שָׁרַתshârath
minister, serve
Pronunciation: shaw-rath' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8334
Meanings
Pi`el: serve (Numbers 8:26; Deuteronomy 18:7; Numbers 3:6)
1. of ministerial service (opposed to menial, עבד)
b. officers (1 Chronicles 27:1; 1 Chronicles 28:1; 2 Chronicles 17:19)
2. usually of special service in worship
b. ministers (Numbers 3:6; Numbers 8:26; Numbers 18:2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 97 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 39:4 This pleased Potiphar, so he soon made Joseph his personal attendant. He put him in charge of his entire household and everything he owned.
- Genesis 40:4 They remained in prison for quite some time, and the captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, who looked after them.
- Exodus 24:13 So Moses and his assistant Joshua set out, and Moses climbed up the mountain of God.
- Exodus 28:35 Aaron will wear this robe whenever he ministers before the Lord, and the bells will tinkle as he goes in and out of the Lord’s presence in the Holy Place. If he wears it, he will not die.
- Exodus 28:43 These must be worn whenever Aaron and his sons enter the Tabernacle or approach the altar in the Holy Place to perform their priestly duties. Then they will not incur guilt and die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and all his descendants after him.
- Exodus 29:30 The descendant who succeeds him as high priest will wear these clothes for seven days as he ministers in the Tabernacle and the Holy Place.
See every passage
- Genesis 39:4, 40:4
- Exodus 24:13, 28:35, 28:43, 29:30, 30:20, 33:11, 35:19, 39:1, 39:26, 39:41
- Numbers 1:50, 3:6, 3:31, 4:9, 4:12, 4:14, 8:26, 11:28, 16:9, 18:2
- Deuteronomy 10:8, 17:12, 18:5, 18:7, 21:5
- Joshua 1:1
- 1 Samuel 2:11, 2:18, 3:1
- 2 Samuel 13:17, 13:18
- 1 Kings 1:4, 1:15, 8:11, 10:5, 19:21
- 2 Kings 4:43, 6:15, 25:14
- 1 Chronicles 6:32, 15:2, 16:4, 16:37, 23:13, 26:12, 27:1, 28:1
- 2 Chronicles 5:14, 8:14, 9:4, 13:10, 17:19, 22:8, 23:6, 29:11, 31:2
- Ezra 8:17
- Nehemiah 10:36, 10:39
- Esther 1:10, 2:2, 6:3
- Psalms 101:6, 103:21, 104:4
- Proverbs 29:12
- Isaiah 56:6, 60:7, 60:10, 61:6
- Jeremiah 33:21, 33:22, 52:18
- Ezekiel 20:32, 40:46, 42:14, 43:19, 44:11, 44:12, 44:15, 44:16, 44:17, 44:19, 44:27, 45:4, 45:5, 46:24
- Joel 1:9, 1:13, 2:17
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).