Lexicon :: Strong's H8127 - šēn

“His eyes are darker and sparkle more than wine,

And his teeth whiter than milk.

‘They will be wasted by hunger, and consumed by plague

And a bitter destruction;

And I will send the teeth of beasts against them,

With the venom of crawling things of the dust.

Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,

And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth

And put my life in my hands [incurring the wrath of God]?

“His wrath has torn me and hunted me down,

He has gnashed at me with his teeth;

My adversary sharpens His gaze and glares [with piercing eyes] at me.

“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,

And I have escaped [death] by the skin of my teeth.

“And I smashed the jaws of the wicked

And snatched the prey from his teeth.

“On the cliff he dwells and remains [securely],

Upon the point of the rock and the inaccessible stronghold.

“Who can open the doors (jaws) of his face?

Around his [open jaws and] teeth there is terror.

Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God!

For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek;

You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

Like godless jesters at a feast,

They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].

The wicked plots against the righteous

And gnashes at him with his teeth.

All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia;

From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.

My life is among lions;

I must lie among those who breathe out fire—

The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,

And their tongue a sharp sword.

O God, break their teeth in their mouth;

Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD.

The wicked will see it and be angered,

He will gnash his teeth and melt away [in despair and death];

The desire of the wicked will perish and come to nothing.

Blessed be the LORD,

Who has not given us as prey to be torn by their teeth.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,

So is the lazy one to those who send him to work.

Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot

Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.

There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords

And whose jaw teeth are like knives,

To devour the afflicted from the earth

And the needy from among men.

“Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewes

Which have come up from washing,

All of which bear twins,

And not one among them has lost her young.

“His hands are rods of gold

Set with beryl;

His abdomen is a figure of carved ivory

Inlaid with sapphires.

“Your teeth are like a flock of ewes

Which have come up from their washing,

All of which bear twins,

And not one among them has lost her young.

“Your neck is like a tower of ivory,

Your eyes the [sparkling] pools of Heshbon

By the gate of Bath-rabbim.

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon

Which looks toward Damascus.

“In those days they will not say again,

‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

All your enemies

Have opened their mouths wide against you;

They [scornfully] hiss and gnash their teeth.

They say, “We have swallowed her up!

Certainly this is the day for which we waited;

We have reached it, we have seen it!”

He has broken my teeth with gravel;

He has [covered me with ashes and] made me cower in the dust.

‘[fn]The fathers eat sour grapes [they sin],

But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

“Of the oaks of Bashan they have made your oars;

They have made your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory.

For a [pagan and hostile] nation has invaded My land [like locusts],

Mighty and without number;

Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,

And it has the fangs of a lioness.

“And I shall tear down the winter house with the summer house;

And the houses of ivory shall also perish

And the great houses shall come to an end,”

Says the LORD.

“I also gave you cleanness of teeth [because of the famine] in all your cities

And lack of bread in all your places,

Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the LORD.

Those who lie on [luxurious] beds of ivory

And lounge around out on their couches,

And eat lambs from the flock

And calves from the midst of the stall,

Thus says the LORD concerning the [false] prophets who lead my people astray;

When they have something good to bite with their teeth,

They call out, “Peace,”

But against the one who gives them nothing to eat,

They declare a holy war.

I will take the blood from their mouths

And their detestable things from between their teeth [those repulsive, idolatrous sacrifices eaten with the blood].

Then they too will be a remnant for our God,

And be like a clan in Judah,

And Ekron will be like one of the [fn]Jebusites.