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Lexicon :: Strong's H8334 - šāraṯ

Aa
שָׁרַת
Transliteration
šāraṯ
Pronunciation
shaw-rath'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2472

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁרַת shârath, shaw-rath'; a primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to:—minister (unto), (do) serve(-ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 97x

The KJV translates Strong's H8334 in the following manner: minister (v) (62x), minister (n) (17x), serve (8x), servant (5x), service (3x), servitor (1x), waited (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 97x
The KJV translates Strong's H8334 in the following manner: minister (v) (62x), minister (n) (17x), serve (8x), servant (5x), service (3x), servitor (1x), waited (1x).
  1. (Piel) to minister, serve, minister to

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁרַת shârath, shaw-rath'; a primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to:—minister (unto), (do) serve(-ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.
STRONGS H8334: Abbreviations
[שָׁרַת]97 verb Pi. minister, serve (compare Late Hebrew שֵׁרוּת (temple-)ministry, Phoenician משרת ministry, and perhaps verb שרת minister); —
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שֵׁרֵת Numbers 8:26; Deuteronomy 18:7; 3rd person masculine plural שֵׁרְתוּ Numbers 3:6; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיְשָׁ֫רֶת Genesis 39:4, 3rd person masculine plural יְשָֽׁרְתוּ Numbers 3:31 +, etc.; Infinitive construct לְשָׁרֵת Exodus 28:35 +, לְשָׁ֫רֶת שָׁם Deuteronomy 17:12, etc.; Participle מְשָׁרֵת Numbers 11:28 + (2 Samuel 13:9 see מַשְׂרֵת, p. 602:a), feminine מְשָׁרַת 1 Kings 1:15, etc.; — serve:
1. of ministerial service (opposed tomenial, עבד):
a. higher domestic service: Joseph Genesis 39:4; Genesis 40:4 (JE), Elisha's chief servant 2 Kings 4:43; 2 Kings 6:15, royal domestics 2 Samuel 13:17, 18; 1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chronicles 9:4; Esther 2:2; Esther 6:3, Abishag 1 Kings 1:4, 15.
c. Joshua as chief assistant to Moses Exodus 24:13; Exodus 33:11 (E), Numbers 11:28 (J), Joshua 1:1 (D), Elisha to Elijah 1 Kings 19:21.
d. of angels to י׳ Psalm 103:21, compare Psalm 104:4.
e. of kings of nations in prophets Isaiah 60:10.
2. usually of special service in worship:
a. of Levitical priests, absolute 1 Kings 8:11 2 Chronicles 5:14; with accusative י׳ Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 17:12; Deuteronomy 21:5; Jeremiah 33:21מְשָֽׁרְתֵי אֹתִי Jeremiah 33:22; also Isaiah 60:7 of animals put figurative for those sacrificing them; of foreigners admitted to priesthood Isaiah 61:6, compare Isaiah 56:6; so probably Samuel conceived as priest 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 3:1, את פני י׳ 1 Samuel 2:18 (פני probably accusative, compare Greek Version of the LXX τῷ προσώπῳ 1 Samuel 2:11), בְּשֵׁם י׳ שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 18:5, 7.
b. Levites (P, and late); with accusative of Aaronic priests Numbers 3:6; Numbers 8:26; Numbers 18:2, with accusative of י׳ 1 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 29:11 a; probably also in reference to Levitical singer Psalm 101:6; with accusative tabernacle Numbers 1:50 (P), congregation Numbers 16:9 (P), people Ezekiel 44:11 + Ezekiel 44:12 (of idolatry); absolute 1 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Chronicles 23:6; 29:11; b 2 Chronicles 31:2; Ezra 8:17 (participle as substantive, ministers); לִפְנֵי שׁ׳ אֲרוֺן בְּרִית י׳ 1 Chronicles 16:37, נֶגֶד הַכֹּהֲנִים שׁ׳ 2 Chronicles 8:14; שׁ׳ with ב location 1 Chronicles 26:12; especially with בְּ, of sacred vessels Numbers 3:31; Numbers 4:9, 12, 14; 2 Kings 25:14 = Jeremiah 52:18; בַּשִּׁיר 1 Chronicles 6:17.
c. Zadokite priests (Ezekiel), absolute Ezekiel 42:14 + 3 times, with accusative י׳ Ezekiel 40:48 + 4 times, construct מְשָׁרֲתֵי before sacred place Ezekiel 45:4, 5; Ezekiel 46:24.
d. Aaronic priests, absolute Exodus 28:35 + 4 times P; with accusative י׳ 1 Chronicles 23:13; לי׳ 2 Chronicles 13:10; מְשָֽׁרְתֵי י׳ Joel 1:9, 13; Joel 2:17, מְשָֽׁרְתֵי מזבח Joel 1:13, with בַּקֹּדֶשׁ Exodus 28:43 + 4 times P.
e. of idolatry, with accusative עץ ואבן Ezekiel 20:32.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

39:4; 39:4; 40:4

Exodus

24:13; 28:35; 28:35; 28:43; 33:11

Numbers

1:50; 3:6; 3:6; 3:31; 3:31; 4:9; 4:12; 4:14; 8:26; 8:26; 11:28; 11:28; 16:9; 18:2

Deuteronomy

10:8; 17:12; 17:12; 18:5; 18:7; 18:7; 21:5

Joshua

1:1

1 Samuel

2:11; 2:11; 2:18; 3:1

2 Samuel

13:9; 13:17; 13:18

1 Kings

1:4; 1:15; 1:15; 8:11; 10:5; 19:21

2 Kings

4:43; 6:15; 25:14

1 Chronicles

6:17; 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; 29:11; 31:2

Ezra

8:17

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; 40:48; 42:14; 44:11; 44:12; 45:4; 45:5; 46:24

Joel

1:9; 1:13; 1:13; 2:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8334 matches the Hebrew שָׁרַת (šāraṯ),
which occurs 98 times in 92 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 39:4–2Ch 5:14)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:4 - So Joseph H3130 found H4672 favor H2580 in his sight H5869 and [fn]became H8334 his personal H8334 servant H8334; and he made H6485 him overseer H6485 over H5921 his house H1004, and [fn]put H5414 him in charge H3027 of all H3605 that he owned H3426.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:4 - And the captain H8269 of the bodyguard H2876 put H6485 Joseph H3130 in H6485 charge H6485 of them, and he [fn]took H8334 care H8334 of H8334 them; and they were in confinement H4929 for [fn]some H3117 time H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:13 - So Moses H4872 got H6965 up H6965 [fn]along with Joshua H3091 his [fn]servant H8334, and Moses H4872 went H5927 up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:35 - “It shall be on Aaron H175 [fn]when he ministers H8334; and its sound H6963 shall be heard H8085 when he enters H935 and leaves H3318 the Holy H6944 Place H6944 before H6440 the LORD H3068, so that he will not die H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - “And they shall be on Aaron H175 and on his sons H1121 when they enter H935 the tent H168 of meeting H4150, or H176 when they approach H5066 the altar H4196 to minister H8334 in the Holy H6944 Place H6944, so that they do not incur H5375 [fn]guilt H5771 and die H4191. It shall be a statute H2708 forever H5769 to him and to his [fn]descendants H2233 after H310 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:30 - “For seven H7651 days H3117 the one of his sons H1121 who is priest H3548 in H8478 his place H8478 shall put H3847 them on H3847 when H834 he enters H935 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 to minister H8334 in the Holy H6944 Place H6944.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - when they enter H935 the tent H168 of meeting H4150, they shall wash H7364 with water H4325, so that they do not die H4191; or H176 when they approach H5066 the altar H4196 to minister H8334, by offering H6999 up H6999 in H6999 smoke H6999 a fire H801 sacrifice to the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - So the LORD H3068 used to speak H1696 to Moses H4872 face H6440 to face H6440, just H834 as H834 a man H376 speaks H1696 to his friend H7453. When [fn]Moses returned H7725 to the camp H4264, his servant H8334 Joshua H3091, the son H1121 of Nun H5126, a young H5288 man H5288, would not depart H4185 from the tent H168.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19 - the [fn]woven H8278 garments H899 for ministering H8334 in the Holy H6944 Place H6944, the holy H6944 garments H899 for Aaron H175 the priest H3548 and the garments H899 of his sons H1121, to serve H3547 as H3547 priests H3547.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 -

Now from the [fn]violet H8504, purple H713, and scarlet H8144 material they made H6213 finely H8278 woven H8278 garments H899 for ministering H8334 in the Holy H6944 Place H6944, [fn]as well as the holy H6944 garments H899 which H834 were for Aaron H175, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:26 - [fn]alternating a bell H6472 and a pomegranate H7416 all H5439 around H5439 on the hem H7757 of the robe H4598 for the service H8334, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41 - the woven H8278 garments H899 for ministering H8334 in the Holy H6944 Place H6944, and the holy H6944 garments H899 for Aaron H175 the priest H3548 and the garments H899 of his sons H1121, to serve H3547 as H3547 priests H3547.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - “And you shall appoint H6485 the Levites H3881 over H5921 the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the testimony H5715, and over H5921 all H3605 its furnishings H3627 and over H5921 everything H3605 that belongs to it. They shall carry H5375 the tabernacle H4908 and all H3605 its furnishings H3627, and they shall take H8334 care H8334 of H8334 it; they shall also camp H2583 around H5439 the [fn]tabernacle H4908.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6 - “Bring H7126 the tribe H4294 of Levi H3878 forward H7126 and present H5975 them before H6440 Aaron H175 the priest H3548, that they may serve H8334 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - Now their duties H4931 included the ark H727, the table H7979, the lampstand H4501, the altars H4196, the utensils H3627 of the sanctuary H6944 with which H834 they minister H8334, the [fn]curtain H4539, and all H3605 the service H5656 [fn]concerning them;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - “Then they shall take H3947 a violet H8504 cloth H899 and cover H3680 the lampstand H4501 for the light H3974, along with its lamps H5216, its tongs H4457, its trays H4289, and all H3605 its oil H8081 containers H3627, by which H834 they attend H8334 to it;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:12 - and they shall take H3947 all H3605 the utensils H3627 of service H8335, with which H834 they serve H8334 in the sanctuary H6944, and put H5414 them in a violet H8504 cloth H899 and cover H3680 them with a covering H4372 of fine H8476 leather H5785, and put H5414 them on the carrying H4132 [fn]bars H4132.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:14 - “They shall also put H5414 on it all H3605 its utensils H3627 by which H834 they serve H8334 in H5921 connection H5921 with H5921 it: the firepans H4289, the forks H4207, shovels H3257, and the basins H4219, all H3605 the utensils H3627 of the altar H4196; and they shall spread H6566 a cover H3681 of fine H8476 leather H5785 over H5921 it and insert H7760 its carrying H905 poles H905.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - “They may, however, [fn]assist H8334 their brothers H251 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150, to fulfill H8104 an obligation H4931, but they themselves shall do H5647 no H3808 work H5656. In H3602 this H3602 way H3602 you shall deal H6213 with the Levites H3881 in their obligations H4931.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:28 - Then Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126, the personal H8334 servant H8334 of Moses H4872 from his youth H979, responded H6030 and said H559, “My lord H113 Moses H4872, restrain H3607 them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - Is it too H4480 small H4592 an honor for you that the God H430 of Israel H3478 has singled H914 you out H914 from the congregation H5712 of Israel H3478, to bring H7126 you near H7126 to Himself, to perform H5647 the service H5656 of the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD H3068, and to stand H5975 before H6440 the congregation H5712 to minister H8334 to them;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - “But also H1571 bring H7126 your brothers H251 with you, the tribe H4294 of Levi H3878, the tribe H7626 of your father H1, so that they may join H3867 you and serve H8334 you, while you and your sons H1121 with you are before H6440 the tent H168 of the testimony H5715.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - At that time H6256 the LORD H3068 singled H914 out H914 the tribe H7626 of Levi H3878 to carry H5375 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068, to stand H5975 before H6440 the LORD H3068 to serve H8334 Him and to bless H1288 in His name H8034, until H5704 this H2088 day H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - “But the person H376 who H834 acts H6213 insolently H2087 by not listening H8085 to the priest H3548 who stands H5975 there H8033 to serve H8334 the LORD H3068 your God H430, nor H176 to the judge H8199, that person H376 shall die H4191; so you shall eliminate H1197 the evil H7451 from Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:5 - “For the LORD H3068 your God H430 has chosen H977 him and his sons H1121 from all H3605 your tribes H7626, to stand H5975 to serve H8334 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 always H3605 H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:7 - then he shall serve H8334 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 his God H430, like all H3605 his fellow H251 Levites H3881 who stand H5975 there H8033 before H6440 the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - “Then the priests H3548, the sons H1121 of Levi H3878, shall come H5066 forward H5066, because H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has chosen H977 them to serve H8334 Him and to bless H1288 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068; and every H3605 dispute H7379 and [fn]violent H5061 crime H5061 shall be [fn]settled H5921 H6310 by them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:1 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 after H310 the death H4194 of Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068, that the LORD H3068 spoke H559 to Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126, Moses’ H4872 [fn]servant H8334, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11 -

Then Elkanah H511 went H1980 to his home H1004 at Ramah H7414. But the boy H5288 continued H1961 to attend H8334 to H8334 the service H8334 of the LORD H3068 before H6440 Eli H5941 the priest H3548.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 -

Now Samuel H8050 was ministering H8334 before H6440 the LORD H3068, as a boy H5288 wearing H2296 a linen H906 ephod H646.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1 -

Now the boy H5288 Samuel H8050 was attending H8334 to H8334 the service H8334 of the LORD H3068 before H6440 Eli H5941. And word H1697 from the LORD H3068 was rare H3368 in those H1992 days H3117; [fn]visions H2377 were H6555 infrequent H369 H6555.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:17 - Then he called H7121 his young H5288 man H5288 who attended H8334 him and said H559, “Now H4994 throw H7971 this H2088 woman H2088 out H7971 of my presence, and lock H5274 the door H1817 behind H310 her!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:18 - Now she had on a [fn]long-sleeved H6446 garment H3801; for this H3651 is H3651 how H3651 the virgin H1330 daughters H1323 of the king H4428 dressed H3847 themselves in robes H4598. Then his attendant H8334 took H3318 her out H3318 and locked H5274 the door H1817 behind H310 her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:4 - The girl H5291 was very H3966 beautiful H3303; and she became H1961 the king’s H4428 nurse H5532 and served H8334 him, but the king H4428 did not [fn]become H3045 intimate H3045 with her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 -

So Bathsheba H1339 entered H935 to the king H4428 in the bedroom H2315. Now the king H4428 was H2204 very H3966 old H2204, and Abishag H49 the Shunammite H7767 was serving H8334 the king H4428.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:11 - so that the priests H3548 could H3201 not stand H5975 to minister H8334 because H4480 H6440 of the cloud H6051, for the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 filled H4390 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:5 - and the food H3978 of his table H7979, the seating H4186 of his servants H5650, the service H4612 of his waiters H8334 and their attire H4403, his cupbearers H4945, and his burnt H5930 offerings H5930 which H834 he offered H5927 at the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, [fn]she was breathless H3808 H5750 H7307.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:21 - So he returned H7725 from following H310 him, and took H3947 the pair H6776 of oxen H1241 and sacrificed H2076 them, and cooked H1310 their meat H1320 with the implements H3627 of the oxen H1241, and gave H5414 it to the people H5971 and they ate H398. Then he got H6965 up H6965 and followed H1980 H310 Elijah H452 and served H8334 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:43 - But his attendant H8334 said H559, “How H4100 am I to serve H5414 H6440 this H2088 to a hundred H3967 men H376?” Nevertheless he said H559, “Give H5414 them to the people H5971 that they may eat H398, for this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘They shall eat H398 and have some left H3498 over H3498.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 -

Now when the attendant H8334 of the man H376 of God H430 had risen H6965 early H7925 and gone H3318 out H3318, behold H2009, an army H2428 with horses H5483 and chariots H7393 was circling H5437 the city H5892. And his servant H5288 said H559 to him, “This H162 is H162 hopeless H162, my master H113! [fn]What H351 are we to do H6213?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14 - And they took H3947 away the pots H5518, the shovels H3257, the [fn]shears H4212, the spoons H3709, and all H3605 the bronze H5178 utensils H3627 [fn]which H834 were used H8334 in temple H8334 service H8334.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They were ministering H8334 in song H7892 in front H6440 of the tabernacle H4908 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 until H5704 Solomon’s H8010 building H1129 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 in Jerusalem H3389; and they [fn]served H5975 in their office H5656 according H5921 to their order H4941.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:2 - Then H227 David H1732 said H559, “No H3808 one is to carry H5375 the ark H727 of God H430 except H3588 H518 the Levites H3881; for the LORD H3068 chose H977 them to carry H5375 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 and to serve H8334 Him forever H5704 H5769.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:4 -

He appointed H5414 some H4480 of the Levites H3881 as ministers H8334 before H6440 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068, to celebrate H2142 and to thank H3034 and praise H1984 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478:

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37 -

So he left H5800 Asaph H623 and his relatives H251 there H8033 before H6440 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068, to minister H8334 before H6440 the ark H727 continually H8548, as every day’s H3117 work H1697 required H1697,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:13 - The sons H1121 of Amram H6019 were Aaron H175 and Moses H4872. And Aaron H175 was set H914 apart H914 to sanctify H6942 him as most H6944 holy H6944, he and his sons H1121 forever H5704 H5769, to burn H6999 incense H6999 before H6440 the LORD H3068, to serve H8334 Him and bless H1288 in His name H8034 forever H5704 H5769.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:12 -

To these H428 divisions H4256 of the gatekeepers H7778, to the chief H7218 men H1397, were given duties H4931 like H5980 their relatives H251, to serve H8334 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 -

Now this is the number H4557 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, the heads H7218 of fathers’ H1 households, the commanders H8269 of thousands H505 and of hundreds H3967, and their officers H7860 who served H8334 the king H4428 in all H3605 the affairs H1697 of the divisions H4256 which came H935 in H935 and went H3318 out H3318 month H2320 by month H2320 throughout H3605 the months H2320 of the year H8141, each H259 division H4256 numbering twenty-four H6242 H702 thousand H505:

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 -

Now David H1732 assembled H6950 at Jerusalem H3389 all H3605 the officials H8269 of Israel H3478, the leaders H8269 of the tribes H7626, and the commanders H8269 of the divisions H4256 that served H8334 the king H4428, the commanders H8269 of thousands H505, and the commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967, and the overseers H8269 of all H3605 the property H7399 and livestock H4735 belonging to the king H4428 and his sons H1121, with the officials H5631 and the mighty H1368 men H1368, all H3605 the valiant H2428 warriors H1368.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:14 - so that the priests H3548 could H3201 not rise H5975 to minister H8334 because H4480 H6440 of the cloud H6051, for the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 filled H4390 the house H1004 of God H430.

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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan