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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #8318 - שֶׁרֶץ

Transliteration

sherets

Phonetics

sheh'-rets

Origin

from (H8317)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2467a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

teeming or swarming things, creepers, swarmers
1. of insects, animals, small reptiles, quadrupeds

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2044 ‑ ἐρεύγομαι (er‑yoog'‑om‑ahee); 2062 ‑ ἑρπετόν (her‑pet‑on');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (14)

Genesis 1

Leviticus 12

Deuteronomy 1

BSB (15)

Genesis 2

Leviticus 12

Deuteronomy 1

CSB (14)

Genesis 1

Leviticus 12

Deuteronomy 1

ESV (16)

Genesis 2

Leviticus 13

Deuteronomy 1

KJV (15)

Genesis 2

Leviticus 12

Deuteronomy 1

LEB (15)

Genesis 2

Leviticus 12

Deuteronomy 1

LSB (26)

Genesis 3

Leviticus 21

Deuteronomy 2

N95 (26)

Genesis 3

Leviticus 21

Deuteronomy 2

NAS (26)

Genesis 3

Leviticus 21

Deuteronomy 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (16)

Genesis 2

Leviticus 13

Deuteronomy 1

ASV (14)

and every creeping thing 2

any creeping thing 1

creeping 2

creeping things 3

even all creeping things 1

of all that move 1

to you among all that creep 1

unto you among the creeping things 1

with any creeping thing 1

with any manner of creeping thing 1

BSB (15)

any creature 1

crawling creature 3

creature 2

creature that swarms 1

creatures 4

insects 1

that swarm 1

the crawling creatures 1

the teeming 1

CSB (14)

creature 4

creatures 3

insects 4

the creatures 2

things 1

ESV (16)

creatures 1

insects 3

swarm 1

swarming 5

swarming creatures 1

swarming thing 1

swarming things 2

swarms 1

that 1

KJV (15)

creature 1

creep 2

creeping 1

move 1

thing 6

things 4

LEB (15)

⌊the winged insects⌋ 1

for you among the swarmers 1

insect⌋ 2

insects⌋ 1

s 1

swarmer 5

swarmers 1

that swarmed 1

the swarmers 1

with swarms of 1

LSB (26)

life 2

swarming 12

swarms 1

teeming 2

thing 3

things 6

N95 (26)

insects 3

life 2

swarming 8

swarms 1

teeming 3

thing 3

things 6

NAS (26)

insects 4

life 1

swarming 10

swarms 1

teeming 1

thing 3

things 6

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (16)

any creeping thing 1

creatures 1

creeping 1

creeping things 3

even all creeping things 1

every creeping thing 1

insects 1

of all that move 1

that walk 1

to you among all that creep 1

to you among the creeping things 1

with any creeping thing 1

with any kind of creeping thing 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2881) y r s (סהרתס ShRTs) AC: Swarmer CO: Swarmer AB: ?: The moving mass of a swarm.

V) y r s (סהרתס ShRTs) - Swarmer: KJV (14): (vf: Paal) creep, abundantly, move, breed, increase - Strongs: H8317 (שָׁרַץ)

N^m) y r s (סהרתס ShRTs) - Swarmer: KJV (15): creeping, creep, creature, move - Strongs: H8318 (שֶׁרֶץ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שֶׁ֫רֶץ noun masculine^{Genesis 7:21}

collective swarmers, swarming things; — ׳שׁ absolute Leviticus 11:29 +, שָׁ֑רֶץ Leviticus 11:31; construct Leviticus 11:20 +; — swarming things (H D and P), aquatic Genesis 1:20; Leviticus 11:10; small reptiles and quadrupeds Genesis 7:21 (+ עוֺף, בְּהֵמָה, חַיָּה), Leviticus 5:2 (+ חַיָּה, בְּהֵמָה), Leviticus 11:29 (weasel, mouse, lizard), Leviticus 11:31; Leviticus 11:41; Leviticus 11:42; Leviticus 11:43 (with cognate שָׁרַץ), Leviticus 11:44, compare Leviticus 22:5; insects, הָעוֺף׳שׁ Deuteronomy 14:19, + הַהֹלֵךְ עַלאַֿרְעַ Leviticus 11:20,21, compare Leviticus 11:23. compare Leviticus 11:23,. compare Dr^{DB i. 519}.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שֶׁרֶץ m., collect.

(1) reptiles, Genesis 7:21; Leviticus 5:2, 11:29. Verse 20, “winged reptiles (שֶׁרֶץ הָעוֹף) that walk on four” (feet), are bats (not crickets which have six legs, though they are said to use only four of them in walking), Leviticus 21:23; Deuteronomy 14:19.

(2) smaller aquatic animals, Genesis 1:20 more fully שֶׁרֶץ הַמַּיִם Leviticus 11:10.

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List of Word Forms

בַּשֶּׁ֖רֶץ בשרץ הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשָּׁ֑רֶץ השרץ שֶׁ֖רֶץ שֶׁ֣רֶץ שרץ baš·še·reṣ bashSheretz baššereṣ haš·šā·reṣ haš·še·reṣ hashSharetz hashSheretz haššāreṣ haššereṣ še·reṣ šereṣ Sheretz