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Lexicon :: Strong's H8127 - šēn

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שֵׁן
Transliteration
šēn
Pronunciation
shane
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2422a

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁן shên, shane; from H8150; compare H8143 a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff:—crag, × forefront, ivory, × sharp, tooth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H8127 in the following manner: teeth (31x), tooth (10x), ivory (10x), sharp (2x), crag (1x), forefront (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x
The KJV translates Strong's H8127 in the following manner: teeth (31x), tooth (10x), ivory (10x), sharp (2x), crag (1x), forefront (1x).

  1. tooth, ivory

    1. tooth

      1. of man, lex talionis, beast

    2. tooth, tine (of fork)

    3. ivory

      1. as material

      2. of commerce

    4. sharp pointed rock

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁן shên, shane; from H8150; compare H8143 a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff:—crag, × forefront, ivory, × sharp, tooth.
STRONGS H8127: Abbreviations
† I. שֵׁן noun feminine1 Samuel 2:13 (yet masculine 1 Samuel 14:5 compare Dr) tooth, ivory; — שׁ׳ absolute Exodus 21:24 +, construct Exodus 21:27 +, שֶׁן׳ Deuteronomy 32:24; suffix שִׁנּם Exodus 21:27; dual שִׁנַּיִם Proverbs 10:26, construct שִׁנֵּי Jeremiah 31:29 +; suffix שִׁנֵּיהֶם Psalm 124:6, שִׁנֵּימוֺ Psalm 58:7, etc.; —
1. tooth:
a. of man, Exodus 21:27 (3 times in verse) (E), Numbers 11:33 (J), Genesis 49:12 (poem in J), Amos 4:6; Songs 4:2; Songs 6:6, רֹעָה שׁ׳ Proverbs 25:19, see II. רעע 2; of lex talionis, תַּחַת שׁ׳ שׁ׳ Exodus 21:24 (E), Leviticus 24:20 (H), שֵׁן בְּשׁ׳ Deuteronomy 19:21; irritated by acid Proverbs 10:26, dulled by it (in proverb of inherited guilt) Jeremiah 31:29, 30; Ezekiel 18:2; חָרַק שׁ׳ Lamentations 2:16; Job 16:9; Psalm 35:16; Psalm 112:10, see חָרַק; אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּ֑י Job 13:14 = risk my life (strike out עַלמָֿה, dittograph; || נַפְשִׁי בְּכַפִּי אָשִׂים); בְּעוֺר שִׁנָּ֑י Job 19:20, see מָלַט Hithp. (other conjectures see Di Bi Bu Du).
b. of beasts : Deuteronomy 32:24, crocodile Job 41:6, locusts Joel 1:6 (teeth of lions); especially figurative of false prophets Micah 3:5, of foes Zechariah 9:7, oppressors Job 29:17, wicked Job 4:10; Psalm 3:8; Psalm 58:7; Psalm 124:6; of their weapons Proverbs 30:14; Psalm 57:5; of Israel shattered by י׳.
c. tooth of a fork, tine, 1 Samuel 2:13 (compare DrSm. 291); of cliff, שֵׁן הַסֶּלַע 1 Samuel 14:4 (twice in verse), compare Job 39:28, הַשֵּׁן 1 Samuel 14:5.
2. ivory, of commerce, קַרְנוֺת שֵׁן Ezekiel 27:15 (i.e. tusks?); as material, מִטּוֺת שׁ׳ Amos 6:4, כִּסֵּאשֿׁ׳ 1 Kings 10:18 2 Chronicles 9:17, בֵּית הַשּׁ׳ 1 Kings 22:39, compare Amos 3:15, הֵיכְלֵי שׁ׳ Psalm 45:9, also Ezekiel 27:6; Songs 5:15; Songs 7:5.

שׁנן (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew [שָׁנַן], שֵׁן).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:12

Exodus

21:24; 21:24; 21:27; 21:27; 21:27

Leviticus

24:20

Numbers

11:33

Deuteronomy

19:21; 32:24; 32:24

1 Samuel

2:13; 2:13; 14:4; 14:5; 14:5

1 Kings

10:18; 22:39

2 Chronicles

9:17

Job

4:10; 13:14; 16:9; 19:20; 29:17; 39:28; 41:6

Psalms

3:8; 35:16; 45:9; 57:5; 58:7; 58:7; 112:10; 124:6; 124:6

Proverbs

10:26; 10:26; 25:19; 30:14

Song of Songs

4:2; 5:15; 6:6; 7:5

Jeremiah

31:29; 31:29; 31:30

Lamentations

2:16

Ezekiel

18:2; 27:6; 27:15

Joel

1:6

Amos

3:15; 4:6; 6:4

Micah

3:5

Zechariah

9:7

H8127

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Strong's Number H8127 matches the Hebrew שֵׁן (šēn),
which occurs 55 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 - The eyes are red with wine, And the teeth are white with milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:24 - eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - And if he knock out his bondman's tooth or his handmaid's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:20 - breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, when the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21 - And thine eye shall not spare: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:13 - And the priests' custom with the people was, when any man sacrificed a sacrifice, the priest's servant came, when the flesh was cooked, with a flesh-hook of three prongs in his hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - Now between the passes by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison there was a sharp rock on the one side and a sharp rock on the other side; and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The one crag formed a pillar on the north opposite to Michmash, and the other on the south opposite to Geba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:18 - And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with refined gold:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:39 - And the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house that he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:17 - And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:10 - The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:14 - Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9 - His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; as mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:20 - My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17 - And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:28 - He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:14 - Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, Jehovah; save me, my God! For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheekbone, thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:16 - With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:12 - The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:8 - Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6 - O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10 - The wicked man shall see it and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6 - Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:26 - As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19 - A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful man in the day of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 - -- a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:2 - Thy teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14 - His hands gold rings, set with the chrysolite; His belly is bright ivory, overlaid with sapphires;

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:6 - Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; Thine eyes, like the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose like the tower of Lebanon, Which looketh toward Damascus;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:29 - In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:30 - for every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16 - He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:2 - What mean ye, ye who use this proverb of the land of Israel, saying, The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6 - Of the oaks of Bashan did they make thine oars; they made thy benches of ivory, inlaid in box-wood, out of the isles of Chittim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - The children of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they rendered in payment horns of ivory, and ebony.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6 - For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a lioness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:15 - And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:6 - And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet ye have not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 - that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5 - Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that cause my people to err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace! but whoso putteth not into their mouths they prepare war against him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7 - and I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; but he that remaineth, he also shall belong to our God, and shall be as a leader in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
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