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HebrewH8318Noun (Masculine)

שֶׁ֫רֶץ

she.rets

15Occurrences
H8318Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals

from H8317 (שָׁרַץ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. teeming or swarming things, creepers, swarmers 1a) of insects, animals, small reptiles, quadrupeds

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

שֶׁ֫רֶץ appears 15 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus
12
Genesis
2
Deuteronomy
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 14:19BSB

All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

Leviticus 11:10BSB

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 11:23BSB

All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

Leviticus 11:41BSB

Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.

Leviticus 11:44BSB

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.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.