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Hebrew verb · H8334

שָׁרַת

sharathshaw-rath'

to minister

97 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shârath

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8334is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 20 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 71
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H8334

to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to

The King James renders it: minister (unto), (do) serve(-ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

sharath is rendered "to minister". It stands 97 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty books.

  • Seventeen of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 39:4Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
  • The Greek text spells it seventy-one different ways.

The first use

Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.

Genesis 39:4וַיְשָׁ֣רֶת

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • to serve18
  • serving9
  • servants his6
  • to serve him6
  • they will serve5
  • servants of4
  • servant his3
  • servant of3
  • servants3
  • serve3
  • to serve me3
  • who serve3

and 24 more, 97 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שָׁרַץsharatsto swarmUses14
שָׁרַקsharaqto whistleUses12
שָׁרַשׁsharashto uprootUses8
שָׁרַרshararenemyUses5
שָׁרָהsharahto freeUses2
שָׁרֵתsharethministryUses2
שָׁרָהsharahvine-rowUses1
שָׁרִירsharirmuscleUses1
שָׁרוֹנִיSharoniSharoniteUses1

All 97, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

71 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • לְשָׁרֵ֣ת6
  • לְשָׁרֵ֖ת4
  • לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ3
  • מְשָׁרֵ֥ת3
  • מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י3
  • הַמְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔ים2
  • וַיְשָׁ֣רֶת2
  • יְשָׁרְת֥וּ2
  • יְשָֽׁרְתוּ־2
  • יְשָׁרְת֑וּנֶךְ2
  • לְשָֽׁרְתֵ֑נִי2
  • מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ2

and 59 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)18HR/Vpcc
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)9HVprmpc
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural8HVpi3mp
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural8HVprmpa
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7HVprmpc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HR/Vpcc/Sp3ms
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural6HTd/Vprmpa
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HVprmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HR/Vpcc/Sp1bs
  • preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HR/Vpcc/Sp3mp
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular3HVprmsa
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HVprmsc

Genesis

two uses
  • Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.

    Genesis 39:4

    • וַיְשָׁ֣רֶתvaysharetHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he served
  • The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

    Genesis 40:4

    • וַיְשָׁ֣רֶתvaysharetHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he served

Exodus

ten uses
  • So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.

    Exodus 24:13

    • מְשָׁרְת֑וֹmesharetoverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servant his
  • Aaron must wear the robe whenever he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he enters or exits the sanctuary before the LORD, so that he will not die.

    Exodus 28:35

    • לְשָׁרֵ֑תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.

    Exodus 28:43

    • לְשָׁרֵ֣תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • The son who succeeds him as priest and enters the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place must wear them for seven days.

    Exodus 29:30

    • לְשָׁרֵ֥תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made by fire to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

    Exodus 30:20

    • לְשָׁרֵ֔תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.

    Exodus 33:11

    • וּמְשָׁ֨רְת֜וֹumesharetoconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and servant his
  • and the woven garments for ministering in the holy place—both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”

    Exodus 35:19

    • לְשָׁרֵ֣תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Exodus 39:1

    • לְשָׁרֵ֣תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Exodus 39:26

    • לְשָׁרֵ֕תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.

    Exodus 39:41

    • לְשָׁרֵ֣תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve

Numbers

ten uses
  • Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.

    Numbers 1:50

    • יְשָׁרְתֻ֑הוּyeshartuhuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they will serve it
  • “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.

    Numbers 3:6

    • וְשֵׁרְת֖וּvesheretuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will serve
  • Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.

    Numbers 3:31

    • יְשָׁרְת֖וּyesharetuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will serve
  • They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it.

    Numbers 4:9

    • יְשָׁרְתוּ־yesharetu-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will serve
  • They are to take all the utensils for serving in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and put them on the carrying frame.

    Numbers 4:12

    • יְשָֽׁרְתוּ־yesharetu-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will serve
  • and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine leather and insert the poles.

    Numbers 4:14

    • יְֽשָׁרְת֧וּyesharetuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will serve
  • After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”

    Numbers 8:26

    • וְשֵׁרֵ֨תvesheretHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will serve
  • Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

    Numbers 11:28

    • מְשָׁרֵ֥תmesharetverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servant of
  • Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?

    Numbers 16:9

    • לְשָׁרְתָֽם׃lesharetampreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to serve them
  • But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.

    Numbers 18:2

    • וִֽישָׁרְת֑וּךָvisharetukhaHC/Vpu3mp/Sp2mstagged: so they may serve you

Deuteronomy

five uses
  • At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.

    Deuteronomy 10:8

    • לְשָֽׁרְתוֹ֙lesharetopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to serve him
  • But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.

    Deuteronomy 17:12

    • לְשָׁ֤רֶתlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.

    Deuteronomy 18:5

    • לְשָׁרֵ֧תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.

    Deuteronomy 18:7

    • וְשֵׁרֵ֕תvesheretHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will serve
  • And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.

    Deuteronomy 21:5

    • לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹlesharetopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to serve him

Joshua

one use
  • Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,

    Joshua 1:1

    • מְשָׁרֵ֥תmesharetverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servant of

1 Samuel

three uses
  • Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

    1 Samuel 2:11

    • מְשָׁרֵת֙mesharetverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: serving
  • Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

    1 Samuel 2:18

    • מְשָׁרֵ֖תmesharetverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: serving
  • And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.

    1 Samuel 3:1

    • מְשָׁרֵ֥תmesharetverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: serving

2 Samuel

two uses
  • Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”

    2 Samuel 13:17

    • מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹmesharetoverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: served him
  • So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.

    2 Samuel 13:18

    • מְשָֽׁרְתוֹ֙mesharetoverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servant his

1 Kings

five uses
  • The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.

    1 Kings 1:4

    • וַתְּשָׁ֣רְתֵ֔הוּvatesharetehuHc/Vpw3fs/Sp3mstagged: and she served him
  • So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.

    1 Kings 1:15

    • מְשָׁרַ֖תmesharatverb · intensive (piel), participle · feminine singulartagged: serving
  • so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

    1 Kings 8:11

    • לְשָׁרֵ֖תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

    1 Kings 10:5

    • מְשָׁרְתָ֜יוmesharetovverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his
  • So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxen’s equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.

    1 Kings 19:21

    • וַיְשָׁרְתֵֽהוּ׃ פvaysharetehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he served him

2 Kings

three uses
  • But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”

    2 Kings 4:43

    • מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹmesharetoverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servant his
  • When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

    2 Kings 6:15

    • מְשָׁרֵ֨תmesharetverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servant of
  • They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

    2 Kings 25:14

    • יְשָֽׁרְתוּ־yesharetu-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people served

1 Chronicles

eight uses
  • They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.

    1 Chronicles 6:32

    • מְשָׁרְתִ֜יםmesharetimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: serving
  • Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”

    1 Chronicles 15:2

    • וּֽלְשָׁרְת֖וֹulesharetoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and to serve him
  • David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.

    1 Chronicles 16:4

    • מְשָׁרְתִ֑יםmesharetimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: servants
  • So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,

    1 Chronicles 16:37

    • לְשָׁרֵ֞תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.

    1 Chronicles 23:13

    • לְשָׁרְת֛וֹlesharetopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to serve him
  • These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their brothers did.

    1 Chronicles 26:12

    • לְשָׁרֵ֖תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division:

    1 Chronicles 27:1

    • הַמְשָׁרְתִ֨יםhamsharetimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who serve
  • Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials and mighty men—every mighty man of valor.

    1 Chronicles 28:1

    • הַמְשָׁרְתִ֪יםhamsharetimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who served

2 Chronicles

ten uses
  • so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

    2 Chronicles 5:14

    • לְשָׁרֵ֖תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

    2 Chronicles 8:14

    • וּלְשָׁרֵ֜תulesharetconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to serve
  • the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

    2 Chronicles 9:4

    • מְשָׁרְתָ֜יוmesharetavverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his
  • But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

    2 Chronicles 13:10

    • מְשָׁרְתִ֤יםmesharetimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: serving
  • These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

    2 Chronicles 17:19

    • הַמְשָׁרְתִ֣יםhamsharetimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the served
  • So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.

    2 Chronicles 22:8

    • מְשָׁרְתִ֥יםmesharetimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: serving
  • No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 23:6

    • וְהַמְשָׁרְתִ֣יםvehamsharetimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and those are serving
  • Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”

    2 Chronicles 29:11

    • לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹlesharetopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to serve him
    • מְשָׁרְתִ֥יםmesharetimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: servants
  • Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.

    2 Chronicles 31:2

    • לְשָׁרֵת֙lesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve

Ezra

one use
  • And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.

    Ezra 8:17

    • מְשָׁרְתִ֖יםmesharetimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: servants

Nehemiah

two uses
  • And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.

    Nehemiah 10:36

    • הַמְשָׁרְתִ֖יםhamsharetimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who serve
  • For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”

    Nehemiah 10:39

    • הַמְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔יםhamsharetimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who serve

Esther

three uses
  • On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—

    Esther 1:10

    • הַמְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔יםhamsharetimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who served
  • Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,

    Esther 2:2

    • מְשָׁרְתָ֑יוmesharetavverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: serving him
  • The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.

    Esther 6:3

    • מְשָׁ֣רְתָ֔יוmesharetavverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his

Psalms

three uses
  • My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.

    Psalms 101:6

    • יְשָׁרְתֵֽנִי׃yeshareteniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he will serve me
  • Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.

    Psalms 103:21

    • מְ֝שָׁרְתָ֗יוmesharetavverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his
  • He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.

    Psalms 104:4

    • מְ֝שָׁרְתָ֗יוmesharetavverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his

Proverbs

one use
  • If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

    Proverbs 29:12

    • מְשָׁרְתָ֥יוmesharetavverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: servants his

Isaiah

four uses
  • And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—

    Isaiah 56:6

    • לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹlesharetopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to serve him
  • All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.

    Isaiah 60:7

    • יְשָׁרְת֑וּנֶךְyesharetunekhverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: they will serve you
  • Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.

    Isaiah 60:10

    • יְשָׁרְת֑וּנֶךְyesharetunekhverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: they will serve you
  • But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.

    Isaiah 61:6

    • מְשָׁרְתֵ֣יmeshareteiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servants of

Jeremiah

three uses
  • then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.

    Jeremiah 33:21

    • מְשָׁרְתָֽי׃mesharetaiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: servants my
  • As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

    Jeremiah 33:22

    • מְשָׁרְתֵ֥יmeshareteiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servants of
  • They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

    Jeremiah 52:18

    • יְשָׁרְת֥וּyesharetuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they served

Ezekiel

seventeen uses
  • When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.

    Ezekiel 20:32

    • לְשָׁרֵ֖תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”

    Ezekiel 40:46

    • לְשָׁרְתֽוֹ׃lesharetopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to serve him
  • Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”

    Ezekiel 42:14

    • יְשָׁרְת֥וּyesharetuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will serve
  • You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 43:19

    • לְשָֽׁרְתֵ֑נִיlesharetenipreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to serve me
  • Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.

    Ezekiel 44:11

    • מְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔יםmesharetimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: serving
    • וּֽמְשָׁרְתִ֖יםumesharetimconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and serving
    • לְשָֽׁרְתָֽם׃lesharetampreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to serve them
  • Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 44:12

    • יְשָׁרְת֤וּyesharetuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they served
  • But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 44:15

    • לְשָֽׁרְתֵ֑נִיlesharetenipreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to serve me
  • They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.

    Ezekiel 44:16

    • לְשָׁרְתֵ֑נִיlesharetenipreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to serve me
  • When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.

    Ezekiel 44:17

    • בְּשָֽׁרְתָ֗םbesharetampreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: when serve they
  • When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

    Ezekiel 44:19

    • מְשָׁרְתִ֣םmesharetimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: serving
  • And on the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he must present his sin offering, declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 44:27

    • לְשָׁרֵ֣תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • It will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.

    Ezekiel 45:4

    • מְשָׁרְתֵ֤יmeshareteiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: serve
    • לְשָׁרֵ֣תlesharetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to serve
  • An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.

    Ezekiel 45:5

    • מְשָׁרְתֵ֨יmeshareteiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: serve
  • And he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices offered by the people.”

    Ezekiel 46:24

    • מְשָׁרְתֵ֥יmeshareteiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: serve

Joel

four uses
  • Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.

    Joel 1:9

    • מְשָׁרְתֵ֖יmeshareteiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servants of
  • Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

    Joel 1:13

    • מְשָׁרְתֵ֣יmeshareteiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O servants of
    • מְשָׁרְתֵ֖יmeshareteiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O servants of
  • Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

    Joel 2:17

    • מְשָׁרְתֵ֖יmeshareteiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: servants of

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