Topical Encyclopedia
In biblical terminology, the term "shoot" often refers to a new growth or sprout from a plant, symbolizing life, renewal, and the fulfillment of God's promises. This imagery is frequently used in the Scriptures to convey themes of hope, restoration, and the coming of the Messiah.
Old Testament ReferencesThe concept of a "shoot" is prominently featured in the prophetic literature of the Old Testament. One of the most significant references is found in the book of Isaiah, where the prophet speaks of a future hope for Israel through the imagery of a shoot:
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Isaiah 11:1 : "Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit."
This passage is a messianic prophecy, indicating that from the seemingly dead line of Jesse, the father of King David, a new leader will arise. This leader, understood by Christians to be Jesus Christ, will bring justice and righteousness.
Similarly, the prophet Jeremiah uses the imagery of a shoot to convey God's promise of restoration:
·Jeremiah 23:5 : "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land."
Here, the "righteous Branch" is again a reference to the Messiah, who will fulfill God's covenant with David and establish a kingdom characterized by justice.
New Testament Fulfillment
In the New Testament, the imagery of a shoot or branch is fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ. The genealogies in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke trace Jesus' lineage back to David, affirming Him as the promised descendant who would fulfill the prophecies of the Old Testament.
Symbolism and Theological Significance
The use of "shoot" as a symbol in the Bible carries deep theological significance. It represents the idea of life emerging from death, hope arising from despair, and God's faithfulness in bringing His promises to fruition. The imagery of a shoot growing from a stump or root underscores the continuity of God's plan through history, despite apparent setbacks or periods of judgment.
In a broader sense, the concept of a shoot can also be applied to the life of believers. Just as a shoot grows and bears fruit, Christians are called to grow in their faith and bear spiritual fruit, reflecting the life and character of Christ.
Conclusion
The biblical imagery of a shoot serves as a powerful reminder of God's redemptive work through Jesus Christ and His ongoing work in the lives of believers. It encapsulates the themes of hope, renewal, and divine promise that are central to the Christian faith.Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.2. (v. i.) To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.
3. (v. i.) To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
4. (v. i.) To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
5. (v. i.) To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
6. (v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
7. (v. i.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
8. (v. i.) To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
9. (v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
10. (v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
11. (v. i.) To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
12. (v. i.) To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
13. (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
14. (v. i.) To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
15. (v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
16. (v. i.) To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
17. (v. i.) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
18. (v. i.) To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
19. (v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
20. (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
21. (n.) A young branch or growth.
22. (n.) A rush of water; a rapid.
23. (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
24. (n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
25. (n.) A shoat; a young hog.
Greek
3448. moschos -- a youngshoot, a calf... a young
shoot, a calf. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: moschos
Phonetic Spelling: (mos'-khos) Short Definition: a calf Definition: a calf
...2814. klema -- a vine branch
... a vine branch. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: klema Phonetic Spelling:
(kaly'-mah) Short Definition: a branch,shoot Definition: a branch,shoot...
4261. proballo -- to throw before
... put forward,shoot forth. From pro and ballo; to throw forward, ie Push to the front,
germinate -- put forward,shoot forth. see GREEK pro. see GREEK ballo....
2700. katatoxeuo -- to strike down with an arrow.
... thrust. Word Origin from kata and toxeuo (toshoot with a bow); from toxon
Definition to strike down with an arrow. thrust through....
1721. emphutos -- innate, implanted
... 1722 , "in" and 5453 , "germinate, grow, spring up") -- properly, plant, bring to
living union like with a successfully engraftedshoot; (figuratively) what is...
4160. poieo -- to make, do
... make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, +
have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, Xshoot out, spend...
2798. klados -- a branch
... Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: klados Phonetic Spelling:
(klad'-os) Short Definition: a branch Definition: a young tendershoot, then: a...
1461. egkentrizo -- to take pride in, glory in
... 1461 (from 1722 , "in" and , "to prick, puncture") -- properly, to (insert)
by making a puncture to graft a livingshoot (). In...
4491. rhiza -- a root
... Feminine Transliteration: rhiza Phonetic Spelling: (hrid'-zah) Short Definition:
a root, that which comes from the root Definition: a root,shoot, source; that...
527. hapalos -- tender
... tender. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hapalos Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-al-os') Short Definition: tender Definition: soft, tender, as ashoot of a tree...
Strong's Hebrew
3384. yarah -- to throw,shoot... to throw,
shoot. Transliteration: yarah or yara Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-raw') Short
Definition: teach.
... archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, show,
shoot,.
...7976. shilluchah -- ashoot, branch
... shilluchah or sheluchah. 7977 . ashoot, branch. Transliteration: shilluchah or
sheluchah Phonetic Spelling: (shil-loo-khaw') Short Definition: tendrils....
5342. netser -- a sprout,shoot
... 5341, 5342. netser. 5343 . a sprout,shoot. Transliteration: netser Phonetic
Spelling: (nay'-tser) Short Definition: branch. Word...
3127. yoneqeth -- a youngshoot, twig
... 3126, 3127. yoneqeth. 3128 . a youngshoot, twig. Transliteration: yoneqeth
Phonetic Spelling: (yo-neh'-keth) Short Definition: shoots. Word Origin fem....
7411a. ramah -- to cast,shoot
... to cast,shoot. Transliteration: ramah Short Definition: hurled.... root Definition
to cast,shoot NASB Word Usage archers (1), bowman* (1), hurled (2)....
3242. yeniqah -- a youngshoot, twig
... 3241, 3242. yeniqah. 3243 . a youngshoot, twig. Transliteration: yeniqah
Phonetic Spelling: (yen-ee-kaw') Short Definition: twigs....
1876. dasha -- to sprout,shoot, grow green
... 1875, 1876. dasha. 1877 . to sprout,shoot, grow green. Transliteration: dasha
Phonetic Spelling: (daw-shaw') Short Definition: sprout. Word Origin a prim....
7232b. rabab -- toshoot
... rabab. 7233 . toshoot. Transliteration: rabab Short Definition: shot. Word Origin
a prim. root Definition toshoot NASB Word Usage shot (1)....
7235b. rabah -- toshoot
... rabah. 7236 . toshoot. Transliteration: rabah Short Definition: archer. Word
Origin a prim. root Definition toshoot NASB Word Usage archer* (1)....
7411. ramah -- to cast,shoot
... ramah. 7411a . to cast,shoot. Transliteration: ramah Phonetic Spelling:
(raw-maw') Short Definition: beguile. beguile, betray, bowman, carry, deceive, throw...
Library
Second Sunday in Advent Behold the Fig-Tree and all the Trees...
... Second Sunday in Advent Behold the fig-tree and all the trees; when they nowshoot
forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand....
The Sucker from the Felled Oak
... oak, which, every woodman knows, will put out new growth from the 'stool.' But instead
of a crowd of little suckers, the prophet sees but oneshoot, and that...
Of the Active Life
... The light of Divine grace is a fruit-bearingshoot, coming forth from the living
paradise of the eternal kingdom; and no deed can bring refreshment or profit...
The Suffering Servant-I
... The word rendered 'tender plant' means a sucker, and 'root' probably would more
properly be taken as ashoot from a root, the tree having been felled, and...
But that You May not Suppose this to be a Novel Doctrine Peculiar...
... resurrection of the dead. "There is hope for a tree; for if it be cut down it
will sprout again, and itsshoot shall never fail. But if its...
The Perfect Heart.
... Psalm 64:4: "That they mayshoot in secret at the perfect," who have always been
a favorite target of the devil.... "Suddenly theyshoot, and fear not."....
A Sermon Made by M. Hugh Latimer, at the Time of the Insurrection...
... also of great power in this world; he hath great ordnance and artillery; he hath
great pieces of ordnance, as mighty kings and emperors, toshoot against God's...
Psalm XI.
... 2. "For, lo, sinners have bent the bow, they have prepared their arrows in the quiver,
that they may in the obscure moonshoot at the upright in heart" (ver.2...
But Unbelievers Cry, "How Can the Flesh, which Has Been Putrified...
... sorts of seeds together and sow them indiscriminately in the earth, will not the
grain of each several kind, wherever it may have been thrown,shoot forth at...
A Home Mission Sermon
... Will you strike the two off and find money enough to send one. It is said that they
who aim at the moon willshoot higher than those whoshoot at a bush....
Thesaurus
Shoot (51 Occurrences)... To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting
the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to
shoot a gun
...Shooting (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) ofShoot.... (YLT). 1 Samuel 20:20 And I willshoot three arrows
to the side-ward, as though I shot at a mark. (See NIV)....
Sprout (25 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) Toshoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots;
hence, to grow like shoots of plants. 2. (vt) Toshoot into ramifications....
Shot (25 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) ofShoot. 2. (v.) imp. & pp of
Shoot. 3. (a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect...
Arrow (34 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 20:36 He said to his boy, "Run, find now the arrows which Ishoot."
As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. (Root...
Branchbough
... (4) netser (of the same Hebrew root, according to many commentators, as Nazareth),
literally "a littleshoot springing from the root" ("out of ashoot from her...
Arrows (59 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 20:20 I willshoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark....
Didn't you know that they wouldshoot from the wall? (See NIV)....
Gleam (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Ashoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse. 3.
(n.) Brightness; splendor.... 6. (vt) Toshoot out (flashes of light, etc.)....
Spring (122 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; toshoot....
25. (n.) Ashoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland....
Bend (29 Occurrences)
... Psalms 11:2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the
strings, that they mayshoot in darkness at the upright in heart....
Resources
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