שָׁרַץ
shârats · shaw-rats'
to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › to pursue the straight path
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁרַץ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that creepeth4 · 25%
- bring forth abundantly2 · 13%
- that creep2 · 13%
- brought forth abundantly1 · 6%
- that they may breed abundantly1 · 6%
- and increased abundantly1 · 6%
- shall bring forth1 · 6%
- abundantly1 · 6%
- brought forth1 · 6%
- in abundance1 · 6%
- which moveth1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.