Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8121
שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ
she.mesh · “sun”
Used 134 times across 28 books
Definition
1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)
Where it appears
Genesis6
Exodus4
Leviticus1
Numbers2
Deuteronomy10
Joshua13
Judges6
1 Samuel1
2 Samuel5
1 Kings1
2 Kings5
2 Chronicles1
Nehemiah1
Job1
Psalms14
Ecclesiastes35
Song of Solomon1
Isaiah10
Jeremiah3
Ezekiel2
Joel3
Amos1
Jonah2
Micah1
Nahum1
Habakkuk1
Zechariah1
Malachi2
In the text
Genesis 15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.Genesis 15:17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.Genesis 19:23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.Genesis 28:11And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.Genesis 32:32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.Genesis 37:9And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.Exodus 16:21And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.Exodus 17:12But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.Exodus 22:2If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.Exodus 22:25If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
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