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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 2 / 4 (Lev 14:27–1Ki 6:23)

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:27 - and with his right-hand finger the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil H8081 that is in his left palm seven times before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:28 - “The priest shall then put some of the oil H8081 that is in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:29 - “Moreover, the rest of the oil H8081 that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement on his behalf before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:10 -

‘The priest who is [fn]highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil H8081 has been poured and [fn]who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not [fn]uncover his head nor tear his clothes;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:12 - nor shall he leave the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil H8081 of his God is on him; I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:13 - ‘Its grain offering shall then be [fn]two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil H8081, an offering by fire to the LORD for a soothing aroma, with its drink offering, a [fn]fourth of a hin of wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - “Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil H8081 from beaten olives for the [fn]light, to make a lamp [fn]burn continually.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - “Then they shall take a violet cloth and cover the lampstand for the light, along with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all its oil H8081 containers, by which they attend to it;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 -

“Now the responsibility of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is the oil H8081 for the light, the fragrant incense, the continual grain offering, and the anointing oil H8081—the responsibility of all the [fn]tabernacle and everything that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as [fn]an offering for her a tenth of an [fn]ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil H8081 on it nor put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of reminder, a reminder of wrongdoing.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:15 - and a basket of unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 and unleavened wafers spread with oil H8081, along with their grain offering and their drink offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - and his offering was one silver [fn]dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in [fn]sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - he presented as his offering one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:8 - “Then have them take a [fn]bull with its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil H8081; and you shall take a second [fn]bull as a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 - The people would roam about and gather it and grind it [fn]between two millstones, or pound it in the mortar, and boil it in the pot and make loaves with it; and its taste was like the taste of [fn]cake baked with oil H8081.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:4 - ‘then the one who presents his offering shall present to the LORD a grain offering of a tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a [fn]hin of oil H8081,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:6 - ‘Or for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil H8081;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:9 - then you shall offer with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil H8081;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:5 - also a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a [fn]hin of pure oil H8081.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:9 -

‘Then on the Sabbath day two male lambs one year old without defect, and two-tenths of an [fn]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering, and its drink offering:

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:12 - and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering, for each bull; and two-tenths of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering, for the one ram;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:13 - and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering of a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:20 - ‘For their grain offering, you shall offer fine flour mixed with oil H8081: three-tenths of an ephah for a bull, and two-tenths for the ram.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:28 - and as their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil H8081: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:3 - also their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil H8081: three-tenths of an [fn]ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:9 - and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil H8081: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:14 - and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil H8081: three-tenths of an ephah for [fn]each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for [fn]each of the two rams,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - ‘And the congregation shall save the one who committed manslaughter from the hand of the blood avenger, and the congregation shall return him to his city of refuge to which he fled; and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil H8081.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:8 - a land of wheat and barley, of vines, fig trees, and pomegranates, a land of olive oil H8081 and honey;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:40 - “You will have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not anoint yourself with the oil H8081, because your olives will drop off prematurely.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 -

“He had him ride on the high places of the earth,

And he ate the produce of the field;

And He had him suck honey from the rock,

And [fn]oil H8081 from the flinty rock,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:24 -

Of Asher he said,

“More blessed than sons is Asher;

May he be favored by his brothers,

And may he dip his foot in olive H8081 oil H8081.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1 -

Then Samuel took the flask of oil H8081, poured it on [fn]Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has the LORD not anointed you as ruler over His inheritance?

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 -

Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for [fn]Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil H8081 and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, because I have chosen a king for Myself among his sons.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:13 - So Samuel took the horn of oil H8081 and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 -

“Mountains of Gilboa,

May there be no dew nor rain on you, or fields of offerings!

For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,

The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil H8081.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - So Joab sent a messenger to Tekoa and [fn]brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please follow mourning rites, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil H8081 but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for many days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:39 - And Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil H8081 from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11 - Solomon then gave [fn]Hiram [fn]twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and [fn]twenty kors of pure oil H8081; this is what Solomon would give Hiram year by year.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 -

And in the inner sanctuary he made two [fn]cherubim of olive H8081 wood, each [fn]ten cubits high.


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