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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.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - Then he did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, as well as those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun H8121, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the remaining heavenly [fn]lights.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun H8121, at the entrance of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was at the [fn]covered courtyard; and he burned the chariots of the sun H8121 with fire.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - The battle raged on that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot in front of the Arameans until the evening; and at sunset H8121 he died.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - Then I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun H8121 is hot, and while they are standing guard, the gatekeepers are to [fn]keep the doors shut and bolted. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:16 -

“He flourishes before the sun H8121,

And his shoots spread out over his garden.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 -

Their [fn]line has gone out into all the earth,

And their words to the end of the world.

In them He has placed a tent for the sun H8121,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:1 -

A Psalm of [fn]Asaph.

The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken

And summoned the earth, from [fn]the rising of the sun H8121 to its setting.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:8 -

May they be like a snail which goes along in slime,

Like the miscarriage of a woman that never sees the sun H8121.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5 -

[fn]May they fear You while the sun H8121 shines,

And [fn]as long as the moon shines, throughout all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:17 -

May his name endure forever;

May his name produce descendants [fn]as long as the sun H8121 shines;

And may people wish blessings on themselves by him;

May all nations call him blessed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:16 -

Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;

[fn]You have prepared the [fn]light and the sun H8121.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:11 -

For the LORD God is a sun H8121 and shield;

The LORD gives grace and glory;

He withholds no good thing [fn]from those who walk with integrity.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:36 -

“His [fn]descendants shall endure forever,

And his throne as the sun H8121 before Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:19 -

He made the moon for the seasons;

The sun H8121 knows the place of its setting.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:22 -

When the sun H8121 rises they withdraw,

And they lie down in their dens.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:3 -

From [fn]the rising of the sun H8121 to its setting,

The name of the LORD is to be praised.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6 -

The sun H8121 will not [fn]beat down on you by day,

Nor the moon by night.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:8 -

The sun H8121 to rule [fn]by day,

For His faithfulness is everlasting,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 -

Praise Him, sun H8121 and moon;

Praise Him, all stars of light!

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 -

What advantage does a person have in all his work

Which he does under the sun H8121?

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 -

Also, the sun H8121 rises and the sun H8121 sets;

And [fn]hurrying to its place it rises there again.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9 -

What has been, it is what will be,

And what has been done, it is what will be done.

So there is nothing new under the sun H8121.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun H8121, and behold, all is futility and striving after wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had [fn]exerted, and behold, all was futility and striving after wind, and there was no benefit under the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun H8121 was [fn]unhappy to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 -

So I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun H8121, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun H8121. This too is futility.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I [fn]completely despaired over all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - For what does a person get in all his labor and in [fn]his striving with which he labors under the sun H8121?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:16 -

Furthermore, I have seen under the sun H8121 that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 -

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun H8121. And behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and power was on the side of their oppressors, but they had no one to comfort them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 -

Then I looked again at futility under the sun H8121.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - I have seen all those living under the sun H8121 move to the side of the second youth who [fn]replaces him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 -

There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun H8121: wealth being [fn]hoarded by its owner to his detriment.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 -

Here is what I have seen to be good and [fn]fitting: to eat, to drink, and [fn]enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he labors under the sun H8121 during the few [fn]years of his life which God has given him; for this is his [fn]reward.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1 -

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun H8121, and it is widespread [fn]among mankind:

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:5 - “It has not even seen the sun H8121 nor does it know it; yet [fn]it is better off than that man.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who knows what is good for a person during his lifetime, during the few [fn]years of his futile life? He will [fn]spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a person what will happen after him under the sun H8121?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:11 -

Wisdom along with an inheritance is good,

And an advantage to those who see the sun H8121.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All this I have seen, and have applied my [fn]mind to every deed that has been done under the sun H8121 at a time when one person has exercised authority over another person to his detriment.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a person under the sun H8121 except to eat, drink, and be joyful, and this will stand by him in his labor throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - and I saw every work of God, I concluded that one cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun H8121. Even though a person laboriously seeks, he will not discover; and even if the wise person claims to know, he cannot discover.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun H8121, that there is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of mankind are full of evil, and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterward they go to the dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Indeed their love, their hate, and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - [fn]Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your futile life which He has given you under the sun H8121, [fn]all the days of your futility; for this is your reward in life and in your work which you have labored under the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 -

I again saw under the sun H8121 that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning, nor favor to the skillful; for time and chance overtake them all.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:13 -

This too I saw as wisdom under the sun H8121, and [fn]it impressed me:

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 -

There is an evil I have seen under the sun H8121, like a mistake that proceeds from the ruler:

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:7 -

The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun H8121.


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