To swarm
שָׁרַץStrong’s H8317sharats (sha-rats)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sharats is the Hebrew word usually translated “which swarms”, “let them swarm” and “swarmed”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to teem, swarm, multiplyto swarm, teem
How it's translated
- which swarms 6
- let them swarm 1
- they swarmed 1
- and they will swarm 1
- swarm 1
- and they swarmed 1
- and it will swarm 1
- it swarmed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 5
- Leviticus 5
- Exodus 2
- Psalms 1
- Ezekiel 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 1:21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 7:21And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
- Genesis 8:17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
- Genesis 9:7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
- Exodus 1:7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
- Exodus 8:3And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁרַץ sharats · to swarm
1) (Qal) to teem, swarm, multiply 1a) to swarm, teem 1b2) to swarm
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “swarm” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SWARM, noun
sworm. [Latin ferveo, and boiling is very expressive of the motions of a swarm of bees. See the Verb.]
- In a general sense, a large number or body of small animals or insects, particularly when in motion; but appropriately, a great number of honey bees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new lodgings under the direction of a queen; or a like body of bees united and settled permanently in a hive. Exodus 8:24Judges 14:8
- A swarm or multitude; particularly, a multitude of people in motion.
All definitions and other forms of “swarm”
SWARM, verb intransitive
sworm.
- To collect and depart from a hive by flight in a body, as bees.
- To appear or collect in a crowd; to run; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.
- To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of animals in motion.
- To breed multitudes.
- To climb, as a tree, by embracing it with the arms and legs, and scrambling.
SWARM, verb transitive
To crowd or throng. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.