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Lexicon :: Strong's H8081 - šemen

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שֶׁמֶן
Transliteration
šemen
Pronunciation
sheh'-men
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2410c

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁמֶן shemen, sheh'-men; from H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness:—anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 193x

The KJV translates Strong's H8081 in the following manner: oil (165x), ointment (14x), olive (4x), oiled (2x), fat (2x), things (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 193x
The KJV translates Strong's H8081 in the following manner: oil (165x), ointment (14x), olive (4x), oiled (2x), fat (2x), things (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. fat, oil

    1. fat, fatness

    2. oil, olive oil

      1. as staple, medicament or unguent

      2. for anointing

    3. fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁמֶן shemen, sheh'-men; from H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness:—anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.
STRONGS H8081: Abbreviations
שֶׁ֫מֶן 192 noun masculine 2 Kings 20:13 (on apparently feminine Songs 1:3 compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 99, 106) fat, oil; — שׁ׳ absolute Genesis 28:18 +, construct Leviticus 8:2 +; שָׁ֑׳ 2 Kings 4:6 +; suffix שַׁמְנִי Hosea 2:7 +, etc.; plural שְׁמָנִים Amos 6:6 +; suffix שְׁמָנֶיךָ Songs 1:3, נַיִח - Songs 4:10; —
1. fat, fatness: קֶרֶן בֶּןשֿׁ׳ Isaiah 5:1 (of fertile slope); plural גֵּיאשְֿׁמָנִים Isaiah 28:1, 4; of food (in figurative) Isaiah 25:6 (twice in verse); literal כְּשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁ֑מֶן Psalm 109:24 (compare צוֺם Psalm 109:24a), compare שׁ׳מִפְּנֵי Isaiah 10:27 (in figurative, si vera lectio, meaning obscure; most now emend by conjecture; RSJPH xili (1885), 62 עָלָה מִצָּפוֺן שֹׁרֵד [see also II. חבל], joining to Isaiah 10:28; Du Marti has gone up from Pene-Rimmon [??], compare Di-Kit).
2.
a. oil, specifically olive-oil, as rich product Deuteronomy 8:8 + (see זַיִת); hence עֵץ שׁ׳ Isaiah 41:19 oil-tree, usually explained as wild olive, oleaster, so Nehemiah 8:15 (|| וַיִת), עֲצֵי שׁ׳ oleaster-wood 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32, 33; once הַמֹּר שׁ׳ Esther 2:2 (see מֹר; מ׳ also in holy anointing oil Exodus 30:23).
b. שׁ׳ as staple (codiment) Numbers 11:8 (J; see לשׁד), of value 1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16; 2 Kings 2:4, 6, 7 + 4 times; symbol of plenty Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:24; Job 29:6; ascribed (fassely) to gift of Baals Hosea 2:7; as royal treasure 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2, compare 1 Kings 5:25 (כָּ תִית שׁ׳, see כ׳) = 2 Chronicles 2:9; 2 Chronicles 2:14 + 3 times; tribute Hosea 12:2, article of trade Ezekiel 27:17; odoriferous Proverbs 27:9; Songs 1:3; Songs 4:10, רוֺקֵחַ שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:1, so (figurative) Songs 1:3; Ecclesiastes 7:1; Proverbs 27:16 is corrupt, see Toy; sign of luxury Ezekiel 16:13; Proverbs 21:17, of prosperity Ezekiel 16:20.
c. שׁ׳ as medicament Isaiah 1:6; as unguent, for shield 2 Samuel 1:21, person Amos 6:6; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:40; Ezekiel 16:9; Esther; Psalm 92:11; Psalm 104:15, not for mourner 2 Samuel 14:2; on head token of happiness Ecclesiastes 9:8, of hospitality, ראֹשִׁי דִּמַּנְתָּ בַּמֹּ׳ Psalm 23:5 (figurative), in simile Psalm 133:2; Psalm 141:5.
d. for anointing king, הַשּׁ׳ פַּךְ 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 9:1, 3, compare 2 Kings 9:6, with קֶרֶן 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39; compare קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו בְּשׁ׳ Psalm 89:21.
e. in various figures of joy שָׂשׂוֺן שׁ׳ Isaiah 61:3; Psalm 45:8; soft words Psalm 55:22; Proverbs 5:3; as penetrating Psalm 109:18; as clear, transparent Ezekiel 32:14.
f. used in primitive worship, poured on stone Genesis 28:18 (E), Genesis 35:14 (J).
g. in later ritual: for anointing priests, tabernacle, altar utensils, etc. (P), made of various ingredients, וַיִת שׁ׳ among them, Exodus 30:24, הַמִּשְׁתָה שׁ׳ Exodus 25:6; Leviticus 8:2, 10, 12 + 11 times; מִשְׁחַתקֹֿדֶשׁ שׁ׳ Exodus 30:25 (twice in verse) + 2 times; י׳ מ׳ שׁ׳ Leviticus 10:7, אֱםהָיו מ׳ שׁ׳ Leviticus 21:12; הקּ׳ שׁ׳ Numbers 35:25; שׁ׳ alone Leviticus 14:10 + 12 times Leviticus 14; for lighting Exodus 25:6 + 6 times + זַיִת זָח כָּ חִית שׁ׳ Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:2 (see כָּ תִית); poured upon מִנְחָה Leviticus 2:1 + 5 times, compare Leviticus 5:11; Numbers 5:15; smeared (see מָשַׁח) upon wafers Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4 +, and cakes (or mixed in the making? compare בָּלַל) Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4, 5 +, so סֹלֶת בַּשׁ׳ Leviticus 2:7 etc. (approximately + 45 times in all), חַלַּת לֶחֶם שׁ׳ Exodus 29:23; Leviticus 8:26.
h. for use in temple 1 Chronicles 9:29.
i. for תְּרוּמָה in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) + 7 times in Ezekiel 45 and 46.
† j. efficacy denied Micah 6:7
† k. offered to idols Isaiah 57:9; Ezekiel 16:18, 19; Ezekiel 23:41. — See MacalisterHast. DB OIL ARSKEncy. Bib. OIL.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:18; 28:18; 35:14

Exodus

25:6; 25:6; 27:20; 29:2; 29:2; 29:23; 30:23; 30:24; 30:25

Leviticus

2:1; 2:4; 2:4; 2:5; 2:7; 5:11; 8:2; 8:2; 8:10; 8:12; 8:26; 10:7; 14; 14:10; 21:12; 24:2

Numbers

5:15; 11:8; 35:25

Deuteronomy

8:8; 28:40; 32:13; 33:24

1 Samuel

10:1; 16:1; 16:13

2 Samuel

1:21; 14:2

1 Kings

1:39; 6:23; 6:31; 6:32; 6:33; 17:12; 17:14; 17:16

2 Kings

2:4; 2:6; 2:7; 4:6; 9:1; 9:3; 9:6; 20:13; 20:13

1 Chronicles

9:29

2 Chronicles

2:9; 2:14

Nehemiah

8:15

Esther

2:2

Job

29:6

Psalms

23:5; 45:8; 55:22; 89:21; 92:11; 104:15; 109:18; 109:24; 109:24; 133:2; 141:5

Proverbs

5:3; 21:17; 27:9; 27:16

Ecclesiastes

7:1; 9:8; 10:1

Song of Songs

1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 4:10; 4:10

Isaiah

1:6; 5:1; 10:27; 10:28; 25:6; 28:1; 28:4; 39:2; 41:19; 57:9; 61:3

Ezekiel

16:9; 16:13; 16:18; 16:19; 16:20; 23:41; 27:17; 32:14; 45:14

Hosea

2:7; 2:7; 12:2

Amos

6:6; 6:6

Micah

6:7; 6:15

H8081

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8081 matches the Hebrew שֶׁמֶן (šemen),
which occurs 193 times in 176 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (1Ki 6:31–Isa 39:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 - And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive H8081 tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:32 - The two doors also were of olive H8081 tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33 - So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive H8081 tree, a fourth part of the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12 - And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil H8081 in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil H8081 fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:16 - And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil H8081 fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. H8081

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:6 - And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil H8081 stayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, H8081 and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil H8081 in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:3 - Then take the box of oil, H8081 and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:6 - And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil H8081 on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:13 - And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, H8081 and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, H8081 and the frankincense, and the spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, H8081 and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28 - And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil H8081 was Joash:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. H8081

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:15 - Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, H8081 and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil H8081 and wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, H8081 unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 - And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine H8081 branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 - Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil H8081 of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:6 - When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; H8081

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; H8081 my cup runneth over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:7 - Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil H8081 of gladness above thy fellows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:21 - The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, H8081 yet were they drawn swords.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:20 - I have found David my servant; with my holy oil H8081 have I anointed him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:10 - But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. H8081

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:15 - And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil H8081 to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:18 - As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil H8081 into his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. H8081

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 133:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:2 - It is like the precious ointment H8081 upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 - Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, H8081 which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 - For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: H8081

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 - He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil H8081 shall not be rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - There is treasure to be desired and oil H8081 in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Ointment H8081 and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:16 - Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment H8081 of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:1 - A good name is better than precious ointment; H8081 and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8 - Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. H8081

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - Dead flies cause the ointment H8081 of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 - Because of the savour of thy good ointments H8081 thy name is as ointment H8081 poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments H8081 than all spices!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:6 - From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. H8081

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:1 - Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful H8081 hill:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. H8081

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6 - And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, H8081 a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things H8081 full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat H8081 valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat H8081 valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 - And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, H8081 and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

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