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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 - Then God H430 said, H559 “Let the waters H4325 [fn]teem H8317 with swarms H8318 of living H2416 creatures, H5315 and let birds H5775 fly H5774 above H5921 the earth H776 [fn]in the open H6440 [fn]expanse H7549 of the heavens.” H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - God H430 created H1254 the great H1419 sea H8577 monsters H8577 and every H3605 living H2416 creature H5315 that moves, H7430 with which H834 the waters H4325 swarmed H8317 after their kind, H4327 and every H3605 winged H3671 bird H5775 after its kind; H4327 and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - All H3605 flesh H1320 that [fn]moved H7430 on the earth H776 perished, H1478 birds H5775 and cattle H929 and beasts H2416 and every H3605 swarming H8318 thing H8318 that swarms H8317 upon the earth, H776 and all H3605 mankind; H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - “Bring H3318 out with you every H3605 living H2416 thing H2416 of all H3605 flesh H1320 that is with you, birds H5775 and animals H929 and every H3605 creeping H7431 thing H7431 that creeps H7430 on the earth, H776 that they may [fn]breed H8317 abundantly H8317 on the earth, H776 and be fruitful H6509 and multiply H7235 on the earth.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:7 - “As for you, be fruitful H6509 and multiply; H7235
[fn]Populate H8317 the earth H776 abundantly H8317 and multiply H7235 in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - But the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 were fruitful H6509 and [fn]increased H8317 greatly, H8317 and multiplied, H7235 and became H6105 exceedingly H3966 [fn]mighty, H6105 so that the land H776 was filled H4390 with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - “The Nile H2975 will swarm H8317 with frogs, H6854 which will come H5927 up and go H935 into your house H1004 and into your bedroom H2315 H4904 and on your bed, H4296 and into the houses H1004 of your servants H5650 and on your people, H5971 and into your ovens H8574 and into your kneading H4863 bowls. H4863

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29 - ‘Now these H2088 are to you the unclean H2931 among the swarming H8318 things H8318 which swarm H8317 on the earth: H776 the mole, H2467 and the mouse, H5909 and the [fn]great H6632 lizard H6632 in its kinds, H4327

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:41 - ‘Now every H3605 swarming H8318 thing H8318 that swarms H8317 on the earth H776 is detestable, H8263 not to be eaten. H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42 - ‘Whatever H3605 crawls H1980 on its belly, H1512 and whatever H3605 walks H1980 on all fours, H702 whatever H3605 has many H7235 feet, H7272 in respect to every H3605 swarming H8318 thing H8318 that swarms H8317 on the earth, H776 you shall not eat H398 them, for they are detestable. H8263

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - ‘Do not render H8262 [fn]yourselves H5315 detestable H8262 through any H3605 of the swarming H8318 things H8318 that swarm; H8317 and you shall not make H2930 yourselves unclean H2930 with them so that you become H2930 unclean. H2930

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:46 - This H2088 is the law H8451 regarding the animal H929 and the bird, H5775 and every H3605 living H2416 thing H2416 that moves H7430 in the waters H4325 and everything H3605 that swarms H8317 on the earth, H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:30 - Their land H776 swarmed H8317 with frogs H6854
Even in the chambers H2315 of their kings. H4428

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9 - “It will come H1961 about that every H3605 living H5315 creature H5315 which H834 swarms H8317 in every H3605 place where H834 H8033 the [fn]river H5158 goes, H935 will live. H2421 And there will be very H3966 many H7227 fish, H1710 for these H428 waters H4325 go H935 there H8033 and the others [fn]become H7495 fresh; H7495 so everything H3605 will live H2421 where H834 H8033 the river H5158 goes. H935
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