Hebrew · Strong’s H8121
שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh/sheh'-mesh/
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Derivation:
from an unused root meaning to be brilliant;
134
Times used
134
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Verses (first 60 of 87)
- Genesis 15:12
- Genesis 15:17
- Genesis 19:23
- Genesis 28:11
- Genesis 32:31
- Genesis 37:9
- Exodus 16:21
- Exodus 22:3
- Exodus 22:26
- Leviticus 22:7
- Numbers 25:4
- Deuteronomy 4:19
- Deuteronomy 4:41
- Deuteronomy 11:30
- Deuteronomy 16:6
- Deuteronomy 17:3
- Deuteronomy 23:11
- Deuteronomy 24:13
- Deuteronomy 24:15
- Deuteronomy 33:14
- Joshua 1:4
- Joshua 8:29
- Joshua 10:12
- Joshua 10:13
- Joshua 10:27
- Joshua 12:1
- Judges 5:31
- Judges 9:33
- Judges 19:14
- 1 Samuel 11:9
- 2 Samuel 2:24
- 2 Samuel 3:35
- 2 Samuel 12:11
- 2 Samuel 12:12
- 2 Samuel 23:4
- 2 Kings 3:22
- 2 Kings 23:5
- 2 Kings 23:11
- Nehemiah 7:3
- Job 8:16
- Psalms 50:1
- Psalms 72:5
- Psalms 72:17
- Psalms 84:11
- Psalms 104:19
- Psalms 104:22
- Psalms 113:3
- Psalms 121:6
- Psalms 136:8
- Psalms 148:3
- Ecclesiastes 1:5
- Ecclesiastes 1:14
- Ecclesiastes 2:17
- Ecclesiastes 2:18
- Ecclesiastes 2:19
- Ecclesiastes 3:16
- Ecclesiastes 4:1
- Ecclesiastes 4:15
- Ecclesiastes 5:13
- Ecclesiastes 5:18
Words derived from it
- H8123שִׁמְשׁוֹן ShimshôwnShimshon, an Israelite
- H3996מָבוֹא mâbôwʼan entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards
- H1053בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ Bêyth ShemeshBeth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
- H5885עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ ʻÊyn ShemeshEn-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
- H5905עִיר שֶׁמֶשׁ ʻÎyr ShemeshIr-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
- H8120שְׁמַשׁ shᵉmashto serve
- H8122שֶׁמֶשׁ shemeshthe sun
- H8125שַׁמְשְׁרַי ShamshᵉrayShamsherai, an Israelite
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.