Words the Bible translates as remnant
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- yeterיֶתֶרwhat is left over: the rest, remainder, or surplus of something
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- a cord or bowstring: a length of twisted fiber, often the string of a bow
- she'eritשְׁאֵרִיתwhat is left of a larger whole after the rest is gone: the survivors of a people, or the remainder of a thing
- peletahפְּלֵיטָהgetting out of a disaster alive: both the escape itself and the people who come through it
- saridשָׂרִידa survivor: the one left alive, or the little left over, after everyone and everything else has been destroyed.
- she'arשְׁאָרwhat is left of a larger whole: the rest, the remainder, or the surviving remnant
- leimmaλεῖμμαremnantnot studied yet
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