Words the Bible translates as swarm
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- edahעֵדָהa swarm or herd of animals massed together
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- a body of people gathered as one group, joined by a shared bond or common purpose
- sheretsשֶׁרֶץswarming creatures: the small water, winged, and ground animals that breed and spread in overwhelming numbers
- sharatsשָׁרַץto swarm: to teem with dense, moving masses of small living creatures, or to breed and multiply in such swarming numbers
- arovעָרֹבthe swarm: the dense mass of pests God sent as the fourth plague on Egypt, filling houses and ruining the land
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