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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

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Strong's Number H8081 matches the Hebrew שֶׁמֶן (šemen),
which occurs 34 times in 31 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:9

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:16

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:15

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:15

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:13

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:19

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:25

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:31

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:37

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:43

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:49

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:55

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:61

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:67

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:73

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:79

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:8

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:8

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:4

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:6

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:9

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:5

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:9

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:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:12

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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:13

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:20

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:28

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:3

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:9

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:14

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:25

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.
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