Swarming
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swarm.
Strong's Hebrew
8318. sherets -- swarmers, swarming things
... 8317, 8318. sherets. 8319 . swarmers, swarming things. Transliteration: sherets
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-rets) Short Definition: things. ...
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697. arbeh -- (a kind of) locust
... Word Origin from rabah Definition (a kind of) locust NASB Word Usage locust
(8), locusts (11), swarming locust (5). grasshopper, locust. ...
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6157. arob -- probably a swarm
... divers sorts of flies, swarm. From arab; a mosquito (from its swarming) -- divers
sorts of flies, swarm. see HEBREW arab. 6156, 6157. arob. 6158 . ...
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Library

The Right to Privacy
... Crowds of children, and older people too, are swarming in at the open gateway
through which has just passed the gaily decorated sedan chair. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/williamson/have we no rights/chapter 5 the right to.htm

A Short-Lived Peace
... These were the magicians, diviners, fortune-tellers, all the servants of idolatry
who had risen up at Julian's bidding and were swarming in Alexandria as ...
/.../forbes/saint athanasius/chapter 9 a short-lived peace.htm

'the Angel Adjutant'
... In these streets on a summer evening you find the flight of steps occupied by the
lodgers, and the pavements and road-ways swarming with their children. ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/x the angel adjutant.htm

Casting Blame.
... out about So and so. What a running about from house to house! the village
is like a hive of bees swarming. Do you mean to tell ...
/.../the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/xlv casting blame.htm

Your Own Salvation
... Chase away the swarming vanities which buzz around you, and let each man think for
himself upon his "own salvation." O may the Spirit of God set each one of ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/your own salvation.htm

Courageous Volunteers.
... They were spread out as thick as the grasshoppers of Egypt had been years before.
Everywhere you looked there they were swarming. Gideon spoke to his men. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/courageous volunteers.htm

Among the Fishermen.
... There were villages clustered around the lake then and all Galilee was swarming
with busy life, but now there are few inhabitants, and Capernaum is only a heap ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xiv among the fishermen.htm

To J. Jackson, Esq.
... to England, as all the provinces are disturbed in consequence of the Constitution
of 1812 having been proclaimed, and the roads are swarming with robbers and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/borrow/letters of george borrow/to j jackson esq.htm

Book of Job.
... copies than correct ones; but he boasts that "the blessed Job, who, as far as the
Latins are concerned, was till now lying amidst filth and swarming with the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/jerome/the principal works of st jerome/book of job.htm

Behold I am Vile!
... With such a load of sin? Is this polluted heart. A dwelling fit for thee? Swarming,
alas! I in every part,. What evils do I see! If I attempt to pray,. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 7 behold i am.htm

Thesaurus
Swarming (19 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Swarm. Multi-Version Concordance Swarming (19 Occurrences). ... (See JPS).
Joel 1:4 What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. ...
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Swarm (26 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Swarms (18 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Gnawing (4 Occurrences)
... Joel 1:4 What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten.
What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. ...
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Grasshopper (12 Occurrences)
... (Root in KJV WBS YLT). Joel 1:4 What the swarming locust has left, the great locust
has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. ...
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Caterpillar (6 Occurrences)
... Men will leap on it as locusts leap. (WEB JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Joel
1:4 What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. ...
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Stripping (4 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Joel 1:4 What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten.
What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. ...
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Locust (25 Occurrences)
... These references, together with the fact that it is the most used word, occurring
24 times, warrant us in assuming it to be one of the swarming species, ie ...
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Creeping (43 Occurrences)
... down safely. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Joel 1:4 What the swarming
locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the ...
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Gardens (14 Occurrences)
... 9 "I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards;
and your fig trees and your olive trees have the swarming locust devoured ...
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Resources
Is Joel 1:4 referring to literal locusts? When was this prophecy fulfilled? | GotQuestions.org

How does God restore the years that the locusts have eaten (Joel 2:25)? | GotQuestions.org

Does salvation affect more than just the afterlife? | GotQuestions.org

Swarming: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Swarming (19 Occurrences)

Genesis 7:21
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
(See JPS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 5:2
Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty.
(See JPS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 11:10
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are a detestable thing unto you,
(See RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:20
All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.
(See JPS)

Leviticus 11:21
Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth.
(See JPS)

Leviticus 11:23
But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.
(See JPS)

Leviticus 11:29
And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,
(See JPS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 11:31
These are they which are unclean to you among all that swarm; whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 11:41
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
(See JPS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 11:42
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
(See JPS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 11:43
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.
(See JPS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 11:44
For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth.
(See JPS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 22:5
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;
(See JPS)

Deuteronomy 14:19
And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
(See JPS)

Joel 1:4
What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Joel 2:25
I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Amos 4:9
"I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards; and your fig trees and your olive trees have the swarming locust devoured: yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
(WEB)

Nahum 3:15
There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.
(See NAS)

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 they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Swarming

Related Terms

Swarm (26 Occurrences)

Swarms (18 Occurrences)

Gnawing (4 Occurrences)

Grasshopper (12 Occurrences)

Caterpillar (6 Occurrences)

Stripping (4 Occurrences)

Locust (25 Occurrences)

Creeping (43 Occurrences)

Gardens (14 Occurrences)

Winged (69 Occurrences)

Rameses (5 Occurrences)

Raamses (1 Occurrence)

Ramses

Detest (15 Occurrences)

Blight (5 Occurrences)

Cutter (3 Occurrences)

Creature (73 Occurrences)

Carcasses (30 Occurrences)

Alive (166 Occurrences)

Swarmeth (5 Occurrences)

Botany

Wings (81 Occurrences)

Locusts (33 Occurrences)

Hopping (2 Occurrences)

Hopper (1 Occurrence)

Mildew (26 Occurrences)

Destroyer (23 Occurrences)

Vineyards (55 Occurrences)

Demonology

Demoniac (7 Occurrences)

Demon (26 Occurrences)

Destroying (64 Occurrences)

Repay (79 Occurrences)

Devoured (81 Occurrences)

Fig (45 Occurrences)

Olive (61 Occurrences)

Swarmeth
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