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Lexicon :: Strong's H8143 - šenhabîm

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שֶׁנְהַבִּים
Transliteration
šenhabîm
Pronunciation
shen-hab-beem'
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Part of Speech
masculine plural noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From שֵׁן (H8127) and the pl. apparently of a foreign word
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TWOT Reference: 2422c

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁנְהַבִּים shenhabbîym, shen-hab-beem'; from H8127 and the plural apparently of a foreign word; probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk:—ivory.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H8143 in the following manner: ivory (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H8143 in the following manner: ivory (2x).

  1. ivory

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁנְהַבִּים shenhabbîym, shen-hab-beem'; from H8127 and the plural apparently of a foreign word; probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk:—ivory.
STRONGS H8143: Abbreviations
† שֶׁנְהַבִּים apparently noun masculine [plural], in list of Solomon's imports, 1 Kings 10:22 2 Chronicles 9:21, AV RV ivory (elsewhere שֵׁן alone); hence הַבִּים = elephants according to Ges (in Thes) Ew Hi SchrZMG xxvii (1873), 709 COT 1 Kings, compare Greek Version of the LXX (2 Chronicles, and A in 1 Kings) ὀδόντων ἐλεφαντίνων, Vulgate (in 1 Kings) dentes elephantorum, Targum; but this very dubious; < read RöThes Th Be CheEB 1154 שֵׁן (וְ)הָבְנִים ivory (and) ebony (Ezekiel 27:15).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

10:22

2 Chronicles

9:21

Ezekiel

27:15

H8143

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8143 matches the Hebrew שֶׁנְהַבִּים (šenhabîm),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:22

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for the king had ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]

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for the king’s ships kept going to Tarshish with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]

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