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The concept of a root is used both literally and figuratively throughout the Scriptures to convey deep spiritual truths and connections. Old Testament Usage In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word for root is "שֹׁרֶשׁ" (shoresh). It appears in various contexts, often to describe the literal roots of plants and trees, as seen in <a href="/job/14-8.htm">Job 14:8</a>: "Though its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil." However, the metaphorical use of "root" is more profound, symbolizing the source or origin of a person or nation. One of the most significant uses of "root" is found in the prophetic literature, particularly in reference to the Davidic line. <a href="/isaiah/11.htm">Isaiah 11:1</a> prophesies, "Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit." This passage is widely interpreted as a messianic prophecy, pointing to the coming of Jesus Christ, who is seen as the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant. New Testament Usage In the New Testament, the Greek word for root is "ῥίζα" (rhiza). The concept of root is used to illustrate spiritual truths and the nature of faith. In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus explains the seed sown on rocky ground: "But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away" (<a href="/matthew/13-21.htm">Matthew 13:21</a>). Here, the root represents the depth and resilience of one's faith. The Apostle Paul also employs the metaphor of the root in his epistles. In <a href="/romans/11-16.htm">Romans 11:16-18</a>, Paul discusses the relationship between Israel and the Gentiles using the imagery of an olive tree: "If the root is holy, so are the branches. But if some branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the root, do not boast over those branches." This passage emphasizes the importance of the root as the source of spiritual nourishment and connection to God's promises. The Root of Jesse The "Root of Jesse" is a messianic title that appears in both the Old and New Testaments. <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Isaiah 11:10</a> states, "In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious." This prophecy is echoed in the New Testament in <a href="/revelation/5-5.htm">Revelation 5:5</a>, where Jesus is referred to as the "Root of David," highlighting His fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and His role as the eternal King. Theological Implications Theologically, the root symbolizes the foundational truths of the Christian faith, the source of spiritual life, and the connection to God's covenant promises. It underscores the importance of being deeply rooted in Christ, as expressed in <a href="/colossians/2-7.htm">Colossians 2:7</a>: "rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness." In summary, the biblical concept of "root" serves as a powerful metaphor for understanding the origins, sustenance, and growth of faith, as well as the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan through Jesus Christ.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (v. i.) To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.2. (v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely.3. (v. t.) To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth.4. (n.) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag.5. (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphytic orchids.6. (n.) An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop.7. (n.) That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like.8. (n.) An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem.9. (n.) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical.10. (n.) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the source.11. (n.) That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.12. (n.) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.13. (n.) The lowest place, position, or part.14. (n.) The time which to reckon in making calculations.15. (v. i.) To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.16. (v. i.) To be firmly fixed; to be established.17. (v. t.) To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; -- used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted dislike.18. (v. t.) To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up, out, or away.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>DAVID, ROOT OFroot (he rhiza Daueid, <a href="/revelation/5-5.htm">Revelation 5:5</a>; <a href="/revelation/22-16.htm">Revelation 22:16</a>): Root here means stock, family, descendant, hence, "the Root of David" is that which descended from David, not that from which David descended. Jesus Christ in His human nature and family connections was a descendant of David, a member of his family.ROOTroot (shoresh; rhiza): Frequently mentioned in the Old Testament and New Testament, but almost always in a figurative sense, e.g. "root of the righteous" (<a href="/proverbs/12-3.htm">Proverbs 12:3, 12</a>); "root that beareth gall" (<a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">Deuteronomy 29:18</a>); "Their root shall be as rottenness" (<a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm">Isaiah 5:24</a>); "root of bitterness" (<a href="/hebrews/12-15.htm">Hebrews 12:15</a>). Also of peoples: "they whose root is in Amalek" (<a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Judges 5:14</a>); of Assyria (<a href="/ezekiel/31-7.htm">Ezekiel 31:7</a>); "Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up" (<a href="/hosea/9-16.htm">Hosea 9:16</a>); "Judah shall again take root downward" (<a href="/2_kings/19-30.htm">2 Kings 19:30</a>; compare <a href="/isaiah/27-6.htm">Isaiah 27:6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31</a>); the root of Jesse (<a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Isaiah 11:10</a> <a href="/romans/15-12.htm">Romans 15:12</a>); root of David (<a href="/revelation/5-5.htm">Revelation 5:5</a>; <a href="/revelation/22-16.htm">Revelation 22:16</a>).ROOT OF JESSE(shoresh yishay (<a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Isaiah 11:10</a>); rhiza tou Iessai (<a href="/romans/15-12.htm">Romans 15:12</a>)): The Hebrew and Greek words are practically the same in meaning. "Root" means descendant, branch of the family or stock. The Messianic king was to be of the family of Jesse the father of David. In <a href="/romans/15-12.htm">Romans 15:12</a> Paul quotes the Septuagint of <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Isaiah 11:10</a>. Jesus is a branch or descendant of the family of Jesse, as well as of David. See also <a href="../d/david.htm">DAVID, ROOT OF</a>.ROOT OF DAVIDSee <a href="../d/david.htm">DAVID, ROOT OF</a>.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4491.htm">4491. rhiza -- a root</a> ... a root. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: rhiza Phonetic Spelling: (hrid'-zah) Short Definition: a root, that which comes from the root Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4491.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/4492.htm">4492. rhizoo -- to cause to take root</a> ... to cause to take root. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: rhizoo Phonetic Spelling: (hrid-zo'-o) Short Definition: I root, fix by the root Definition: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4492.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1610.htm">1610. ekrizoo -- to uproot</a> ... to uproot. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekrizoo Phonetic Spelling: (ek-rid-zo'-o) Short Definition: I root out, root up Definition: I root out, pluck ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1610.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/4998.htm">4998. sophron -- of sound mind, self-controlled</a> ... Biblical (4998 ) describes ", but rather'" (K. Wuest,, 2, 46). This root (, "soundness") then reflects living in balance. [The root ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4998.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/3474.htm">3474. moros -- dull, stupid, foolish</a> ... 3474 (the root of the English terms, "moron, moronic") -- properly, (insipid), flat ("without an edge"); (figuratively) "mentally inert"; dull in understanding ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3474.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1388.htm">1388. dolos -- a bait, fig. craft, deceit</a> ... with) their . [1388 () is the root of: 1386 (), 1387 () and 1389 ().]. Word Origin from the root del- Definition a bait, fig. craft ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1388.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1143.htm">1143. dakno -- to bite</a> ... Word Origin from a prim. root dak- Definition to bite NASB Word Usage bite (1). ... A prolonged form of a primary root; to bite, ie (figuratively) thwart -- bite. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1143.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2348.htm">2348. thnesko -- to die</a> ... Cognate: 2348 (the root of , "death") -- (spiritually or physically); subject to death. ... root than- Definition to die NASB Word Usage dead (7), died (2). ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2348.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3105.htm">3105. mainomai -- to rage, be mad</a> ... 3105 (the root of the English terms, "maniac" and "mania") -- to rave, full of inner rage (fury); to act as though out of one's senses -- getting (angry) it ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3105.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2300.htm">2300. theaomai -- to behold, look upon</a> ... to significantly (). [2300 () is the root of 2302 ("spectacle in a theatre"), the root of the English term, "theatre."]. Word Origin ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2300.htm - 8k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/8328.htm">8328. shoresh -- a root</a> ... 8327, 8328. shoresh. 8329 . a root. Transliteration: shoresh Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-resh) Short Definition: root. Word Origin ... /hebrew/8328.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5428.htm">5428. nathash -- to pull or pluck up, root out</a> ... nathash. 5429 . to pull or pluck up, root out. Transliteration: nathash Phonetic Spelling: (naw-thash') Short Definition: uproot. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/5428.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6131.htm">6131. aqar -- to pluck or root up</a> ... 6130, 6131. aqar. 6132 . to pluck or root up. Transliteration: aqar Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kar') Short Definition: uproot. ... dig down, pluck up, root up. ... /hebrew/6131.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8330.htm">8330. shoresh -- a root</a> ... shoresh. 8331 . a root. Transliteration: shoresh Phonetic Spelling: (sho'-resh) Short Definition: roots. ... root. (Aramaic) corresponding to sheresh -- root. ... /hebrew/8330.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6136a.htm">6136a. iqqar -- root, stock</a> ... root, stock. Transliteration: iqqar Short Definition: stump. Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to eqer Definition root, stock NASB Word Usage stump (3). ... /hebrew/6136a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/8329.htm">8329. Sheresh -- "root," a man of Manasseh</a> ... 8328, 8329. Sheresh. 8330 . "root," a man of Manasseh. Transliteration: Sheresh Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-resh) Short Definition: Sheresh. ... /hebrew/8329.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6136.htm">6136. iqqar -- root, stock</a> ... 6135, 6136. iqqar. 6136a . root, stock. Transliteration: iqqar Phonetic Spelling: (ik-kar') Short Definition: stump. stump (Aramaic ... /hebrew/6136.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/8327.htm">8327. sharash -- to deal with the roots</a> ... 8326, 8327. sharash. 8328 . to deal with the roots. Transliteration: sharash Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-rash') Short Definition: root. ... /hebrew/8327.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5423.htm">5423. nathaq -- to pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off</a> ... root Definition to pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off NASB Word Usage break (1), broke apart (1), broken (2), burst (1), drag off (1), draw away (1 ... /hebrew/5423.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5255.htm">5255. nasach -- to pull or tear away</a> ... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to pull or tear away NASB Word Usage tear away (1), tear down (1), torn (1), uprooted (1). destroy, pluck, root. ... /hebrew/5255.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_covetousness_is_the_root.htm">Whether Covetousness is the Root of all Sins?</a> ... OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, IN RESPECT OF ONE SIN BEING THE CAUSE OF ANOTHER (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether covetousness is the root of all sins? ... /.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether covetousness is the root.htm<a href="/library/kingsley/andromeda_and_other_poems/the_poetry_of_a_root.htm">The Poetry of a Root Crop</a> ... THE POETRY OF A ROOT CROP. Underneath their eider-robe Russet swede and golden globe, Feathered carrot, burrowing deep, Steadfast ... /.../kingsley/andromeda and other poems/the poetry of a root.htm<a href="/library/champness/broken_bread/xxxi_the_axe_is_laid.htm">"The Axe is Laid to the Root. "</a> ... XXXI. "THE AXE IS LAID TO THE ROOT.". "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees. ... FRUIT OR FIRE! "The axe is laid to the root of the trees.". ... //christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xxxi the axe is laid.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/seed_scattered_and_taking_root.htm">Seed Scattered and Taking Root</a> ... SEED SCATTERED AND TAKING ROOT. 'And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the ... /.../expositions of holy scripture the acts/seed scattered and taking root.htm<a href="/library/baker/holy_wisdom_or_directions_for_the_prayer_of_contemplation/chapter_ii_love_is_the.htm">Love is the Root of all Other Passions. ...</a> ... CHAPTER II. Love is the root of all other passions.? Sec. 1. Love is the root of all other passions. Sec. 2. The wonderful depravity of our natural love. ... /.../chapter ii love is the.htm<a href="/library/law/an_humble_affectionate_and_earnest_address_to_the_clergy/address_111_0_0_self_is_the.htm">Self is the Root, the Tree, and the Branches of all the Evils of ...</a> ... Address 111: Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our? Self is the root, the tree, and the branches ... /.../address 111 0 0 self is the.htm<a href="/library/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/chapter_v_humility_is_the.htm">Humility is the Root of Charity, and Meekness the Fruit of Both. . ...</a> ... John xiii. 35. Chapter V. Humility is the root of charity, and meekness the fruit of both.? Humility is the root of charity, and meekness the fruit of both. ... /.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/chapter v humility is the.htm<a href="/library/irenaeus/fragments_from_the_lost_writings_of_irenaeus/fragment_xxx_the_axe_unto.htm">Fragment xxx. "The Axe unto the Root," He Says, Urging us to the ...</a> ... Fragment XXX. "The axe unto the root," he says, urging us to the knowledge of the truth? [4846] "The axe unto the root," [4847 ... /.../fragments from the lost writings of irenaeus/fragment xxx the axe unto.htm<a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_21_xx_love_the_root.htm">Love the Root of all Good Things; Cupidity, of all Evil Ones.</a> ... A Treatise on the grace of christ, and on original sin, Chapter 21 [XX.]"Love the Root of All Good Things; Cupidity, of All Evil Ones. ... /.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 21 xx love the root.htm<a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xv_how_the_old.htm">How the Old Law Would Root Out Anger not Only from the Actions but ...</a> ... Prolegomena. Chapter XV. How the Old Law would root out anger not only from the actions but from the thoughts. But why should we ... /.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xv how the old.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/r/root.htm">Root (54 Occurrences)</a> ... 4. (n.) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag. ... /r/root.htm - 28k<a href="/topical/s/slayer.htm">Slayer (23 Occurrences)</a> ... flee there. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Numbers ... holy oil. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Numbers ... /s/slayer.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/a/alway.htm">Alway (26 Occurrences)</a> ... Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV). ... (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ... /a/alway.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/k/kohathite.htm">Kohathite (18 Occurrences)</a> ... Kohathites. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). Numbers ... Uzziel. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). Numbers ... /k/kohathite.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/k/kin.htm">Kin (18 Occurrences)</a> ... (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV). ... Therefore spread your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman." (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV NIV). ... /k/kin.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/c/conspire.htm">Conspire (18 Occurrences)</a> ... kill him. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). 1 Kings ... to Gibbethon. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). 1 Kings ... /c/conspire.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/s/stablish.htm">Stablish (12 Occurrences)</a> ... his saints. (Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV). 2 Thessalonians ... and word. (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). 2 Thessalonians ... /s/stablish.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/c/cook.htm">Cook (17 Occurrences)</a> ... (Root in BBE DBY). Exodus 23:19 The best of the first-fruits of your land are to be taken into the house of the Lord your God. ... (Root in BBE NIV). ... /c/cook.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/a/ax.htm">Ax (12 Occurrences)</a> ... Ax (12 Occurrences). Matthew 3:10 "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. ... (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ... /a/ax.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/a/aramean.htm">Aramean (17 Occurrences)</a> ... presents. And the LORD gave victory to David whithersoever he went. (Root in JPS NAS NIV). 2 Samuel ... thousand men. (Root in JPS NAS NIV). 1 ... /a/aramean.htm - 12k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/root-of-Jesse.html">What is the meaning of root of Jesse in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/root-of-bitterness.html">What is a root of bitterness? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/love-money-root-evil.html">Why is the love of money the root of all kinds of evil? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/root.htm">Root: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Root (54 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/3-10.htm">Matthew 3:10</a> "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/13-6.htm">Matthew 13:6</a> When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/13-21.htm">Matthew 13:21</a> yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/13-29.htm">Matthew 13:29</a> "But he said,'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/mark/4-6.htm">Mark 4:6</a> When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/mark/4-17.htm">Mark 4:17</a> They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/3-9.htm">Luke 3:9</a> Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/8-13.htm">Luke 8:13</a> Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/17-6.htm">Luke 17:6</a> The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree,'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/romans/11-16.htm">Romans 11:16</a> If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/romans/11-18.htm">Romans 11:18</a> don't boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/romans/15-12.htm">Romans 15:12</a> Again, Isaiah says, "There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_timothy/6-10.htm">1 Timothy 6:10</a> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hebrews/12-15.htm">Hebrews 12:15</a> looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/5-5.htm">Revelation 5:5</a> One of the elders said to me, "Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/22-16.htm">Revelation 22:16</a> I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">Deuteronomy 29:18</a> lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Judges 5:14</a> Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal's staff came out of Zebulun. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/1_kings/14-15.htm">1 Kings 14:15</a> For Yahweh will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Yahweh to anger. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/19-30.htm">2 Kings 19:30</a> The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/5-3.htm">Job 5:3</a> I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/14-8.htm">Job 14:8</a> Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/15-29.htm">Job 15:29</a> He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth. (See RSV)<a href="/job/19-28.htm">Job 19:28</a> If you say,'How we will persecute him!' because the root of the matter is found in me, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/job/28-9.htm">Job 28:9</a> He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/job/29-19.htm">Job 29:19</a> My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/30-4.htm">Job 30:4</a> They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/31-12.htm">Job 31:12</a> For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/52-5.htm">Psalms 52:5</a> God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/80-9.htm">Psalms 80:9</a> You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/80-15.htm">Psalms 80:15</a> And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee, (YLT NIV)<a href="/proverbs/12-3.htm">Proverbs 12:3</a> A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/12-12.htm">Proverbs 12:12</a> The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/15-25.htm">Proverbs 15:25</a> Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders intact. (Root in WEB ASV BBE)<a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm">Isaiah 5:24</a> Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Isaiah 11:10</a> It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/14-29.htm">Isaiah 14:29</a> Don't rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent's root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/14-30.htm">Isaiah 14:30</a> The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/27-6.htm">Isaiah 27:6</a> In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31</a> The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Isaiah 40:24</a> They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/53-2.htm">Isaiah 53:2</a> For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Jeremiah 1:10</a> See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. (KJV JPS BBE WBS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Jeremiah 12:2</a> You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/lamentations/3-15.htm">Lamentations 3:15</a> He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure. (BBE)<a href="/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19</a> Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison. (BBE)<a href="/ezekiel/31-7.htm">Ezekiel 31:7</a> Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hosea/9-16.htm">Hosea 9:16</a> Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they bring forth, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5</a> I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9</a> Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/micah/5-14.htm">Micah 5:14</a> I will uproot your Asherim out of your midst; and I will destroy your cities. (Root in WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12</a> The Lord will have the man who does this cut off root and branch out of the tents of Jacob, and him who makes an offering to the Lord of armies. (BBE)<a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a> "For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says Yahweh of Armies, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 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