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STRONGS NUMBER H8334
Transliteration: sharath
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-rath')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to minister, serve
Meaning: to attend as a, menial, worshipper, to contribute to
Word Summary
sharath: to minister, serve
Original Word: שָׁרַתTransliteration: sharath
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-rath')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to minister, serve
Meaning: to attend as a, menial, worshipper, to contribute to
Strong's Concordance
minister unto, serve, wait on A primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to -- minister (unto), (do) serve(- ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8334. sharath
[שָׁרַת]97 verb Pi`el minister, serve (compare Late Hebrew שֵׁרוּת (temple-)ministry, Phoenician משרת ministry, and perhaps verb שרת minister); —
Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular שֵׁרֵת Numbers 8:26; Deuteronomy 18:7; 3masculine plural שֵׁרְתוּ Numbers 3:6; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיְשָׁ֫רֶת Genesis 39:4, 3masculine plural יְשָֽׁרְתוּ Numbers 3:31 +, etc.; Infinitive construct לְשָׁרֵת Exodus 28:35 +, שָׁם לְשָׁ֫רֶת Deuteronomy 17:12, etc.; Participle מְשָׁרֵת Numbers 11:28 + (2 Samuel 13:9 see מַשְׂרֵת, p. 602:a), feminine מְשָׁרַת 1 Kings 1:15, etc.; — serve:
1 of ministerial service (opposed tomenial, עבד):
a. higher domestic service: Joseph Genesis 39:4; 40:4 (JE), Elisha's chief servant 2 Kings 4:43; 6:15, royal domestics 2 Samuel 13:17-18, 1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chronicles 9:4; Esther 2:2; 6:3, Abishag 1 Kings 1:4, 15.
b. of royal officers (late) 1 Chronicles 27:1; 28:1; 2 Chronicles 17:19; 22:8; Esther 1:10; Proverbs 29:12.
c. Joshua as chief assistant to Moses Exodus 24:13; 33:11 (E), Numbers 11:28 (J), Joshua 1:1 (D), Elisha to Elijah 1 Kings 19:21.
d. of angels to ׳י Psalm 103:21, compare 104:4.
e. of kings of nations in prophets Isaiah 60:10.
2 usually of special service in worship:
a. of Levitical priests, absolute 1 Kings 8:11 2 Chronicles 5:14; with accusative ׳י Deuteronomy 10:8; 17:12; 21:5; Jeremiah 33:21 +?אֹתִי מְשָֽׁרְתֵי 33:22; also Isaiah 60:7 of animals put figurative for those sacrificing them; of foreigners admitted to priesthood 61:6, compare 56:6; so probably Samuel conceived as priest 1 Samuel 2:11; 3:1, י פני ׳את 2:18 (פני probably accusative, compare ᵐ5 τῷ προσώπῳ 2:11), ׳שׁ י ׳בְּשֵׁםDeuteronomy 18:5, 7.
b. Levites (P, and late); with accusative of Aaronic priests Numbers 3:6; 8:26; 18:2, with accusative of ׳י 1 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 29:11 a; probably also in reference to Levitical singer Psalm 101:6; with accusative tabernacle Numbers 1:50 (P), congregation 16:9 (P), people Ezekiel 44:11 + 44:12 (of idolatry); absolute 1 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Chronicles 23:6; 29:11; b 31:2; Ezra 8:17 (participle as substantive, ministers); י בְּרִית ׳אֲרוֺן ׳שׁ לִפְנֵי 1 Chronicles 16:37, ׳שׁ הַכֹּהֲנִים נֶגֶד2 Chronicles 8:14; ׳שׁ with ב location 1 Chronicles 26:12; especially with בְּ, of sacred vessels Numbers 3:31; 4:9, 12, 14; 2 Kings 25:14 = Jeremiah 52:18; בַּשִּׁיר 1 Chronicles 6:17.
c. Zadokite priests (Ezekiel), absolute Ezekiel 42:14 3t., with accusative ׳י 40:48 4t., construct מְשָׁרֲתֵי before sacred place 45:4-5, 46:24.
d. Aaronic priests, absolute Exodus 28:35 4t. P; with accusative ׳י 1 Chronicles 23:13; ׳לי2 Chronicles 13:10; י ׳מְשָֽׁרְתֵי Joel 1:9, 13; 2:17, מזבח מְשָֽׁרְתֵי 1:13, with בַּקֹּדֶשׁ Exodus 28:43 4t. P.
e. of idolatry, with accusative ואבן עץ Ezekiel 20:32.