8317. sharats

Strong's Concordance

sharats: to swarm, teem

Original Word: שָׁרַץ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: sharats
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-rats')
Definition: to swarm, teem

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to swarm, teem
NASB Translation
breed abundantly (1), increased greatly (1), populate the abundantly (1), swarm (3), swarmed (2), swarms (5), teem (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שָׁרַץ verb swarm, teem (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic crawl, = שֶׁרֶץ, so שִׁרְצָא (rare); Ethiopic germinate, sprout); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Psalm 105:30, שָֽׁרְצוּ Genesis 1:21, etc.; Imperfect3masculine 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 (+ מָּרָה, רָבָה), Ezekiel 47:9, הַּשֹׁרֵּץ Genesis 7:21; Leviticus 11:29,41,42,46 (all עַלהָּֿרֶָּֿץ), Leviticus 11:43; subject men Genesis 9:7 (+ מָּרָה, רָבה), Exodus 1:7 (id., + עָצַם).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

breed bring forth, increase abundantly in abundance, creep, move

A primitive root; to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound -- breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move.

Forms and Transliterations

הַשֹּׁרֵ֑ץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ הַשֹּׁרֶ֥צֶת השרץ השרצת וְשָֽׁרְצ֣וּ וְשָׁרַ֣ץ וַֽיִּשְׁרְצ֛וּ וישרצו ושרץ ושרצו יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ יִשְׁרֹ֡ץ ישרץ ישרצו שִׁרְצ֥וּ שָׁרְצ֨וּ שָׁרַ֣ץ שרץ שרצו haš·šō·re·ṣeṯ haš·šō·rêṣ hashshoRetz hashshoRetzet haššōrêṣ haššōreṣeṯ šā·raṣ šā·rə·ṣū šāraṣ šārəṣū shaRatz shareTzu shirTzu šir·ṣū širṣū vaiyishreTzu veshaRatz veshareTzu way·yiš·rə·ṣū wayyišrəṣū wə·šā·raṣ wə·šā·rə·ṣū wəšāraṣ wəšārəṣū yiš·rə·ṣū yiš·rōṣ yishreTzu yishRotz yišrəṣū yišrōṣ

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 1:20
HEB: וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ הַמַּ֔יִם שֶׁ֖רֶץ
NAS: Let the waters teem with swarms
KJV: Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature
INT: said God teem the waters swarms

Genesis 1:21
HEB: הָֽרֹמֶ֡שֶׂת אֲשֶׁר֩ שָׁרְצ֨וּ הַמַּ֜יִם לְמִֽינֵהֶ֗ם
NAS: the waters swarmed after their kind,
KJV: which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind,
INT: moves which swarmed the waters their kind

Genesis 7:21
HEB: וּבְכָל־ הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: swarming thing that swarms upon the earth,
KJV: and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth,
INT: and every swarming swarms upon the earth

Genesis 8:17
HEB: ק) אִתָּ֑ךְ וְשָֽׁרְצ֣וּ בָאָ֔רֶץ וּפָר֥וּ
NAS: on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth,
KJV: upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth,
INT: after for may breed the earth and be fruitful

Genesis 9:7
HEB: פְּר֣וּ וּרְב֑וּ שִׁרְצ֥וּ בָאָ֖רֶץ וּרְבוּ־
NAS: and multiply; Populate the earth
KJV: and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth,
INT: you be fruitful and multiply Populate the earth and multiply

Exodus 1:7
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל פָּר֧וּ וַֽיִּשְׁרְצ֛וּ וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ
NAS: were fruitful and increased greatly, and multiplied,
KJV: were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied,
INT: of Israel were fruitful and increased and multiplied and became

Exodus 8:3
HEB: וְשָׁרַ֣ץ הַיְאֹר֮ צְפַרְדְּעִים֒
NAS: The Nile will swarm with frogs,
KJV: frogs abundantly, which shall go up
INT: will swarm the Nile frogs

Leviticus 11:29
HEB: הַטָּמֵ֔א בַּשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: among the swarming things which swarm on the earth:
KJV: unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth;
INT: the unclean the swarming swarm on the earth

Leviticus 11:41
HEB: וְכָל־ הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: swarming thing that swarms on the earth
KJV: And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth
INT: now every swarming swarms on the earth

Leviticus 11:42
HEB: לְכָל־ הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: swarming thing that swarms on the earth,
KJV: among all creeping things that creep upon the earth,
INT: to every swarming swarms on the earth

Leviticus 11:43
HEB: בְּכָל־ הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֑ץ וְלֹ֤א תִֽטַּמְּאוּ֙
NAS: of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.
KJV: with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean
INT: any of the swarming swarm shall not make

Leviticus 11:46
HEB: וּלְכָל־ נֶ֖פֶשׁ הַשֹּׁרֶ֥צֶת עַל־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: and everything that swarms on the earth,
KJV: and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
INT: and everything creature swarms on the earth

Psalm 105:30
HEB: שָׁרַ֣ץ אַרְצָ֣ם צְפַרְדְּעִ֑ים
NAS: Their land swarmed with frogs
KJV: frogs in abundance, in the chambers
INT: swarmed their land frogs

Ezekiel 47:9
HEB: חַיָּ֣ה ׀ אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־ יִשְׁרֹ֡ץ אֶ֣ל כָּל־
NAS: which swarms in every
KJV: that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers
INT: liveth which swarms in every

14 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8317
14 Occurrences

haš·šō·rêṣ — 5 Occ.
haš·šō·re·ṣeṯ — 1 Occ.
šā·raṣ — 1 Occ.
šā·rə·ṣū — 1 Occ.
šir·ṣū — 1 Occ.
way·yiš·rə·ṣū — 1 Occ.
wə·šā·raṣ — 1 Occ.
wə·šā·rə·ṣū — 1 Occ.
yiš·rə·ṣū — 1 Occ.
yiš·rōṣ — 1 Occ.