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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 - His eyes will be red with wine, His teeth 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 - If he strikes out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:20 - fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21 - Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go 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 wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat Bitter destruction; The teeth of animals will I send on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:13 - The custom of the Kohanim with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the Kohen's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - Between the passes, by which Yonatan sought to go over to the Pelishtim' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Botzetz, and the name of the other Senneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The one crag rose up on the north in front of Mikhmash, and the other on the south in front of Geva.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:39 - Now the rest of the acts of Ach'av, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra'el?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:17 - Moreover 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 roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, The teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:14 - Why 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 - He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He has gnashed on me with his teeth: My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:20 - My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:28 - On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, On the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, LORD! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:16 - Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed their teeth at me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:12 - The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:8 - All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, Even 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 - Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10 - The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6 - Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us as 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 those who send him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19 - Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble Is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 - There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the eretz, and the needy from among men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:2 - Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock, Which have come up from the washing, Where every one of them has twins. None is bereaved among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14 - His hands are like rings of gold set with bareket. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:6 - Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which have come up from the washing; Of which every one has twins; None is bereaved among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Levanon which looks toward Dammesek.

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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 - But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats 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 your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is 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 has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:2 - What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning Eretz-Yisra'el, saying, The fathers have eaten 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 have they made your oars; they have made your benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittiyim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - The men of Dedan were your traffickers; many isles were the market of your hand: they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6 - For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, And he has the fangs of a lioness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:15 - I will strike the winter house with the summer house; And the houses of ivory will perish, And the great houses will have an end," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:6 - "I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in every town; Yet you haven't returned to me," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 - Who lie on beds of ivory, And stretch themselves on their couches, And eat the lambs out of the flock, And the calves out of the midst of the stall;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5 - Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Shalom!" and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7 - I will take away his blood out of his mouth, And his abominations from between his teeth; And he also will be a remnant for our God; And he will be as a chieftain in Yehudah, And `Ekron as a Yevusi.
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