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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 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 put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, H8121 and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, H8121 at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun H8121 with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun H8121 going down he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun H8121 be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:16 - He is green before the sun, H8121 and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:1 - [[A Psalm of Asaph.]] The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun H8121 unto the going down thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:8 - As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5 - They shall fear thee as long as the sun H8121 and moon endure, throughout all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:17 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: H8121 and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:16 - The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:11 - For the LORD God is a sun H8121 and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:36 - His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun H8121 before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:19 - He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun H8121 knoweth his going down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:22 - The sun H8121 ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them 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 H8121 unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6 - The sun H8121 shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:8 - The sun H8121 to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 - Praise ye him, sun H8121 and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 - The sun H8121 also ariseth, and the sun H8121 goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; H8121 and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun H8121 is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: H8121 because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. H8121 This is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:16 - And moreover I saw under the sun H8121 the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: H8121 and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - I considered all the living which walk under the sun, H8121 with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 - There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, H8121 namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun H8121 all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1 - There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, H8121 and it is common among men:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:5 - Moreover he hath not seen the sun, H8121 nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:11 - Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: H8121 there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, H8121 than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: H8121 because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, H8121 that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart 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 - Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, H8121 all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 - I returned, and saw under the sun, H8121 that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:13 - This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, H8121 and it seemed great unto me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 - There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, H8121 as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:7 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: H8121

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