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Lexicon :: Strong's H8121 - šemeš

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שֶׁמֶשׁ
Transliteration
šemeš
Pronunciation
sheh'-mesh
Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be brilliant
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2417a

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh, sheh'-mesh; from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement:— east side(-ward), sun (rising), west(-ward), window. See also H1053.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x

The KJV translates Strong's H8121 in the following manner: sun (119x), sunrising (with H4217) (9x), east side (with H4217) (2x), windows (1x), eastward (with H4217) (1x), west (with H3996) (1x), westward (with H3996) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x
The KJV translates Strong's H8121 in the following manner: sun (119x), sunrising (with H4217) (9x), east side (with H4217) (2x), windows (1x), eastward (with H4217) (1x), west (with H3996) (1x), westward (with H3996) (1x).

  1. sun

    1. sun

    2. sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)

    3. sun (as object of illicit worship)

    4. openly, publicly (in other phrases)

    5. pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh, sheh'-mesh; from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement:— east side(-ward), sun (rising), west(-ward), window. See also H1053.
STRONGS H8121: Abbreviations
שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ 133 noun feminineJudges 19:14 and masculineGenesis 19:23 (AlbrZAW xv (1895), 324) sun; — absolute שׁ׳ Joshua 10:12 +, שָׁ֑מֶשׁ Judges 20:43 +; suffix שִׁמְשֵׁךְ Isaiah 60:20, שִׁמְשָׁךְ Jeremiah 15:9; plural suffix שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֫יִךְ Isaiah 54:12; —
1. sun, Genesis 37:9 (E; + moon, stars); marking time: as rising (verb זָרַת which see) Exodus 22:2 (E) + 8 times + Malachi 3:20 (figurative צְדָקָה שׁ׳, of reward of the faithful, with wings, i.e. rays ? Now GASm; or winged sun-disc [compare We] ?); verb יְצָא Genesis 19:23 (J), Isaiah 13:10; Judges 5:31 (simile of splendour; see יְצָא 1f); setting (verb בּוֺא) Genesis 15:17 (J), Amos 8:9 + 19 times, + לָבוֺא וַיְהִי הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 15:12 (JE), יְדַע מְבוֺאוֺ שׁ׳ Psalm 104:19 (see בּוֺא 1i, מָבוֺא 2); as giving daylight Isaiah 60:9; hot 1 Samuel 11:9; Nehemiah 7:3; Exodus 16:21 (P), compare Isaiah 49:10; Jonah 4:8; Psalm 121:6; as ripening crops Deuteronomy 33:14 (poem), compare (figurative) Job 8:16, tanning the face Songs 1:6; standing still at Joshua's word Joshua 10:12.13a (poem in J; || יָרֵחַ), Joshua 10:13b (J), compare Habakkuk 3:11 (+ יָרֵךְַ); casting shadow (on dial), בַּשּׁ׳ אָחָז בְמַעֲלוֺת יָֽרְדָה Isaiah 38:8, וַתָּשָׁב הַשּׁ׳ Isaiah 38:8; set in sky by י׳ Jeremiah 31:25; Psalm 19:5; Psalm 74:16; Psalm 136:8, enduring Psalm 72:5; Psalm 72:17 (compare עִם 1g; [פָּנֶה] 11. 4 a (e), also Psalm 89:37; personified, called to praise י׳ Psalm 148:3 (+ יָרֵךְַ); to be darkened by י׳'s judgment, Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:10; Joel 3:4; Joel 4:15 (compare Amos 8:9 above, Micah 3:6).
2. of direction: מִמִּוְרַח הַשּׁ׳ Numbers 21:11 (E) toward sun-rise, = East, compare Deuteronomy 4:41, 47 + 16 times (see מִוְרָךְ); מְבוֺא הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 11:30 + 3 times (see מָבוֺא 2).
3. object of worship (usually + moon, stars, etc.) 2 Kings 23:5; Jeremiah 8:2; Ezekiel 8:16; Deuteronomy 4:19; horses given to שׁ׳ 2 Kings 23:11, מַרְכְּבוֺת השּׁ׳ 2 Kings 23:11. — See also בֵּית שׁ׳.
4. other phrases:
† a. נֶגֶד חַשּׁ׳, i.e. openly, publicly, 2 Samuel 12:12; Numbers 25:4 (P), so לְעֵינֵי חַשּׁ׳ 2 Samuel 12:11.
† b. figurative of living, חָזָה שׁ׳ Psalm 58:9, רָאָה שׁ׳ Exodus 6:5; Exodus 7:11; Exodus 11:7, opposed to תֶּחְשַׁךְ הַשׁ׳ Exodus 12:2.
c. תַּחַת הַשּׁ׳, i.e. on the earth, Ecclesiastes 1:3 + 28 times Ecclesiastes (compare Greek ὐφ’ ἠλίῳ, KueOnd. iii. 196; Ein1. iii. 192).
5. pinnacle, as glittering, shining, plural Isaiah 54:12 thy pinnacles, battlements (of Zion), so perhaps singular אֱםהִים וּמָנֵן י׳ שׁ׳ Psalm 84:12 battlement and shield is א׳ י׳ (Gr Bae Du Buhl; most sun, and so Thes De Che SS; Hup-Now hesitates).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:12; 15:17; 19:23; 19:23; 37:9

Exodus

6:5; 7:11; 11:7; 12:2; 16:21; 22:2

Numbers

21:11; 25:4

Deuteronomy

4:19; 4:41; 4:47; 11:30; 33:14

Joshua

10:12; 10:12; 10:13; 10:13

Judges

5:31; 19:14; 20:43

1 Samuel

11:9

2 Samuel

12:11; 12:12

2 Kings

23:5; 23:11; 23:11

Nehemiah

7:3

Job

8:16

Psalms

19:5; 58:9; 72:5; 72:17; 74:16; 84:12; 89:37; 104:19; 121:6; 136:8; 148:3

Ecclesiastes

1:3

Song of Songs

1:6

Isaiah

13:10; 38:8; 38:8; 49:10; 54:12; 54:12; 60:9; 60:20

Jeremiah

8:2; 15:9; 31:25

Ezekiel

8:16; 32:7

Joel

2:10; 3:4

Amos

8:9; 8:9

Jonah

4:8

Micah

3:6

Habakkuk

3:11

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