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Lexicon :: Strong's H8121 - šemeš

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שֶׁמֶשׁ
Transliteration
šemeš
Pronunciation
sheh'-mesh
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be brilliant
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2417a

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh, sheh'-mesh; from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement:— east side(-ward), sun (rising), west(-ward), window. See also H1053.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x

The KJV translates Strong's H8121 in the following manner: sun (119x), sunrising (with H4217) (9x), east side (with H4217) (2x), windows (1x), eastward (with H4217) (1x), west (with H3996) (1x), westward (with H3996) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x
The KJV translates Strong's H8121 in the following manner: sun (119x), sunrising (with H4217) (9x), east side (with H4217) (2x), windows (1x), eastward (with H4217) (1x), west (with H3996) (1x), westward (with H3996) (1x).
  1. sun

    1. sun

    2. sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)

    3. sun (as object of illicit worship)

    4. openly, publicly (in other phrases)

    5. pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh, sheh'-mesh; from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement:— east side(-ward), sun (rising), west(-ward), window. See also H1053.
STRONGS H8121: Abbreviations
שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ 133 noun feminineJudges 19:14 and masculineGenesis 19:23 (AlbrZAW xv (1895), 324) sun; — absolute שׁ׳ Joshua 10:12 +, שָׁ֑מֶשׁ Judges 20:43 +; suffix שִׁמְשֵׁךְ Isaiah 60:20, שִׁמְשָׁךְ Jeremiah 15:9; plural suffix שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֫יִךְ Isaiah 54:12; —
1. sun, Genesis 37:9 (E; + moon, stars); marking time: as rising (verb זָרַת which see) Exodus 22:2 (E) + 8 times + Malachi 3:20 (figurative צְדָקָה שׁ׳, of reward of the faithful, with wings, i.e. rays ? Now GASm; or winged sun-disc [compare We] ?); verb יְצָא Genesis 19:23 (J), Isaiah 13:10; Judges 5:31 (simile of splendour; see יְצָא 1f); setting (verb בּוֺא) Genesis 15:17 (J), Amos 8:9 + 19 times, + לָבוֺא וַיְהִי הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 15:12 (JE), יְדַע מְבוֺאוֺ שׁ׳ Psalm 104:19 (see בּוֺא 1i, מָבוֺא 2); as giving daylight Isaiah 60:9; hot 1 Samuel 11:9; Nehemiah 7:3; Exodus 16:21 (P), compare Isaiah 49:10; Jonah 4:8; Psalm 121:6; as ripening crops Deuteronomy 33:14 (poem), compare (figurative) Job 8:16, tanning the face Songs 1:6; standing still at Joshua's word Joshua 10:12.13a (poem in J; || יָרֵחַ), Joshua 10:13b (J), compare Habakkuk 3:11 (+ יָרֵךְַ); casting shadow (on dial), בַּשּׁ׳ אָחָז בְמַעֲלוֺת יָֽרְדָה Isaiah 38:8, וַתָּשָׁב הַשּׁ׳ Isaiah 38:8; set in sky by י׳ Jeremiah 31:25; Psalm 19:5; Psalm 74:16; Psalm 136:8, enduring Psalm 72:5; Psalm 72:17 (compare עִם 1g; [פָּנֶה] 11. 4 a (e), also Psalm 89:37; personified, called to praise י׳ Psalm 148:3 (+ יָרֵךְַ); to be darkened by י׳'s judgment, Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:10; Joel 3:4; Joel 4:15 (compare Amos 8:9 above, Micah 3:6).
2. of direction: מִמִּוְרַח הַשּׁ׳ Numbers 21:11 (E) toward sun-rise, = East, compare Deuteronomy 4:41, 47 + 16 times (see מִוְרָךְ); מְבוֺא הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 11:30 + 3 times (see מָבוֺא 2).
3. object of worship (usually + moon, stars, etc.) 2 Kings 23:5; Jeremiah 8:2; Ezekiel 8:16; Deuteronomy 4:19; horses given to שׁ׳ 2 Kings 23:11, מַרְכְּבוֺת השּׁ׳ 2 Kings 23:11. — See also בֵּית שׁ׳.
4. other phrases:
† a. נֶגֶד חַשּׁ׳, i.e. openly, publicly, 2 Samuel 12:12; Numbers 25:4 (P), so לְעֵינֵי חַשּׁ׳ 2 Samuel 12:11.
† b. figurative of living, חָזָה שׁ׳ Psalm 58:9, רָאָה שׁ׳ Exodus 6:5; Exodus 7:11; Exodus 11:7, opposed to תֶּחְשַׁךְ הַשׁ׳ Exodus 12:2.
c. תַּחַת הַשּׁ׳, i.e. on the earth, Ecclesiastes 1:3 + 28 times Ecclesiastes (compare Greek ὐφ’ ἠλίῳ, KueOnd. iii. 196; Ein1. iii. 192).
5. pinnacle, as glittering, shining, plural Isaiah 54:12 thy pinnacles, battlements (of Zion), so perhaps singular אֱםהִים וּמָנֵן י׳ שׁ׳ Psalm 84:12 battlement and shield is א׳ י׳ (Gr Bae Du Buhl; most sun, and so Thes De Che SS; Hup-Now hesitates).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:12; 15:17; 19:23; 19:23; 37:9

Exodus

6:5; 7:11; 11:7; 12:2; 16:21; 22:2

Numbers

21:11; 25:4

Deuteronomy

4:19; 4:41; 4:47; 11:30; 33:14

Joshua

10:12; 10:12; 10:13; 10:13

Judges

5:31; 19:14; 20:43

1 Samuel

11:9

2 Samuel

12:11; 12:12

2 Kings

23:5; 23:11; 23:11

Nehemiah

7:3

Job

8:16

Psalms

19:5; 58:9; 72:5; 72:17; 74:16; 84:12; 89:37; 104:19; 121:6; 136:8; 148:3

Ecclesiastes

1:3

Song of Songs

1:6

Isaiah

13:10; 38:8; 38:8; 49:10; 54:12; 54:12; 60:9; 60:20

Jeremiah

8:2; 15:9; 31:25

Ezekiel

8:16; 32:7

Joel

2:10; 3:4

Amos

8:9; 8:9

Jonah

4:8

Micah

3:6

Habakkuk

3:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8121 matches the Hebrew שֶׁמֶשׁ (šemeš),
which occurs 134 times in 127 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Ki 23:5–Ecc 11:7)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed and who burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, as well as those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun H8121 and to the moon and to the constellations and to all the host of heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he did away with the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun H8121, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun H8121 with fire.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - Now the battle raged that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot in front of the Arameans until the evening; and at sunset H8121 he died.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - Then I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened until the sun H8121 is hot; and until they are there standing guard, they must shut and bolt the doors. Also have guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem stand, each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:16 -

“He [fn]thrives before the sun H8121,

And his shoots go forth over his garden.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 -

Their [fn]line has gone out through all the earth,

And their utterances to the end of the world.

In them He has placed a tent for the sun H8121,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:1 -

A Psalm of [fn]Asaph.

The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, has spoken,

And called the earth from the rising of the sun H8121 to its setting.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:8 -

Let them be as a snail which [fn]melts away as it goes along,

Like the miscarriages of a woman which never behold the sun H8121.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5 -

[fn]Let them fear You while the sun H8121 endures,

And [fn]as long as the moon, from generation to all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:17 -

May his name endure forever;

May his name [fn]increase [fn]as long as the sun H8121 shines;

Let all nations [fn]be blessed in him;

Let all nations call him blessed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:16 -

Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;

[fn]You have established the [fn]light and the sun H8121.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:11 -

For Yahweh God is a sun H8121 and shield;

Yahweh gives grace and glory;

No good thing does He withhold [fn]from those who walk blamelessly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:36 -

“His seed shall endure forever

And his throne as the sun H8121 before Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:19 -

He made the moon for the seasons;

The sun H8121 knows the place of its setting.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:22 -

When the sun H8121 rises they gather together

And lie down in their dens.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:3 -

From the rising of the sun H8121 to its setting

The name of Yahweh is to be praised.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6 -

The sun H8121 will not strike you by day,

Nor the moon by night.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:8 -

The sun H8121 to rule [fn]by day,

For His lovingkindness endures forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 -

Praise Him, sun H8121 and moon;

Praise Him, all stars of light!

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 -

What advantage does man have in all his labor

In which he labors under the sun H8121?

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 -

Also, the sun H8121 rises and the sun H8121 sets;

And [fn]hastening to its place it rises there again.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9 -

That which has been is that which will be,

And that which has been done is that which will be done.

So there is nothing new under the sun H8121.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun H8121, and behold, all is [fn]vanity and striving after wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Thus I turned to all my works which my hands had done and the labor which I had labored to do, and behold, all was [fn]vanity and striving after wind, and there was no advantage under the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun H8121 was [fn]grievous to me; because everything is vanity and striving after wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 -

Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun H8121, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a man of simpleminded folly? Yet he will have [fn]power over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored and for which I have acted wisely under the sun H8121. This too is vanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I turned my heart to despair of all my labor for which I had labored under the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - For what does a man get in all his labor and in the striving of his heart with which he labors under the sun H8121?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:16 -

Furthermore, I have seen under the sun H8121 that in the place of justice there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 -

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun H8121. And behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - But better off than both of them is the one who never has been, who has never seen the evil work that is done under the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 -

Then I looked again at vanity under the sun H8121.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - I have seen all the living who walk about under the sun H8121 go along with the second lad who stands in place of him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 -

There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun H8121: riches being [fn]hoarded by their master to his own evil demise.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 -

Here is what I have seen to be good, which is [fn]beautiful: to eat, to drink, and to see good in all one’s labor in which he labors under the sun H8121 during the few days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1 -

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun H8121 and it is prevalent [fn]among men

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:5 - “Indeed, that one never sees the sun H8121 and never knows anything; [fn]that one has more rest than he.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few days of his vain life? He will make do with them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun H8121?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:11 -

Wisdom along with an inheritance is good

And an advantage to those who see the sun H8121.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All this I have seen and given my heart to every work that has been done under the sun H8121 wherein a man has power over another man to his calamity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I laud gladness, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun H8121 except to eat and to drink and to [fn]be merry, and this will join with him in his labor throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man cannot find out the work which has been done under the sun H8121. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not find it out; and though the wise man should say, “I know,” he cannot find it out.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - This is an evil in all that is done under the sun H8121, that there is one fate for all. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Indeed their love, their hate, and their zeal have already perished, and they will never again have a portion in all that is done under the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - See life with the woman whom you love all the days of your vain life, which He has given to you under the sun H8121—all the days of your vanity; for this is your portion in life and in your labor in which you have labored under the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 -

I again saw under the sun H8121 that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the mighty, and neither is bread to the wise nor riches to the discerning nor favor to men who know; for time and misfortune overtake them all.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:13 -

Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun H8121, and [fn]it was great to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 -

There is an evil I have seen under the sun H8121, like a mistake which goes forth from the one in power

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:7 -

The light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun H8121.


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