- Original: שׁרשׁ - Transliteration: Sheresh - Phonetic: sheh'-resh - Definition: 1. root a. root (literal) b. root (of people involving firmness or permanence) (fig) c. root, bottom (as lowest stratum) (fig) - Origin: from H8327 - TWOT entry: 2471a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H8327 ; a root (literally or figuratively): - bottom deep heel root. Total KJV Occurrences: 33 • bottom, 1 Job 36:30 • heels, 1 Job 13:27 • root, 18 Deuteronomy 29:18; Judges 5:14; 2 Kings 19:30; Job 14:8; Job 19:28; Job 29:19; Psalm 80:9; Proverbs 12:3; Proverbs 12:12; Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 14:30; Isaiah 37:31; Isaiah 53:2; Ezekiel 31:7; Hosea 9:16; Malachi 4:1 • roots, 13 Job 8:17; Job 18:16; Job 28:9; Job 30:4; Isaiah 11:1; Jeremiah 17:8; Ezekiel 17:6; Ezekiel 17:7; Ezekiel 17:9(2); Daniel 11:7; Hosea 14:5; Amos 2:9