שָׁרַץshârats

Meanings

Same root

• שֶׁרֶץsherets · H8318a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals

Where it appears

Appears 14 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 1:20 Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”
• Genesis 1:21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms in the water, and every sort of bird—each producing offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 7:21 All the living things on earth died—birds, domestic animals, wild animals, small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people.
• Genesis 8:17 Release all the animals—the birds, the livestock, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—so they can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”
• Genesis 9:7 Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth.”
• Exodus 1:7 But their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so greatly that they became extremely powerful and filled the land.