שָׁרֵת
sha.ret
ministry
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word שָׁרֵת (sha.ret, Strong's number: H8335) has a short and direct definition - ministry. This tells us that the primary meaning of this term is related to the act or state of serving or attending to a particular role or task, likely within an organization or community. Given its definition and the limited 2 occurrences in the Bible, it's difficult to discern the full scope of the word's usage. However, we can infer that the concept of ministry is considered significant in its context, warranting explicit mention. This could suggest that ministry is not a given or implicit aspect of community or organizational life in these contexts, but rather something that needs to be highlighted or emphasized. At this time, without more information on how the word is used, its significance may be understood best as a specific designation of service or role within a particular social or communal unit.
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Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text
When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, from which were made vessels for Yahweh’s house, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, including spoons and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in Yahweh’s house continually all the days of Jehoiada.
Numbers 4:12“They shall take all the vessels of ministry with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.