King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8317
Transliteration: sharats
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-rats')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to swarm, teem
Meaning: to wriggle, swarm, abound
Word Summary
sharats: to swarm, teem
Original Word: שָׁרַץTransliteration: sharats
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-rats')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to swarm, teem
Meaning: to wriggle, swarm, abound
Strong's 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8317. sharats
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 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 (+ רָבָה מָּרָה,), Ezekiel 47:9, הַּשֹׁרֵּץ Genesis 7:21; Leviticus 11:29, 41, 42, 46 (all עַלהָּֿרֶָּֿץ), 11:43; subject men Genesis 9:7 (+ רָבה מָּרָה,), Exodus 1:7 (id., + עָצַם).