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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

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 3 / 3 (Ecc 12:2–Mal 4:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before H5704 H834 H3808 the sun H8121 and the light, H216 the moon H3394 and the stars H3556 are darkened, H2821 and clouds H5645 return H7725 after H310 the rain; H1653

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:6 - “Do not stare H7200 at me because I am [fn]swarthy, H7840
For the sun H8121 has burned H7805 me.
My mother’s H517 sons H1121 were angry H2734 with me;
They made H7760 me caretaker H5201 of the vineyards, H3754
But I have not taken H5201 care H5201 of my own vineyard. H3754

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 - For the stars H3556 of heaven H4605 and their constellations H3685
Will not flash H1984 forth H1984 their light; H216
The sun H8121 will be dark H2821 when it rises H3318
And the moon H3394 will not shed H5050 its light. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8 - “Behold, H2009 I will cause H7725 the shadow H6738 on the stairway, H4609 which H834 has gone H3381 down H3381 with the sun H8121 on the stairway H4609 of Ahaz, H271 to go H7725 back H322 ten H6235 steps.” H4609 So the sun’s H8121 shadow went H7725 back H7725 ten H6235 steps H4609 on the stairway H4609 on which H834 it had gone H3381 down. H3381

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 - “I have aroused H5782 one from the north, H6828 and he has come; H857
From the rising H4217 of the sun H8121 he will call H7121 on My name; H8034
And he will come H935 upon rulers H5461 as upon mortar, H2563
Even as the potter H3335 treads H7429 clay.” H2563

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:6 - That [fn]men may know H3045 from the rising H4217 to the setting H4628 of the sun H8121
That there is no H657 one H657 besides H1107 Me.
I am the LORD, H3068 and there H369 is no H369 other, H5750

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 - “They will not hunger H7456 or thirst, H6770
Nor H3808 will the scorching H8273 heat H8273 or sun H8121 strike H5221 them down; H5221
For He who has H7355 compassion H7355 on them will lead H5090 them
And will guide H5095 them to springs H4002 of water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:12 - “Moreover, I will make H7760 your battlements H8121 of [fn]rubies, H3539
And your gates H8179 of [fn]crystal, H688
And your entire H3605 [fn]wall H1366 of precious H2656 stones. H68

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:19 - So they will fear H3372 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 from the west H4628
And His glory H3519 from the rising H4217 of the sun, H8121
For He will come H935 like a [fn]rushing H6862 stream H5104
Which the wind H7307 of the LORD H3068 drives. H5127

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:19 - “No H3808 longer H5750 will you have H1961 the sun H8121 for light H216 by day, H3119
Nor H3808 for brightness H5051 will the moon H3394 give H215 you light; H215
But you will have H1961 the LORD H3068 for an everlasting H5769 light, H216
And your God H430 for your [fn]glory. H8597

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 - “Your sun H8121 will no H3808 longer H5750 set, H935
Nor H3808 will your moon H3394 wane; H622
For you will have H1961 the LORD H3068 for an everlasting H5769 light, H216
And the days H3117 of your mourning H60 will be over. H7999

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - “They will spread H7849 them out to the sun, H8121 the moon H3394 and to all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven, H8064 which H834 they have loved H157 and which H834 they have served, H5647 and which H834 they have gone H1980 after H310 and which H834 they have sought, H1875 and which H834 they have worshiped. H7812 They will not be gathered H622 or buried; H6912 they will be as dung H1828 on the face H6440 of the ground. H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:9 - “She who bore H3205 seven H7651 sons pines H535 away; H535
[fn]Her breathing H5301 is labored. H5301
Her sun H8121 has set H935 while it was yet H5750 day; H3119
She has been H954 shamed H954 and humiliated. H2659
So I will give H5414 over their survivors H7611 to the sword H2719
Before H6440 their enemies,” H340 declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
Who gives H5414 the sun H8121 for light H216 by day H3119
And the [fn]fixed H2708 order H2708 of the moon H3394 and the stars H3556 for light H216 by night, H3915
Who stirs H7280 up the sea H3220 so that its waves H1530 roar; H1993
The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is His name: H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - Then He brought H935 me into the inner H6442 court H2691 of the LORD’S H3068 house. H1004 And behold, H2009 at the entrance H6607 to the temple H1964 of the LORD, H3068 between H996 the porch H197 and the altar, H4196 were about twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376 with their backs H268 to the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 and their faces H6440 toward the east; H6924 and they were [fn]prostrating H7812 themselves eastward H6924 toward the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - “And when I extinguish H3518 you,
I will cover H3680 the heavens H8064 and darken H6937 their stars; H3556
I will cover H3680 the sun H8121 with a cloud H6051
And the moon H3394 will not give H215 its light. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - Before H6440 them the earth H776 quakes, H7264
The heavens H8064 tremble, H7493
The sun H8121 and the moon H3394 grow H6937 dark H6937
And the stars H3556 lose H622 their brightness. H5051

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31 - “The sun H8121 will be turned H2015 into darkness H2822
And the moon H3394 into blood H1818
Before H6440 the great H1419 and awesome H3372 day H3117 of the LORD H3068 comes. H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15 - The sun H8121 and moon H3394 grow H6937 dark H6937
And the stars H3556 lose H622 their brightness. H5051

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:9 - “It will come H1961 about in that day,” H3117 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068
“That I will make the sun H8121 go H935 down at noon H6672
And make H2821 the earth H776 dark H2821 in [fn]broad H216 daylight. H3117 H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:8 - When the sun H8121 came H2224 up God H430 appointed H4487 a scorching H2759 east H6921 wind, H7307 and the sun H8121 beat H5221 down H5221 on Jonah’s H3124 head H7218 so that he became H5968 faint H5968 and begged H7592 with all his soul H5315 to die, H4191 saying, H559 “Death H4194 is better H2896 to me than H4480 life.” H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:6 - Therefore H3651 it will be night H3915 for you—without H4480 vision, H2377
And darkness H2825 for you—without H4480 divination. H7080
The sun H8121 will go H935 down on the prophets, H5030
And the day H3117 will become H6937 dark H6937 over H5921 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 - Your [fn]guardsmen H4502 are like the swarming H697 locust. H697
Your marshals H2951 are like hordes H1462 of grasshoppers H1462
Settling H2583 in the stone walls H1448 on a cold H7135 day. H3117
The sun H8121 rises H2224 and they flee, H5074
And the place H4725 where H335 they are is not known. H3045

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - Sun H8121 and moon H3394 stood H5975 in their places; H2073
They went H1980 away at the light H216 of Your arrows, H2671
At the radiance H5051 of Your gleaming H1300 spear. H2595

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:7 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 ‘Behold, H2009 I am going to save H3467 My people H5971 from the land H776 of the [fn]east H4217 and from the land H776 of the [fn]west; H3996 H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:11 - “For from the rising H4217 of the sun H8121 even H5704 to its setting, H3996 My name H8034 will be great H1419 among the nations, H1471 and in every H3605 place H4725 incense H6999 is going to be offered H5066 H6999 to My name, H8034 and a grain offering H4503 that is pure; H2889 for My name H8034 will be great H1419 among the nations,” H1471 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:2 - “But for you who [fn]fear H3372 My name, H8034 the sun H8121 of righteousness H6666 will rise H2224 with healing H4832 in its wings; H3671 and you will go H3318 forth H3318 and skip H6335 about H6335 like calves H5695 from the stall. H4770

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