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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
Dictionary Aids

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.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22 - For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:21 - For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]
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