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Lexicon :: Strong's H7950 - šeleḡ

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שֶׁלֶג
Transliteration
šeleḡ
Pronunciation
sheh'-leg
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2391a

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁלֶג sheleg, sheh'-leg; from H7949; snow (probably from its whiteness):—snow(-y).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H7950 in the following manner: snow (19x), snowy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H7950 in the following manner: snow (19x), snowy (1x).

  1. snow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁלֶג sheleg, sheh'-leg; from H7949; snow (probably from its whiteness):—snow(-y).
STRONGS H7950: Abbreviations
† שֶׁלֶ֫ג noun masculineIsaiah 55:10 snow; — absolute שׁ׳ Isaiah 1:18 +, שָׁ֑לֶג Exodus 4:6 +; construct שֶׁ֫לֶג Jeremiah 18:14; — snow, 2 Samuel 23:20 (יוֺם הַשּׁ׳) = 1 Chronicles 11:22; Job 6:16; Job 37:6 (|| גֶּשֶׁם מָטָר) Psalm 147:16; Psalm 148:8 (+ אֵשׁ, בָּרָד, קִיטוֺר); מֵימֵי שׁ׳ Job 24:19, compare Job 9:30 Qr (בְּמֵי, < Qr בְּמוֺ De Di Bu and others, snow as purifying; see also [מַי]; in poetry אִצְרוֺת שׁ׳ Job 38:22 (|| בָּרָד א׳); symbolic of cold Proverbs 31:21; as moistening, fertilizing Isaiah 55:10 (|| גֶּשֶׁם); on mountains, figurative of normal habit, לְבָנוֺן שׁ׳ Jeremiah 18:14; simile of whiteness, of leprosy Exodus 4:6 (J), Numbers 12:10(E), 2 Kings 5:27; with מִן comp,, of fair skin Lamentations 4:7 (|| חָלָב); simile of sins, יַלְבִּינוּ כַּשּׁ׳ Isaiah 1:18, compare Psalm 51:9 (מִן compare); simile of refreshment Proverbs 25:13 (drink cooled by snow, see references in DeToy), of the unfitting בַּקַיִץ כַּשּׁ׳ Proverbs 26:1 (|| מָטָר). — On snow in Palestine see NicolHast. DB SNOW.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8517.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:6; 4:6

Numbers

12:10

2 Samuel

23:20

2 Kings

5:27

1 Chronicles

11:22

Job

6:16; 9:30; 24:19; 37:6; 38:22

Psalms

51:9; 147:16; 148:8

Proverbs

25:13; 26:1; 31:21

Isaiah

1:18; 1:18; 55:10; 55:10

Jeremiah

18:14; 18:14

Lamentations

4:7

H7950

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7950 matches the Hebrew שֶׁלֶג (šeleḡ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:6 - And the Lord said again to him, Put thine hand into thy bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and his hand became as snow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - And the cloud departed from the tabernacle; and, behold, Mariam was leprous, white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Mariam, and, behold, she was leprous.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - And Banæas the son of Jodae, he was abundant in mighty deeds, from Cabeseel, and he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - The leprosy also of Naiman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - And Banaia the son of Jodae was the son of a mighty man: many were his acts for Cabasael: he smote two lion-like men of Moab, and he went down and smote a lion in a pit on a snowy day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16 - They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:30 - For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - Let them be withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth, and the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:22 - But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? and hast thou seen the treasures of hail?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:7 - (LXX 50:9) Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16 - (LXX 147:5) He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:8 - Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; the things that perform his word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:13 - As a fall of snow in the time of harvest is good against heat, so a faithful messenger refreshes those that send him; for he helps the souls of his employers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1 - As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:21 - Her husband is not anxious about those at home when he tarries anywhere abroad: for all [fn]her household are clothed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - And come, let us reason together, saith the Lord: and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and [fn] give seed to the sower, and bread for food:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14 - Will fertilising streams fail to flow from a rock, or snow fail from Libanus? will water violently impelled by the wind turn aside?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Zain. Her Nazarites were made purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were purified as with fire, their polishing was superior to sapphire stone.
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