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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17 - And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:23 - The sun was risen upon the earth, when Lot entered into Segor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - And came to a certain place and slept there, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it at his head, and lay down to sleep in that place,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:31 - (LXX 32:32) And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - And he [fn]dreamed another dream, and related it to his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars did me reverence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - And they gathered it every morning, each man what he needed, and when the sun waxed hot it melted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12 - But the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Or supported his hands one on this side and the other on that, and the hands of Moses were supported till the going down of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:3 - (LXX 22:2) But if the sun be risen upon him, he is guilty, he shall die instead; and if [fn]a thief have nothing, let him be sold in compensation for what he has stolen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26 - (LXX 22:25) And if thou take thy neighbour's garment for a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before sunset.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:7 - and the sun go down, and then he shall be clean; and then shall he eat of all the holy things, for they are his bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11 - And having departed from Oboth, they encamped in Achalgai, on the farther side in the wilderness, which is opposite Moab, toward the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the princes of the people, and [fn]make them examples of judgment for the Lord in the face of the sun, and the anger of the Lord shall be turned away from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - and lest having looked up to the sky, and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the [fn]heavenly bodies, thou shouldest go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God has distributed to all the nations under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41 - Then Moses separated three cities beyond Jordan on the east,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:47 - And they inherited his land, and the land of Og king of Basan, two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - Lo! are not these beyond Jordan, behind, westward in the land of Chanaan, which lies westward near Golgol, by the high oak?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6 - But in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, to have his name called there, thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even at the setting of the sun, at the time when thou camest out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and they should go and serve other gods, and worship them, the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which he commanded thee not to do,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:11 - (LXX 23:12) And it shall come to pass toward evening he shall wash his body with water, and when the sun has gone down, he shall go into the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:13 - Thou shalt surely restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his garment, and he shall bless thee; and it shall be [fn]mercy to thee before the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - Thou shalt pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and it shall be sin in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:14 - and of the fruits of the changes of the sun in season, and of the produce of the months,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - The wilderness and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and as far as the [fn]extremity of the sea; your coasts shall be from the setting of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:15 - until the Lord your God shall have given your brethren rest, as also to you, and they also shall have inherited the land, which the Lord your God gives them; then ye shall depart each one to his inheritance, which Moses gave you beyond Jordan eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And he hanged the king of Gai on a [fn]gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into [fn]a pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12 - Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day in which the Lord delivered the Amorite into the power of Israel, when he destroyed them in Gabaon, and they were destroyed from before the children of Israel: and Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against Gabaon, and the moon over against the valley of Ælon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 - And the sun and the moon stood still, until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of [fn]one day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - And it came to pass toward the setting of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave into which they had fled for refuge, and rolled stones to the cave, which remain till this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - And these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel slew, and inherited their land beyond Jordan from the east, from the valley of Arnon to the mount of Aermon, and all the land of Araba on the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - And all the land of Galiath of the Phylistines, and all Libanus eastward from Galgal, under the mountain Aermon as far as the entering in of Emath;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:12 - And the border returned from Sedduc in a contrary direction eastward from Bæthsamys, to the borders of Chaselothaith, and shall pass on to Dabiroth, and shall proceed upward to Phangai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - And it will return [fn]westward from Bæthegeneth, and will join Zabulon and Ekgai, and Phthæel northwards, and the borders will come to Saphthæbæthme, and Inael, and will go on to Chobamasomel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34 - And the coasts will return westward by Athabor, and will go out thence to Jacana, and will border on Zabulon southward, and Aser will join it westward, and Jordan eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - See, that I have [fn]given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and some I have destroyed; and [fn]the boundaries shall be at the great sea westward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31 - Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: and they that love him shall be as the going forth of the sun in his strength. And the land had rest forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:33 - And it shall come to pass in the morning at sunrising, thou shalt rise up early and draw toward the city; and behold, he and the people with him [fn]will come forth against thee, and thou shalt do to him [fn]according to thy power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18 - And they journeyed in the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab: and they came by the east of the land of Moab, and encamped in the country beyond Arnon, and came not within the borders of Moab, for Arnon is the border of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:14 - And they passed by and went on, and the sun went down upon them near to Gabaa, which is in Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - And they cut down Benjamin, and pursued him from Nua closely till they came opposite Gabaa on the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - And they said, Lo! now there is a feast of the Lord [fn]from year to year in Selom, which is on the north of Bæthel, eastward on the way that goes up from Bæthel to Sychem, and from the south of Lebona.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9 - And he said to the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say to the men of Jabis, To-morrow ye shall have deliverance when the sun is hot; and the messengers came to the city, and told the men of Jabis, and they rejoiced.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - And Joab and Abessa pursued after Abenner, and the sun went down: and they went as far as the hill of Amman, which is in the front of Gai, by the [fn]desert way of Gabaon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - And all the people assembled to weep for him. And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day: and David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I eat bread or any thing else before the sun goes down.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11 - Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and will give them to thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, from the light of which the Lord passed on, and as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:36 - And the herald of the army stood at sunset, saying, Let every man go to his own city and his own land,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:22 - And they rose early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the waters, and Moab saw the waters on the opposite side red as blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:33 - from Jordan eastward all the land of Galaad belonging to the Gadites, of Gaddi and that of Ruben, and of Manasses, from Aroer, which is on the brink of the brook of Arnon, and Galaad and Basan.

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