Bible Dictionary: Swarms

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Strong's Hebrew

6157. arob -- probably a swarm
... 6156, 6157. arob. 6158 . probably a swarm. Transliteration: arob Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-robe') Short Definition: swarms. Word Origin ...
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8317. sharats -- to swarm, teem
... 8316, 8317. sharats. 8318 . to swarm, teem. Transliteration: sharats Phonetic
Spelling: (shaw-rats') Short Definition: swarms. Word Origin a prim. ...
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8318. sherets -- swarmers, swarming things
... Word Origin from sharats Definition swarmers, swarming things NASB Word Usage insects
(3), swarming thing (3), swarming things (5), swarms (1), teeming life (2 ...
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7431. remes -- creeping things, moving things
... Origin from ramas Definition creeping things, moving things NASB Word Usage creeping
thing (5), creeping things (9), creeps (1), moving thing (1), swarms (1). ...
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Library

The Locust-Swarms
... SERMON XX. THE LOCUST-SWARMS. Joel 2:12, 13. Therefore also now, saith
the Lord, Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xx the locust-swarms.htm

The Cost of Being Cruel and Stubborn
... If you will not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you, upon your
servants, and upon your people and into your palaces, so that the houses of ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the cost of being cruel.htm

Evil Thoughts.
... They came upon his servants, and the houses of the Egyptians were full of swarms
of flies, "and the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies." The ...
/.../the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/lvi evil thoughts.htm

The Rod that Troubled Egypt.
... The dust of the land was changed to lice that covered man and beast, and this was
followed by swarms of flies that settled upon all the land except Goshen ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xi the rod that.htm

Ephesians iv. 31
... Our soul is a sort of vessel or basket, capable of receiving the swarms of spiritual
gifts; but if there shall be within it gall, and "bitterness, and wrath ...
/.../homily xv ephesians iv 31.htm

The Plagues
... It fairly swarms with teal and coot, and see the snipe on the sand." She
stood up and watched the sandy strip they were nearing. ...
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Prosperity under Persecution
... Persecution therefore is permitted to scatter the hive of the church into various
swarms, and each of these swarms begins to make honey. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/prosperity under persecution.htm

section iii.
... of Religion, but for the benefit of learning, to reduce it as it lay at first, in
a few and solid Authors; and to condemn to the fire those swarms and millions ...
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Trophies of Grace
... of their parents. The Adjutant rented a small hall in Coley Street, and
to it invited the children; they came in swarms. She made ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/xii trophies of grace.htm

The Power and Wisdom of God in the Creation.
... animals with which it is stocked. Every part of matter is peopled; every
green leaf swarms with inhabitants. There is scarce a single ...
/.../sect ii the power and.htm

Thesaurus

Swarms (18 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Swarms (18 Occurrences). Genesis 1:20 God said,
"Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and ...
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Flies (16 Occurrences)
... In Exodus 8:21 we read, "I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants,
and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the ...
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Insects (17 Occurrences)
... Exodus 8:22 I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people
dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I ...
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Officials (229 Occurrences)
... Exodus 8:21 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of
flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses ...
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Swarm (26 Occurrences)
... Genesis 1:20 God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and
let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky." (WEB JPS ASV DBY ...
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Swarming (19 Occurrences)
... Nahum 3:17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of
grasshoppers, which camp in the walls in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth ...
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Fly (33 Occurrences)
... In Exodus 8:21 we read, "I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants,
and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the ...
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Whereon (45 Occurrences)
... Exodus 8:21 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of
flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses ...
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Ruined (65 Occurrences)
... Exodus 8:24 And Jehovah did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the
house of Pharaoh, and into his servants houses: and in all the land of Egypt ...
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Corrupted (28 Occurrences)
... Exodus 8:24 Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house
of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the ...
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Bible Concordance

Swarms (18 Occurrences)

Genesis 1:20 God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Genesis 7:21 And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth, both fowl, and cattle, and beast, and every swarming thing that swarmeth upon the earth, and every man;
(See NAS)

Exodus 8:21 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 8:22 I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am Yahweh in the midst of the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 8:24 Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 8:29 Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 8:31 Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. There remained not one.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 11:41 And every swarming thing that swarmeth upon the earth is a detestable thing; it shall not be eaten.
(See NAS RSV)

Leviticus 11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all swarming things that swarm upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are a detestable thing.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarmeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
(See RSV)

Leviticus 11:46 This is the law of the beast, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that swarmeth upon the earth;
(See NAS RSV)

Judges 6:5 For they came up with their livestock and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.
(See NIV)

Psalms 78:45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 104:25 There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.
(See NAS)

Psalms 105:31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 47:9 It shall happen, that every living creature which swarms, in every place where the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come there, and the waters of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live wherever the river comes.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 7:1 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's harvest.
(See NIV)

Nahum 3:17 Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NIV)

Subtopics

Swarms

Related Terms

Flies (16 Occurrences)

Insects (17 Occurrences)

Officials (229 Occurrences)

Swarm (26 Occurrences)

Swarming (19 Occurrences)

Fly (33 Occurrences)

Whereon (45 Occurrences)

Ruined (65 Occurrences)

Corrupted (28 Occurrences)