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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

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 1 / 4 (Gen 28:18–Lev 14:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - surgens ergo mane tulit lapidem quem subposuerat capiti suo et erexit in titulum fundens oleum desuper

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - ille vero erexit titulum lapideum in loco quo locutus ei fuerat Deus libans super eum libamina et effundens oleum

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:6 - oleum ad luminaria concinnanda aromata in unguentum et thymiama boni odoris

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - praecipe filiis Israhel ut adferant tibi oleum de arboribus olivarum purissimum piloque contusum ut ardeat lucerna semper

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:2 - panesque azymos et crustula absque fermento quae conspersa sint oleo lagana quoque azyma oleo lita de simila triticea cuncta facies

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7 - et oleum unctionis fundes super caput eius atque hoc ritu consecrabitur

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - cumque tuleris de sanguine qui est super altare et de oleo unctionis asperges Aaron et vestes eius filios et vestimenta eorum consecratisque et ipsis et vestibus

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:23 - tortam panis unius crustulum conspersum oleo laganum de canistro azymorum quod positum est in conspectu Domini

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:40 - decimam partem similae conspersae oleo tunso quod habeat mensuram quartam partem hin et vinum ad libandum eiusdem mensurae in agno uno

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - cassiae autem quingentos siclos in pondere sanctuarii olei de olivetis mensuram hin

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:25 - faciesque unctionis oleum sanctum unguentum conpositum opere unguentarii

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:31 - filiis quoque Israhel dices hoc oleum unctionis sanctum erit mihi in generationes vestras

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11 - oleum unctionis et thymiama aromatum in sanctuario omnia quae praecepi tibi facient

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:8 - ligna setthim

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - mensam cum vectibus et vasis et propositionis panibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - candelabrum ad luminaria sustentanda vasa illius et lucernas et oleum ad nutrimenta ignium

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28 - principes vero obtulerunt lapides onychinos et gemmas ad superumerale et rationale

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - conposuit et oleum ad sanctificationis unguentum et thymiama de aromatibus mundissimis opere pigmentarii

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - altare aureum et unguentum thymiama ex aromatibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - et tentorium in introitu tabernaculi

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - et adsumpto unctionis oleo ungues tabernaculum cum vasis suis ut sanctificentur

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 - anima cum obtulerit oblationem sacrificii Domino simila erit eius oblatio fundetque super eam oleum et ponet tus

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - ac deferet ad filios Aaron sacerdotes quorum unus tollet pugillum plenum similae et olei ac totum tus et ponet memoriale super altare in odorem suavissimum Domino

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:4 - cum autem obtuleris sacrificium coctum in clibano de simila panes scilicet absque fermento conspersos oleo et lagana azyma oleo lita

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:5 - si oblatio tua fuerit de sartagine similae conspersae oleo et absque fermento

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:6 - divides eam minutatim et fundes supra oleum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:7 - sin autem de craticula sacrificium aeque simila oleo conspergetur

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - fundens supra oleum et tus inponens quia oblatio Domini est

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - de qua adolebit sacerdos in memoriam muneris partem farris fracti et olei ac totum tus

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - quod si non quiverit manus eius offerre duos turtures vel duos pullos columbae offeret pro peccato similam partem oephi decimam non mittet in eam oleum nec turis aliquid inponet quia pro peccato est

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - tollet sacerdos pugillum similae quae conspersa est oleo et totum tus quod super similam positum est adolebitque illud in altari in monumentum odoris suavissimi Domino

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:21 - quae in sartagine oleo conspersa frigetur offeret autem eam calidam in odorem suavissimum Domino

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10 - sive oleo conspersa sive arida fuerit cunctis filiis Aaron aequa mensura per singulos dividetur

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:12 - si pro gratiarum actione fuerit oblatio offerent panes absque fermento conspersos oleo et lagana azyma uncta oleo coctamque similam et collyridas olei admixtione conspersas

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:2 - tolle Aaron cum filiis suis vestes eorum et unctionis oleum vitulum pro peccato duos arietes canistrum cum azymis

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:10 - tulit et unctionis oleum quo levit tabernaculum cum omni supellectili sua

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12 - quod fundens super caput Aaron unxit eum et consecravit

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:26 - tollens autem de canistro azymorum quod erat coram Domino panem absque fermento et collyridam conspersam oleo laganumque posuit super adipes et armum dextrum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:30 - adsumensque unguentum et sanguinem qui erat in altari aspersit super Aaron et vestimenta eius et super filios illius ac vestes eorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:4 - bovem et arietem pro pacificis et immolate eos coram Domino in sacrificio singulorum similam oleo conspersam offerentes hodie enim Dominus apparebit vobis

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7 - vos autem non egredimini fores tabernaculi alioquin peribitis oleum quippe sanctae unctionis est super vos qui fecerunt omnia iuxta praeceptum Mosi

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:10 - die octavo adsumet duos agnos inmaculatos et ovem anniculam absque macula et tres decimas similae in sacrificium quae conspersa sit oleo et seorsum olei sextarium

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:12 - tollet agnum et offeret eum pro delicto oleique sextarium et oblatis ante Dominum omnibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:15 - et de olei sextario mittet in manum suam sinistram

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:16 - tinguetque digitum dextrum in eo et asperget septies contra Dominum

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - quod autem reliquum est olei in leva manu fundet super extremum auriculae dextrae eius qui mundatur et super pollices manus ac pedis dextri et super sanguinem qui fusus est pro delicto

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:18 - et super caput eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21 - quod si pauper est et non potest manus eius invenire quae dicta sunt adsumet agnum pro delicto ad oblationem ut roget pro eo sacerdos decimamque partem similae conspersae oleo in sacrificium et olei sextarium

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:24 - qui suscipiens agnum pro delicto et sextarium olei levabit simul

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:26 - olei vero partem mittet in manum suam sinistram

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