King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8318
Transliteration: sherets
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-rets)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: swarmers, swarming things
Meaning: a swarm, active mass of minute animals
Word Summary
sherets: swarmers, swarming things
Original Word: שֶׁרֶץTransliteration: sherets
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-rets)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: swarmers, swarming things
Meaning: a swarm, active mass of minute animals
Strong's Concordance
creeping thing, moving creature From sharats; a swarm, i.e. Active mass of minute animals -- creep(-ing thing), move(-ing creature).
see HEBREW sharats
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8318. sherets
שֶׁ֫רֶץ noun masculineGenesis 7:21
collective swarmers, swarming things; — ׳שׁ absolute Leviticus 11:29 +, שָׁ֑רֶץ 11:31; construct 11:20 +; — swarming things (H D and P), aquatic Genesis 1:20; Leviticus 11:10; small reptiles and quadrupeds Genesis 7:21 (+ חַיָּה בְּהֵמָה, עוֺף,), Leviticus 5:2 (+ בְּהֵמָה חַיָּה,), 11:29 (weasel, mouse, lizard), 11:31; 11:41; 11:42; 11:43 (with cognate שָׁרַץ), 11:44, compare 22:5; insects, ׳שׁ הָעוֺף Deuteronomy 14:19, + עַלאַֿרְעַ הַהֹלֵךְ Leviticus 11:20-21, compare 11:23. compare 11:23,. compare DrDB i. 519.