Quick Definition
to swarm
Strong's Definition
to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move.
TWOT Reference: 2467
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (Qal) to teem, swarm, multiply
1a) to swarm, teem
1b2) to swarm
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁרַץ (sha.rats) — to swarm. 1) (Qal) to teem, swarm, multiply 1a) to swarm, teem 1b2) to swarm
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שֶׁרֶץ
Quantity | verb qal
to swarm, to teem = state in which an area contains large quantities of small living beings
GEN 1:20 · GEN 1:21 · EXO 7:28 · PSA 105:30
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁרַץ vb. swarm, teem base