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Lexicon :: Strong's H8121 - šemeš

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שֶׁמֶשׁ
Transliteration
šemeš
Pronunciation
sheh'-mesh
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be brilliant
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TWOT Reference: 2417a

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh, sheh'-mesh; from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement:— east side(-ward), sun (rising), west(-ward), window. See also H1053.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x

The KJV translates Strong's H8121 in the following manner: sun (119x), sunrising (with H4217) (9x), east side (with H4217) (2x), windows (1x), eastward (with H4217) (1x), west (with H3996) (1x), westward (with H3996) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x
The KJV translates Strong's H8121 in the following manner: sun (119x), sunrising (with H4217) (9x), east side (with H4217) (2x), windows (1x), eastward (with H4217) (1x), west (with H3996) (1x), westward (with H3996) (1x).

  1. sun

    1. sun

    2. sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)

    3. sun (as object of illicit worship)

    4. openly, publicly (in other phrases)

    5. pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh, sheh'-mesh; from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement:— east side(-ward), sun (rising), west(-ward), window. See also H1053.
STRONGS H8121: Abbreviations
שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ 133 noun feminineJudges 19:14 and masculineGenesis 19:23 (AlbrZAW xv (1895), 324) sun; — absolute שׁ׳ Joshua 10:12 +, שָׁ֑מֶשׁ Judges 20:43 +; suffix שִׁמְשֵׁךְ Isaiah 60:20, שִׁמְשָׁךְ Jeremiah 15:9; plural suffix שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֫יִךְ Isaiah 54:12; —
1. sun, Genesis 37:9 (E; + moon, stars); marking time: as rising (verb זָרַת which see) Exodus 22:2 (E) + 8 times + Malachi 3:20 (figurative צְדָקָה שׁ׳, of reward of the faithful, with wings, i.e. rays ? Now GASm; or winged sun-disc [compare We] ?); verb יְצָא Genesis 19:23 (J), Isaiah 13:10; Judges 5:31 (simile of splendour; see יְצָא 1f); setting (verb בּוֺא) Genesis 15:17 (J), Amos 8:9 + 19 times, + לָבוֺא וַיְהִי הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 15:12 (JE), יְדַע מְבוֺאוֺ שׁ׳ Psalm 104:19 (see בּוֺא 1i, מָבוֺא 2); as giving daylight Isaiah 60:9; hot 1 Samuel 11:9; Nehemiah 7:3; Exodus 16:21 (P), compare Isaiah 49:10; Jonah 4:8; Psalm 121:6; as ripening crops Deuteronomy 33:14 (poem), compare (figurative) Job 8:16, tanning the face Songs 1:6; standing still at Joshua's word Joshua 10:12.13a (poem in J; || יָרֵחַ), Joshua 10:13b (J), compare Habakkuk 3:11 (+ יָרֵךְַ); casting shadow (on dial), בַּשּׁ׳ אָחָז בְמַעֲלוֺת יָֽרְדָה Isaiah 38:8, וַתָּשָׁב הַשּׁ׳ Isaiah 38:8; set in sky by י׳ Jeremiah 31:25; Psalm 19:5; Psalm 74:16; Psalm 136:8, enduring Psalm 72:5; Psalm 72:17 (compare עִם 1g; [פָּנֶה] 11. 4 a (e), also Psalm 89:37; personified, called to praise י׳ Psalm 148:3 (+ יָרֵךְַ); to be darkened by י׳'s judgment, Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:10; Joel 3:4; Joel 4:15 (compare Amos 8:9 above, Micah 3:6).
2. of direction: מִמִּוְרַח הַשּׁ׳ Numbers 21:11 (E) toward sun-rise, = East, compare Deuteronomy 4:41, 47 + 16 times (see מִוְרָךְ); מְבוֺא הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 11:30 + 3 times (see מָבוֺא 2).
3. object of worship (usually + moon, stars, etc.) 2 Kings 23:5; Jeremiah 8:2; Ezekiel 8:16; Deuteronomy 4:19; horses given to שׁ׳ 2 Kings 23:11, מַרְכְּבוֺת השּׁ׳ 2 Kings 23:11. — See also בֵּית שׁ׳.
4. other phrases:
† a. נֶגֶד חַשּׁ׳, i.e. openly, publicly, 2 Samuel 12:12; Numbers 25:4 (P), so לְעֵינֵי חַשּׁ׳ 2 Samuel 12:11.
† b. figurative of living, חָזָה שׁ׳ Psalm 58:9, רָאָה שׁ׳ Exodus 6:5; Exodus 7:11; Exodus 11:7, opposed to תֶּחְשַׁךְ הַשׁ׳ Exodus 12:2.
c. תַּחַת הַשּׁ׳, i.e. on the earth, Ecclesiastes 1:3 + 28 times Ecclesiastes (compare Greek ὐφ’ ἠλίῳ, KueOnd. iii. 196; Ein1. iii. 192).
5. pinnacle, as glittering, shining, plural Isaiah 54:12 thy pinnacles, battlements (of Zion), so perhaps singular אֱםהִים וּמָנֵן י׳ שׁ׳ Psalm 84:12 battlement and shield is א׳ י׳ (Gr Bae Du Buhl; most sun, and so Thes De Che SS; Hup-Now hesitates).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:12; 15:17; 19:23; 19:23; 37:9

Exodus

6:5; 7:11; 11:7; 12:2; 16:21; 22:2

Numbers

21:11; 25:4

Deuteronomy

4:19; 4:41; 4:47; 11:30; 33:14

Joshua

10:12; 10:12; 10:13; 10:13

Judges

5:31; 19:14; 20:43

1 Samuel

11:9

2 Samuel

12:11; 12:12

2 Kings

23:5; 23:11; 23:11

Nehemiah

7:3

Job

8:16

Psalms

19:5; 58:9; 72:5; 72:17; 74:16; 84:12; 89:37; 104:19; 121:6; 136:8; 148:3

Ecclesiastes

1:3

Song of Songs

1:6

Isaiah

13:10; 38:8; 38:8; 49:10; 54:12; 54:12; 60:9; 60:20

Jeremiah

8:2; 15:9; 31:25

Ezekiel

8:16; 32:7

Joel

2:10; 3:4

Amos

8:9; 8:9

Jonah

4:8

Micah

3:6

Habakkuk

3:11

H8121

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Strong's Number H8121 matches the Hebrew שֶׁמֶשׁ (šemeš),
which occurs 134 times in 127 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 15:12–2Ki 10:33)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17 - And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:23 - The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:31 - And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12 - But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:3 - If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26 - If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:7 - And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11 - And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41 - Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:47 - And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6 - but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:11 - but it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:13 - thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it (for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it); lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:14 -
And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun,
And for the precious things of the growth of the moons,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:15 - until Jehovah have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12 - Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel,
Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon;
And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 -
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed,
Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies.
Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:12 - and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34 - and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31 -
So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah:
But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.
And the land had rest forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:33 - and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and rush upon the city; and, behold, when he and the people that are with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18 - Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:14 - So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trod them down at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9 - And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David sware, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11 - Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house; and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 -
He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,
A morning without clouds,
When the tender grass springeth out of the earth,
Through clear shining after rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:36 - And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:22 - And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:33 - from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

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