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שֶׁרֶץ H8318
H8318 is the Hebrew word שֶׁרֶץ, transliterated sherets and said sheh'-rets. The King James Version most often renders it every creeping thing.
What it means
a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals.
Where it comes from
from H8317 (שָׁרַץ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: creep(-ing thing), move(-ing creature).
Verses using שֶׁרֶץ
All 15 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 1:20 · KJV
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Genesis 7:21 · KJV
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
Leviticus 5:2 · KJV
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
Leviticus 11:10 · KJV
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
Leviticus 11:20 · KJV
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
Leviticus 11:21 · KJV
Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
Leviticus 11:23 · KJV
But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
Leviticus 11:29 · KJV
These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
Leviticus 11:31 · KJV
These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 11:41 · KJV
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
Leviticus 11:42 · KJV
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
Leviticus 11:43 · KJV
Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
Leviticus 11:44 · KJV
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Leviticus 22:5 · KJV
Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
Deuteronomy 14:19 · KJV
And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8318 mean?
H8318 is the Hebrew word שֶׁרֶץ (sherets), meaning a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals.
How is H8318 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it every creeping thing (3 times), creeping things (2 times), creeping thing (2 times), moving creature (1 time), move (1 time), among others.
How many times does H8318 appear in the Bible?
שֶׁרֶץ (sherets) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8318 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8317 (שָׁרַץ).
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