26
and the remaining 1× Joshua 10:20
His survivors 1× Job 27:15
is left 1× Job 20:21
or survive 1× Jeremiah 44:14
or survived 1× Lamentations 2:22
remaining 1× Jeremiah 47:4
survive 1× Jeremiah 42:17
their survivors 1× Obadiah 1:14
who survived 1× Jeremiah 31:2
Show sample aligned rows
Numbers 21:35 שָׂרִ֑יד to - Noun - masculine singular Numbers 24:19 שָׂרִ֖יד to the survivors Noun - masculine singular Deuteronomy 2:34 שָׂרִֽיד׃ to survivors Noun - masculine singular Deuteronomy 3:3 שָׂרִֽיד׃ to survivor Noun - masculine singular Joshua 8:22 שָׂרִ֥יד to survivor Noun - masculine singular Joshua 10:20 וְהַשְּׂרִידִים֙ to and the remaining Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Joshua 10:28 שָׂרִ֑יד to survivors Noun - masculine singular Joshua 10:30 שָׂרִ֑יד to survivors Noun - masculine singular Joshua 10:33 שָׂרִֽיד׃ to survivors Noun - masculine singular Joshua 10:37 שָׂרִ֔יד to survivors Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Numbers 21:35
Aligned rows 28
Books represented 11
Numbers 2 Deuteronomy 2 Joshua 9 Judges 1 2 Kings 1 Job 4 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 4 Lamentations 1 Joel 1 Obadiah 2
Source forms
שָׂרִ֑יד 5x śā·rîḏ Numbers 21:35, Joshua 10:28, Joshua 10:30, Joshua 10:39
שָׂרִֽיד׃ 5x śā·rîḏ Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 3:3, Joshua 10:33, Joshua 11:8
שָׂרִ֣יד 3x śā·rîḏ Job 20:26, Jeremiah 42:17, Jeremiah 47:4
שָׂרִ֖יד 2x śā·rîḏ Numbers 24:19, Isaiah 1:9
שָׂרִ֥יד 2x śā·rîḏ Joshua 8:22, Job 20:21
שָׂרִ֔יד 2x śā·rîḏ Joshua 10:37, Judges 5:13
וּבַ֨שְּׂרִידִ֔ים 1x ū·ḇaś·śə·rî·ḏîm Joel 2:32
וְהַשְּׂרִידִים֙ 1x wə·haś·śə·rî·ḏîm Joshua 10:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 21x Numbers 21:35, Numbers 24:19, Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 3:3
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 2x Jeremiah 44:14, Lamentations 2:22
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular 2x Job 27:15, Obadiah 1:14
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural 1x Joshua 10:20
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural 1x Joel 2:32
Noun - masculine plural construct 1x Jeremiah 31:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a survivor
Source Gloss
a survivor
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a survivor BDB: survivor Usage: × alive, left, remain(-ing), remnant, rest.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שָׂרִיד is built from this root:
שָׂרַד H8277
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain