Strong's #8334: sharath (pronounced 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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shârath
1) (Piel) to minister, serve, minister to
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 99 times:
1 Chronicles 28:1: "of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands,"
2 Chronicles 5:14: "could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for"
2 Chronicles 8:14: "to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required:"
2 Chronicles 9:4: "and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent"
2 Chronicles 13:10: "and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites"
2 Chronicles 17:19: "These waited on the king, beside those whom the king"
2 Chronicles 22:8: "and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew"
2 Chronicles 23:6: "of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in,"
2 Chronicles 29:11: "hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense."
2 Chronicles 29:11: "you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense."
2 Chronicles 31:2: "and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents"
Ezra 8:17: "and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God."
Nehemiah 10:36: "to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:"
Nehemiah 10:39: "are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake"
Esther 1:10: "and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,"
Esther 2:2: "Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins"
Esther 6:3: "Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for"
Psalms 101:6: "in a perfect way, he shall serve"
Psalms 103:21: "ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure."
Psalms 104:4: "Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:"
Proverbs 29:12: "to lies, all his servants are wicked."
Isaiah 56:6: "that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD,"
Isaiah 60:7: "shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar,"
Isaiah 60:10: "shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor"
Isaiah 61:6: "the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,"
Jeremiah 33:21: "his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers."
Jeremiah 33:22: "of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto"
Jeremiah 52:18: "the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away."
Ezekiel 20:32: "We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone."
Ezekiel 40:46: "of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister"
Ezekiel 42:14: "but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy;"
Ezekiel 43:19: "be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD,"
Ezekiel 44:11: "Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering"
Ezekiel 44:11: "at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay"
Ezekiel 44:11: "and they shall stand before them to minister"
Ezekiel 44:12: "Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house"
Ezekiel 44:15: "from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer"
Ezekiel 44:16: "shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge."
Ezekiel 44:17: "wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within."
Ezekiel 44:19: "their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on"
Ezekiel 44:27: "unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith"
Ezekiel 45:4: "the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto"
Ezekiel 45:4: "the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place"
Ezekiel 45:5: "thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty"
Ezekiel 46:24: "are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil"
Joel 1:9: "from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn."
Joel 1:13: "yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth,"
Joel 1:13: "come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering"
Joel 2:17: "Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say,"
