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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)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 -

For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive H8081 wood, the lintel, and five-sided doorposts.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:32 - So he made two doors of olive H8081 wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33 -

So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive H8081 wood

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12 - But she said, “As Yahweh your God lives, I have no [fn]bread, only a handful of flour in the [fn]bowl and a little oil H8081 in the jar; and behold, I am gathering [fn]a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - “For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘The [fn]bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil H8081 [fn]be empty, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the face of the earth.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:16 - The [fn]bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil H8081 [fn]become empty, according to the word of Yahweh which He spoke by the hand of Elijah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your servant-woman has nothing in the house except a jar of oil H8081.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:6 - Now it happened that when the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not one vessel more.” And the oil H8081 stopped.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil H8081 and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 -

Now Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil H8081 in your hand and go to Ramoth-gilead.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:3 - “Then you will take the flask of oil H8081 and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and flee and do not wait.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:6 - And he arose and came into the house, and he poured the oil H8081 on his head and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh, even over Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:13 - And Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the good oil H8081 and the house of his armor and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the utensils of the sanctuary and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil H8081 and the frankincense and the spices.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and on oxen, great provisions of flour, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil H8081, oxen, and sheep. There was gladness indeed in Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28 -

Baal-hanan the Gederite was over the olive and sycamore trees in the [fn]Shephelah;

and Joash had charge of the stores of oil H8081.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - “And behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, [fn]20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and [fn]20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil H8081.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:15 - “So now, let my lord send to his servants wheat and barley, oil H8081 and wine, of which he has spoken.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - He also strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them and stores of food, oil H8081 and wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then they gave money to the masons and [fn]carpenters, and food, drink, and oil H8081 to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the permission they had [fn]from Cyrus king of Persia.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 - and that they should make the report heard and make a proclamation of it pass throughout all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hills, and bring olive branches and [fn]wild H8081 olive H8081 branches, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 -

Now when it reached the turn of each young lady to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their cosmetic treatment were fulfilled as follows: six months with oil H8081 of myrrh and six months with spices and the cosmetics for women

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:6 -

When my steps were bathed in butter,

And the rock poured out for me streams of oil H8081!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 -

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;

You [fn]have anointed my head with oil H8081;

My cup overflows.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:7 -

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;

Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You

With the oil H8081 of joy above Your companions.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:21 -

His [fn]speech was smoother than butter,

But his heart was war;

His words were softer than oil H8081,

Yet they were drawn swords.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:20 -

“I have found David My [fn]servant;

With My holy oil H8081 I have anointed him,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:10 -

But You have raised up my horn like that of the wild ox;

I have [fn]been anointed with fresh oil H8081.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:15 -

And wine which makes man’s heart glad,

To make his face glisten more than oil H8081,

And [fn]food which sustains man’s heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:18 -

But he clothed himself with cursing as his garment,

And it came into his inward parts like water

And like oil H8081 into his bones.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 -

My knees are feeble from fasting,

And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness H8081.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:2 -

It is like the good oil H8081 upon the head,

Coming down upon the beard,

Aaron’s beard,

Coming down upon the edge of his robes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 -

Let the righteous smite me in lovingkindness and reprove me;

It is oil H8081 upon the head;

Let not my head refuse it,

[fn]For still my prayer is [fn]against their evil deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 -

For the lips of a strange woman drip honey

And smoother than oil H8081 is her [fn]speech;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 -

He who loves [fn]pleasure will become a poor man;

He who loves wine and oil H8081 will not become rich.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 -

There is desirable treasure and oil H8081 in the abode of the wise,

But a foolish man swallows it up.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 -

Oil H8081 and incense make the heart glad,

So counsel from the [fn]soul is sweet to his friend.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:16 -

He who would [fn]restrain her [fn]restrains the wind,

And [fn]grasps oil H8081 with his right hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:1 -

Better is a good name than good oil H8081,

And better is the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8 - Let your clothes be white all the time, and let not oil H8081 be lacking on your head.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 -

Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil H8081 stink, so a little simpleminded folly is weightier than wisdom and honor.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 -

“Your oils H8081 have a pleasing fragrance,

Your name is like [fn]purified oil H8081;

Therefore the [fn]maidens love you.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 -

“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!

How much better is your love than wine,

And the fragrance of your oils H8081

Than all kinds of [fn]spices!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:6 -

From the sole of the foot even to the head

There is nothing sound in it,

Only bruises, wounds, and raw wounds,

Not pressed out, not bandaged,

Not softened with oil H8081.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:1 -

Let me sing now for my well-beloved

A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard.

My well-beloved had a vineyard on [fn]a fertile H8081 hill.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27 - So it will be in that day, that [fn]his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness H8081.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6 -

And Yahweh of hosts will prepare a [fn]lavish H8081 banquet for all peoples on this mountain;

A banquet of [fn]aged wine, [fn]choice H8081 pieces with marrow,

And [fn]refined, aged wine.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 -

Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,

And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,

Which is at the head of the [fn]fertile H8081 valley

Of those who are [fn]overcome with wine!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 -

And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,

Which is at the head of the [fn]fertile H8081 valley,

Will be like the first-ripe fig prior to summer,

Which [fn]one sees,

And [fn]as soon as it is in his [fn]hand,

He swallows it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 - And Hezekiah was glad about these things and showed them all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the good oil H8081 and his whole armory and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

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