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Lexicon :: Strong's H8081 - šemen

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שֶׁמֶן
Transliteration
šemen
Pronunciation
sheh'-men
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2410c

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁמֶן shemen, sheh'-men; from H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness:—anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 193x

The KJV translates Strong's H8081 in the following manner: oil (165x), ointment (14x), olive (4x), oiled (2x), fat (2x), things (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 193x
The KJV translates Strong's H8081 in the following manner: oil (165x), ointment (14x), olive (4x), oiled (2x), fat (2x), things (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. fat, oil

    1. fat, fatness

    2. oil, olive oil

      1. as staple, medicament or unguent

      2. for anointing

    3. fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁמֶן shemen, sheh'-men; from H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness:—anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.
STRONGS H8081: Abbreviations
שֶׁ֫מֶן 192 noun masculine 2 Kings 20:13 (on apparently feminine Songs 1:3 compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 99, 106) fat, oil; — שׁ׳ absolute Genesis 28:18 +, construct Leviticus 8:2 +; שָׁ֑׳ 2 Kings 4:6 +; suffix שַׁמְנִי Hosea 2:7 +, etc.; plural שְׁמָנִים Amos 6:6 +; suffix שְׁמָנֶיךָ Songs 1:3, נַיִח - Songs 4:10; —
1. fat, fatness: קֶרֶן בֶּןשֿׁ׳ Isaiah 5:1 (of fertile slope); plural גֵּיאשְֿׁמָנִים Isaiah 28:1, 4; of food (in figurative) Isaiah 25:6 (twice in verse); literal כְּשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁ֑מֶן Psalm 109:24 (compare צוֺם Psalm 109:24a), compare שׁ׳מִפְּנֵי Isaiah 10:27 (in figurative, si vera lectio, meaning obscure; most now emend by conjecture; RSJPH xili (1885), 62 עָלָה מִצָּפוֺן שֹׁרֵד [see also II. חבל], joining to Isaiah 10:28; Du Marti has gone up from Pene-Rimmon [??], compare Di-Kit).
2.
a. oil, specifically olive-oil, as rich product Deuteronomy 8:8 + (see זַיִת); hence עֵץ שׁ׳ Isaiah 41:19 oil-tree, usually explained as wild olive, oleaster, so Nehemiah 8:15 (|| וַיִת), עֲצֵי שׁ׳ oleaster-wood 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32, 33; once הַמֹּר שׁ׳ Esther 2:2 (see מֹר; מ׳ also in holy anointing oil Exodus 30:23).
b. שׁ׳ as staple (codiment) Numbers 11:8 (J; see לשׁד), of value 1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16; 2 Kings 2:4, 6, 7 + 4 times; symbol of plenty Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:24; Job 29:6; ascribed (fassely) to gift of Baals Hosea 2:7; as royal treasure 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2, compare 1 Kings 5:25 (כָּ תִית שׁ׳, see כ׳) = 2 Chronicles 2:9; 2 Chronicles 2:14 + 3 times; tribute Hosea 12:2, article of trade Ezekiel 27:17; odoriferous Proverbs 27:9; Songs 1:3; Songs 4:10, רוֺקֵחַ שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:1, so (figurative) Songs 1:3; Ecclesiastes 7:1; Proverbs 27:16 is corrupt, see Toy; sign of luxury Ezekiel 16:13; Proverbs 21:17, of prosperity Ezekiel 16:20.
c. שׁ׳ as medicament Isaiah 1:6; as unguent, for shield 2 Samuel 1:21, person Amos 6:6; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:40; Ezekiel 16:9; Esther; Psalm 92:11; Psalm 104:15, not for mourner 2 Samuel 14:2; on head token of happiness Ecclesiastes 9:8, of hospitality, ראֹשִׁי דִּמַּנְתָּ בַּמֹּ׳ Psalm 23:5 (figurative), in simile Psalm 133:2; Psalm 141:5.
d. for anointing king, הַשּׁ׳ פַּךְ 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 9:1, 3, compare 2 Kings 9:6, with קֶרֶן 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39; compare קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו בְּשׁ׳ Psalm 89:21.
e. in various figures of joy שָׂשׂוֺן שׁ׳ Isaiah 61:3; Psalm 45:8; soft words Psalm 55:22; Proverbs 5:3; as penetrating Psalm 109:18; as clear, transparent Ezekiel 32:14.
f. used in primitive worship, poured on stone Genesis 28:18 (E), Genesis 35:14 (J).
g. in later ritual: for anointing priests, tabernacle, altar utensils, etc. (P), made of various ingredients, וַיִת שׁ׳ among them, Exodus 30:24, הַמִּשְׁתָה שׁ׳ Exodus 25:6; Leviticus 8:2, 10, 12 + 11 times; מִשְׁחַתקֹֿדֶשׁ שׁ׳ Exodus 30:25 (twice in verse) + 2 times; י׳ מ׳ שׁ׳ Leviticus 10:7, אֱםהָיו מ׳ שׁ׳ Leviticus 21:12; הקּ׳ שׁ׳ Numbers 35:25; שׁ׳ alone Leviticus 14:10 + 12 times Leviticus 14; for lighting Exodus 25:6 + 6 times + זַיִת זָח כָּ חִית שׁ׳ Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:2 (see כָּ תִית); poured upon מִנְחָה Leviticus 2:1 + 5 times, compare Leviticus 5:11; Numbers 5:15; smeared (see מָשַׁח) upon wafers Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4 +, and cakes (or mixed in the making? compare בָּלַל) Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4, 5 +, so סֹלֶת בַּשׁ׳ Leviticus 2:7 etc. (approximately + 45 times in all), חַלַּת לֶחֶם שׁ׳ Exodus 29:23; Leviticus 8:26.
h. for use in temple 1 Chronicles 9:29.
i. for תְּרוּמָה in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) + 7 times in Ezekiel 45 and 46.
† j. efficacy denied Micah 6:7
† k. offered to idols Isaiah 57:9; Ezekiel 16:18, 19; Ezekiel 23:41. — See MacalisterHast. DB OIL ARSKEncy. Bib. OIL.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:18; 28:18; 35:14

Exodus

25:6; 25:6; 27:20; 29:2; 29:2; 29:23; 30:23; 30:24; 30:25

Leviticus

2:1; 2:4; 2:4; 2:5; 2:7; 5:11; 8:2; 8:2; 8:10; 8:12; 8:26; 10:7; 14; 14:10; 21:12; 24:2

Numbers

5:15; 11:8; 35:25

Deuteronomy

8:8; 28:40; 32:13; 33:24

1 Samuel

10:1; 16:1; 16:13

2 Samuel

1:21; 14:2

1 Kings

1:39; 6:23; 6:31; 6:32; 6:33; 17:12; 17:14; 17:16

2 Kings

2:4; 2:6; 2:7; 4:6; 9:1; 9:3; 9:6; 20:13; 20:13

1 Chronicles

9:29

2 Chronicles

2:9; 2:14

Nehemiah

8:15

Esther

2:2

Job

29:6

Psalms

23:5; 45:8; 55:22; 89:21; 92:11; 104:15; 109:18; 109:24; 109:24; 133:2; 141:5

Proverbs

5:3; 21:17; 27:9; 27:16

Ecclesiastes

7:1; 9:8; 10:1

Song of Songs

1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 4:10; 4:10

Isaiah

1:6; 5:1; 10:27; 10:28; 25:6; 28:1; 28:4; 39:2; 41:19; 57:9; 61:3

Ezekiel

16:9; 16:13; 16:18; 16:19; 16:20; 23:41; 27:17; 32:14; 45:14

Hosea

2:7; 2:7; 12:2

Amos

6:6; 6:6

Micah

6:7; 6:15

H8081

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8081 matches the Hebrew שֶׁמֶן (šemen),
which occurs 193 times in 176 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 28:18–Lev 14:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - Ya`akov rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - Ya`akov set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink-offering on it, and poured oil on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:6 - oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - "You shall command the children of Yisra'el, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:2 - matzah, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil: you shall make them of fine wheat flour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7 - Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - You shall take of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aharon, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be made holy, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:23 - and one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of matzah that is before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:40 - and with the one lamb a tenth part of an efah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:25 - You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:31 - You shall speak to the children of Yisra'el, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11 - the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded you they shall do."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:8 - oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - the menorah also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28 - and the spice, and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure menorah, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the Tent,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tent, and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture: and it will be holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 - "'When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - He shall bring it to Aharon's sons the Kohanim; and he shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and the Kohen shall burn the memorial of it on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:4 - "'When you offer an offering of a meal offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:5 - If your offering is a meal offering of the baking pan, it shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:6 - You shall cut it in pieces, and pour oil on it. It is a meal offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:7 - If your offering is a meal offering of the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - You shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it: it is a meal offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - The Kohen shall burn as its memorial, part of its bruised grain, and part of its oil, along with all its frankincense: it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - "'But if he can't afford two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that in which he has sinned, the tenth part of an efah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, neither shall he put any frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - He shall take from there his handful of the fine flour of the meal offering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the meal offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet savor, as its memorial, to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:21 - It shall be made with oil in a baking pan. When it is soaked, you shall bring it in. You shall offer the meal offering in baked pieces for a sweet savor to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10 - Every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry, belongs to all the sons of Aharon, one as well as another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:12 - If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:2 - "Take Aharon and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of matzah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:10 - Moshe took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12 - He poured some of the anointing oil on Aharon's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:26 - and out of the basket of matzah, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and on the right thigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:30 - Moshe took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aharon, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aharon, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:4 - and an ox and a ram for shalom offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for today the LORD appears to you.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7 - You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil of the LORD is on you." They did according to the word of Moshe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:10 - "On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths of an efah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:12 - "The Kohen shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:15 - The Kohen shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:16 - The Kohen shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - The Kohen shall put some of the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:18 - The rest of the oil that is in the Kohen's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the Kohen shall make atonement for him before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21 - "If he is poor, and can't afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an efah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:24 - The Kohen shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the Kohen shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:26 - The Kohen shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand;

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