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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 2 / 3 (2Ki 23:5–Ecc 11:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he deposed the priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to make offerings in the high places at the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon and the constellations and all the host of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts.[fn] And he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - And the battle continued that day, and the king of Israel was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening. Then at sunset he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are still standing guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their guard posts and some in front of their own homes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:16 - He is a lush plant before the sun,
and his shoots spread over his garden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 - Their voice[fn] goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:1 - A Psalm of Asaph.
The Mighty One, God the LORD,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:8 - Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime,
like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5 - May they fear you[fn] while the sun endures,
and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:17 - May his name endure forever,
his fame continue as long as the sun!
May people be blessed in him,
all nations call him blessed!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:16 - Yours is the day, yours also the night;
you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:11 - For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:36 - His offspring shall endure forever,
his throne as long as the sun before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:19 - He made the moon to mark the seasons;[fn]
the sun knows its time for setting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:22 - When the sun rises, they steal away
and lie down in their dens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 113:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:3 - From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the LORD is to be praised!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6 - The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:8 - the sun to rule over the day,
for his steadfast love endures forever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 - Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 - The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
and hastens[fn] to the place where it rises.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9 - What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity[fn] and a striving after wind.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:16 - Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - But better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - Again, I saw vanity under the sun:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that[fn] youth who was to stand in the king’s[fn] place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 - There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment[fn] in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1 - There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:5 - Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain[fn] life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:11 - Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
an advantage to those who see the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out. Even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain[fn] life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 - Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:13 - I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 - There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:7 - Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

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