40 occurrences

'Root' in the Bible

The hand of Yahweh was against them to root them out from the midst of the camp until they perished completely.

Verse ConceptsDeath As PunishmentGod Opposing

so that {there is not} among you a man or a woman or a clan or a tribe {whose heart} turns {today} from [being] with Yahweh our God to go to serve the gods of these nations, so that there is not among you a root sprouting poison and wormwood.

Verse ConceptsHuman WillFamilies, Nature OfFalse ConfidenceHeart, HumanParticipation, In SinPoisonRootsFruits Of SinBitter FoodBitterness

From Ephraim [is] their root into Amalek, after you, Benjamin, with your family; from Makir [the] commanders went down, and from Zebulun [those] carrying [the] scepter of [the] military commander.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankRootsStaff

Yahweh will strike Israel as one shakes the reed plant in the water, and he will root Israel up from this good land that he gave to their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the River because they have made their sacred poles [which are] provoking Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsFalse Godsdispersion, theReedsRootsGod Scattering IsraelGod Beating PeopleGod ShakingBeyond The EuphratesServing Asherah

The remainder of the house of Judah which survives will again [take] root below and bear fruit above.

Verse ConceptsRootsSurvivors FavouredPotential Of FruitGod's People Planted

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

Verse ConceptsExperience, of lifeRootsThe Work Of Fools

though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the dust,

"If you say, 'How will we persecute him?' And 'The root of the trouble is found' in me,

Verse ConceptsRoots

You prepared [a place] before it, and {it took deep root} and filled [the] land.

Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesGod's People Plantedspace

A person will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

Verse ConceptsProverbsRighteous, TheRootsNot MovedgaysBeing GayA Good Manwickedness

The wicked covets the proceeds of evil, but the root of the righteous {bears fruit}.

Verse ConceptsRoots

Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and dry grass sinks down [in the] flame, so their root will become like [the] stench, and their blossom will go up like [the] dust. For they have rejected the instruction of Yahweh of hosts, and they have treated the word of the holy one of Israel with contempt.

Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordDecayGrassRejection Of GodStrawRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRootsPeople RottingBurning Plants

And this shall happen on that day: [the] nations shall inquire of the root of Jesse, which shall be standing as a signal to [the] peoples, and his resting place shall be glorious.

Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDGentiles, In OtBanner, Figurative UseHope, As ConfidenceMission, Of IsraelJesus Christ, KingChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesFlags

You must not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, for a viper will come forth from [the] root of [the] snake, and its fruit [will be] a flying serpent.

Verse ConceptsPoisonRootsSerpentsSnakesBreaking SticksLack Of RejoicingThose Flying

And [the] firstborn of [the] poor will graze, and [the] needy will lie down in security; but I will cause your root to die in famine, and it will kill your remnant.

Verse ConceptsPeace, Divine In OtRootsSafetyFamine Coming From GodThose Helping The PoorFeeding The Poor

{Days are coming}, let Jacob take root; Israel will blossom and send out shoots, and they will fill [the] face of [the] world [with] fruit.

Verse ConceptsBlossomFilling PlacesRootsPotential Of FruitGod's People PlantedRoses

Indeed, hardly are they planted; indeed, hardly [are they] sown; indeed, hardly has their shoot taken root in the earth when he blows on them and they wither, and [the] tempest carries them like stubble.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodRootsWhirlwindsPeople WitheredMetaphorical Planting

For he went up like shoot before him, and like root from dry ground. He had no form and no majesty that we should see him, and no appearance that we should take pleasure in him.

Verse ConceptsRiddlesTendernessProphecies Concerning ChristMessianic PropheciesGrowing UpDry PlacesNo BeautyAppearances ofChrist's Naturedignity

Not only do you plant them, they take root. They grow, but also they produce fruit. You [are] near in their mouths, but far from their {inmost beings}.

Verse ConceptsLipsNominal ReligionRootsMetaphorical PlantingLack Of Meaning

And it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches, for its root [was] toward much water.

Verse ConceptsWater For PlantsBeauty Of Thingsgreatness

And [inasmuch] that the king saw [the] watcher, a holy [one] coming down from heaven and he said, "Cut down the tree and destroy it, but the stump of its root in the earth leave with a band of iron and bronze in the grass of the field, and let it be watered with the dew of heaven and [let] his lot [be] with [the] animals of the field {until seven times have passed over him}."

Verse ConceptsStumps Of A TreeFelling TreesSeven YearsIron ObjectsRelation Of Animals To ManSpecific Holy Individuals

{And in that} they said to leave alone the stump of the tree's root, so your kingdom [will be] restored for you {when} you acknowledge that heaven [is] sovereign.

Verse ConceptsRevival, PersonalStumps Of A TreeThe Kingdom Of Others

Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they shall not bear fruit. Even if they give birth, I will kill the cherished offspring of their womb.

Verse ConceptsBlightdrynessPeople WitheredKilling Sons And Daughters

"For look! The day [is] about to come, burning like an oven, and all the arrogant and every {evildoer} will be stubble. The coming day will consume them," says Yahweh of hosts. "It will not leave behind for them root or branch.

Verse ConceptsFurnacesFaithlessness, As Disobedienceevil, victory overevil, warnings againstPride, Results OfPunishment, By GodRootsAbaseWicked Described AsAbasement Of The ProudThe ProudEvildoersLight As ChaffBurning PeopleResidueThe Proud Will Be Abased

Already now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitFruitAxesRootsSin, God's Judgment OnToolsFelling TreesBurning PlantsBad Items

But [when] the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have [enough] root, it withered.

Verse ConceptsThe SunInstabilityPeople WitheredScorchingRoses

But he does not have a root in himself, but {lasts only a little while}, and [when] affliction or persecution happens because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Verse ConceptsFleeting ImpressionsNot Whole HeartedPersecution, Nature OfPersecution, OriginSuddenlyPeople StumblingChrist's Disciples Will SufferEnduringWhy It HappenedPersecution

And when the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have [enough] root, it withered.

Verse ConceptsThe SunPeople WitheredScorching

And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then [when] affliction or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, In Christian LivingShallownessFor The Sake Of ThingsPersecutionpressure

And even now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitRootsSin, God's Judgment OnToolsUnfruitfulnessFelling TreesBurning PlantsHarming Trees

And those on the rock [are those] who receive the word with joy when they hear [it], and these do not have [enough] root, who believe for a time and in a time of testing fall away.

Verse ConceptsApostatesWarnings Against ApostasyHeart, Fallen And RedeemedTemptation, Universality OfEnticementHearing God's WordBeing TemptedBelief In GodRejoicing In God's Wordtrailsimpulsiveness

Now if the first fruits [are] holy, [so] also [is] the [whole] batch of dough, and if the root [is] holy, [so] also [are] the branches.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Figurative UsesFullness Of The KingdomBranches Of ChristMetaphorical FirstfruitsFirst fruitsTrinity

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, [although you] were a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer of the root of the olive tree's richness,

Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristFellowship, In The GospelParticipation, In ChristSeparation From GodJoined To The ChurchGentilesOlive TreesJews

do not boast against the branches. But if you boast against [them], you do not support the root, but the root [supports] you.

Verse ConceptsDo Not Be ProudOther SupportingOlive TreesSupportBoasting

And again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse will come, even the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will put their hope."

Verse ConceptsHope, In GodMission, Of IsraelThe Hope Of The GospelChrist As An Object Of Hope

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
נתשׁ 
Nathash 
Usage: 21

שׁרשׁ 
Sharash 
...root , root out
Usage: 8

ἐκριζόω 
Ekrizoo 
root up , pluck up by the root
Usage: 1

נסח 
Nacach 
Usage: 4

נתק 
Nathaq 
Usage: 27

עקר 
`aqar 
hough , pluck up , rooted up , digged down
Usage: 7

עקר 
`aqar (Aramaic) 
plucked up by the roots
Usage: 1

שׁרשׁ 
Sheresh 
Usage: 33

שׁרשׁ 
Shoresh (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

ῥίζα 
Rhiza 
Usage: 11

ῥιζόω 
Rhizoo 
Usage: 2