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Lexicon :: Strong's H8317 - šāraṣ

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שָׁרַץ
Transliteration
šāraṣ
Pronunciation
shaw-rats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2467

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁרַץ shârats, shaw-rats'; a primitive root; to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound:—breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H8317 in the following manner: creep (6x), bring forth abundantly (5x), move (1x), breed abundantly (1x), increase abundantly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H8317 in the following manner: creep (6x), bring forth abundantly (5x), move (1x), breed abundantly (1x), increase abundantly (1x).

  1. (Qal) to teem, swarm, multiply

    1. to swarm, teem

      1. to swarm

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁרַץ shârats, shaw-rats'; a primitive root; to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound:—breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move.
STRONGS H8317: Abbreviations
† שָׁרַץ verb swarm, teem (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic bdb105610 crawl, bdb105611 = שֶׁרֶץ, so שִׁרְצָא (rare); Ethiopic bdb105612 germinate, sprout); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Psalm 105:30, שָֽׁרְצוּ Genesis 1:21, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁרֹץ Ezekiel 47:9, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁרְצוּ Genesis 9:7; Participle הַשֹּׁרֵץ Genesis 7:21 +, feminine הַשֹּׁרֶ֫צֶת Leviticus 11:46; Hexateuch only P: —
1. swarm, teem with (accusative animal.), subject water Genesis 1:20, 21, compare Exodus 7:28, land Psalm 105:30.
2. swarm, subject animal. Genesis 8:17 (+ פָּרָה, רָבָה), Ezekiel 47:9, הַּשֹׁרֵּץ Genesis 7:21; Leviticus 11:29, 41, 42, 46 (all עַלהָּֿרֶָּֿץ), Leviticus 11:43; subject men Genesis 9:7 (+ פָּרָה, רָבה), Exodus 1:7 (id., + עָצַם).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:20; 1:21; 1:21; 7:21; 7:21; 8:17; 9:7; 9:7

Exodus

1:7

Leviticus

11:29; 11:41; 11:42; 11:43; 11:46; 11:46

Psalms

105:30; 105:30

Ezekiel

47:9; 47:9

H8317

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8317 matches the Hebrew שָׁרַץ (šāraṣ),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - And God H430 said, H559 Let the waters H4325 bring forth abundantly H8317 the moving creature H8318 that hath H5315 life, H2416 and fowl H5775 that may fly H5774 above H5921 the earth H776 in the open H6440 firmament H7549 of heaven. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And God H430 created H1254 great H1419 whales, H8577 and every living H2416 creature H5315 that moveth, H7430 which the waters H4325 brought forth abundantly, H8317 after their kind, H4327 and every winged H3671 fowl H5775 after his kind: H4327 and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - And all flesh H1320 died H1478 that moved H7430 upon the earth, H776 both of fowl, H5775 and of cattle, H929 and of beast, H2416 and of every creeping thing H8318 that creepeth H8317 upon the earth, H776 and every man: H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - Bring forth H3318 with thee every living thing H2416 that is with thee, of all flesh, H1320 both of fowl, H5775 and of cattle, H929 and of every creeping thing H7431 that creepeth H7430 upon the earth; H776 that they may breed abundantly H8317 in the earth, H776 and be fruitful, H6509 and multiply H7235 upon the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:7 - And you, be ye fruitful, H6509 and multiply; H7235 bring forth abundantly H8317 in the earth, H776 and multiply H7235 therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were fruitful, H6509 and increased abundantly, H8317 and multiplied, H7235 and waxed exceeding H3966 H3966 mighty; H6105 and the land H776 was filled H4390 with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - And the river H2975 shall bring forth H8317 ➔ frogs H6854 abundantly, H8317 which shall go up H5927 and come H935 into thine house, H1004 and into thy bedchamber, H2315 H4904 and upon thy bed, H4296 and into the house H1004 of thy servants, H5650 and upon thy people, H5971 and into thine ovens, H8574 and into thy kneadingtroughs: H4863

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29 - These also shall be unclean H2931 unto you among the creeping things H8318 that creep H8317 upon the earth; H776 the weasel, H2467 and the mouse, H5909 and the tortoise H6632 after his kind, H4327

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:41 - And every creeping thing H8318 that creepeth H8317 upon the earth H776 shall be an abomination; H8263 it shall not be eaten. H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42 - Whatsoever goeth H1980 upon the belly, H1512 and whatsoever goeth H1980 upon all four, H702 or whatsoever hath more H7235 feet H7272 among all creeping things H8318 that creep H8317 upon the earth, H776 them ye shall not eat; H398 for they are an abomination. H8263

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - Ye shall not make H8262 ➔ yourselves H5315 abominable H8262 with any creeping thing H8318 that creepeth, H8317 neither shall ye make yourselves unclean H2933 with them, that ye should be defiled H2930 thereby.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:30 - Their land H776 brought forth H8317 ➔ frogs H6854 in abundance, H8317 in the chambers H2315 of their kings. H4428

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9 - And it shall come to pass, that every thing H5315 that liveth, H2416 which moveth, H8317 whithersoever the rivers H5158 shall come, H935 shall live: H2421 and there shall be a very H3966 great H7227 multitude of fish, H1710 because these waters H4325 shall come H935 thither: for they shall be healed; H7495 and every thing shall live H2425 whither the river H5158 cometh. H935
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