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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
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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.
b. of royal officers (late) 1 Chronicles 27:1; 1 Chronicles 28:1; 2 Chronicles 17:19; 22:8; Esther 1:10; Proverbs 29:12.
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 33:21 —מְשָֽׁרְתֵי 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

H8334

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Strong's Number H8334 matches the Hebrew שָׁרַת (šāraṯ),
which occurs 17 times in 14 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:32 - And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve H8334 wood and stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him. H8334

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:14 - When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; H8334 for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:19 - And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, H8334 saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:11 - Yet they shall be ministers H8334 in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering H8334 to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. H8334

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:12 - Because they ministered H8334 unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 - But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, H8334 and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:16 - They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, H8334 and they shall keep my charge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:17 - And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister H8334 in the gates of the inner court, and within.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19 - And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, H8334 and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:27 - And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister H8334 in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:4 - The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers H8334 of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister H8334 unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5 - And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers H8334 of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:24 - Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers H8334 of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
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