Sherets שֶׁ֫רֶץ

Sherets (Hebrew שֶׁ֫רֶץ, Strong's H8318) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “swarm”. It occurs 15 times in 15 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 Sherets, 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 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.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 5:2
  Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.
• Leviticus 11:10
  And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
• Leviticus 11:20
  All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
• Leviticus 11:21
  Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.
• Leviticus 11:23
  But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
• 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 11:31
  These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
• 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 11:44
  For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
• Leviticus 22:5
  Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 14:19
  And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

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).