Sharats שָׁרַץ

Sharats (Hebrew שָׁרַץ, Strong's H8317) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to swarm”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Sharats, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 1:20
  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.And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
• Genesis 1:21
  And 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.So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 7:21
  And 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:And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
• Genesis 8:17
  Bring 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.Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
• Genesis 9:7
  And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

Exodus

• Exodus 1:7
  And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
• Exodus 8:3
  And 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:The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 11:29
  These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,
• Leviticus 11:41
  And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
• Leviticus 11:42
  Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.
• Leviticus 11:43
  Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.
• Leviticus 11:46
  This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.

Psalms

• Psalm 105:30
  Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 47:9
  And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).