שָׁרַת sharat

Hebrew word for “to minister” · Strong’s H8334 · used 97 times in 92 verses

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Meaning

(Piel) to minister, serve, minister to

How it is translated

Glosses given for sharat in context, with how often each is used:

• serve 31
• servants 16
• will serve 12
• serving 10
• servant 7
• served 6
• who serve 5
• who served 3
• may serve 1
• people served 1
• ones who served 1
• those who are serving 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 44 (7), Exodus 39 (3), Numbers 4 (3), Exodus 28 (2), Numbers 3 (2), Deuteronomy 18 (2), 1 Samuel 2 (2), 2 Samuel 13 (2), 1 Kings 1 (2), 1 Chronicles 16 (2)

Forms

• לשׁרת 18
• משׁרתי 10
• ישׁרתו 8
• משׁרת 7
• משׁרתיו 7
• משׁרתים 7
• לשׁרתו 6
• המשׁרתים 6
• משׁרתו 4
• לשׁרתני 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sharat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 25
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 15
• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 14
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 14
• מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmeret “charge” 8
• כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 9
• בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 8
• הֶם hem “them” 12
• נַעַר naar “youth” 8
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 9
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 8
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 8

Key verses

The verses using sharat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 10:8 — At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in…
• Deuteronomy 17:12 — And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even…
• Joshua 1:1 — Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
• 1 Chronicles 16:4 — And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
• 1 Chronicles 23:13 — The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the…
• 2 Chronicles 8:14 — And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and…
• Proverbs 29:12 — If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
• Isaiah 56:6 — Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the…
• Isaiah 61:6 — But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall…
• Ezekiel 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…
• Joel 1:13 — Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and…
• Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.