Bible Strands
Shear-jashub
the name means a remnant will return Strong's Lexicon
Shear-jashub, meaning "a remnant shall return," was the son of the prophet Isaiah and accompanied his father to meet King Ahaz.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
A remnant shall escape or return (i.e., to God), a symbolical name which the prophet Isaiah gave to his son (Isa. 7:3), perhaps his eldest son.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
Family
Parents
Isaiah
Siblings
Maher-shalal-hash-baz
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Isaiah 7:3.
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Verses that name Shear-jashub
- Isaiah 7:3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,