Lexicon :: Strong's H8127 - šēn

“His eyes are darker than wine,

and his teeth are whiter than milk.

“eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

“If he knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free in compensation for his tooth.

“fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Whatever injury he inflicted on the person, the same is to be inflicted on him.

While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the LORD’s anger burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a very severe plague.

“Do not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

“They will be weak from hunger,

ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague;

I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs,

as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.

or the priests’ share of the sacrifices from the people. When anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling

There were sharp columns[fn] of rock on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine garrison. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh;

The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with fine gold.

The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, including the ivory palace he built, and all the cities he built, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl,

but the teeth of young lions are broken.

I will put[fn] myself at risk[fn]

and take my life in my own hands.

His anger tears at me, and he harasses me.

He gnashes his teeth at me.

My enemy pierces me with his eyes.

My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;

I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.

I shattered the fangs of the unjust

and snatched the prey from his teeth.

It lives on a cliff where it spends the night;

its stronghold is on a rocky crag.

Who can open his jaws,[fn]

surrounded by those terrifying teeth?

Rise up, LORD!

Save me, my God!

You strike all my enemies on the cheek;

you break the teeth of the wicked.

With godless mockery[fn]

they gnashed their teeth at me.

The wicked person schemes against the righteous

and gnashes his teeth at him.

Myrrh, aloes, and cassia perfume all your garments;

from ivory palaces harps bring you joy.

I am surrounded by lions;

I lie down among devouring lions —

people whose teeth are spears and arrows,

whose tongues are sharp swords.

God, knock the teeth out of their mouths;

LORD, tear out the young lions’ fangs.

The wicked one will see it and be angry;

he will gnash his teeth in despair.

The desire of the wicked leads to ruin.

Blessed be the LORD,

who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,

so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.

Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time

is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.

There is a generation whose teeth are swords,

whose fangs are knives,

devouring the oppressed from the land

and the needy from among mankind.

Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep

coming up from washing,

each one bearing twins,

and none has lost its young.[fn]

His arms[fn] are rods of gold

set[fn] with beryl.

His body[fn] is an ivory panel

covered with lapis lazuli.

Your teeth are like a flock of ewes

coming up from washing,

each one having a twin,

and not one missing.[fn]

Your neck is like a tower of ivory,

your eyes like pools in Heshbon

by Bath-rabbim’s gate.

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon

looking toward Damascus.

“In those days, it will never again be said,

‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

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

All your enemies

open their mouths against you.

They hiss and gnash their teeth,

saying, “We have swallowed her up.

This is the day we have waited for!

We have lived to see it.”

He ground my teeth with gravel

and made me cower[fn] in the dust.

“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel:

‘The fathers eat sour grapes,

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

They made your oars of oaks from Bashan.

They made your deck of cypress wood

from the coasts of Cyprus,

inlaid with ivory.

“Men of Dedan[fn] were also your merchants; many coasts and islands were your regular markets. They brought back ivory tusks and ebony as your payment.

For a nation has invaded my land,

powerful and without number;

its teeth are the teeth of a lion,

and it has the fangs of a lioness.

I will demolish the winter house

and the summer house;

the houses inlaid with ivory will be destroyed,

and the great houses will come to an end.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

I gave you absolutely nothing to eat[fn] in all your cities,

a shortage of food in all your communities,

yet you did not return to me.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,

sprawled out on their couches,

and dine on lambs from the flock

and calves from the stall.

This is what the LORD says

concerning the prophets

who lead my people astray,

who proclaim peace

when they have food to sink their teeth into

but declare war against the one

who puts nothing in their mouths.

I will remove the blood from their mouths

and the abhorrent things

from between their teeth.

Then they too will become a remnant for our God;

they will become like a clan in Judah

and Ekron like the Jebusites.