Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8127
שֵׁן
shen · “tooth”
Used 55 times across 19 books
Definition
: tooth
1) tooth, ivory
1a) tooth
1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast
1b) tooth, tine (of fork)
1c) ivory
1c1) as material
1c2) of commerce
1d) sharp pointed rock
1) tooth, ivory
1a) tooth
1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast
1b) tooth, tine (of fork)
1c) ivory
1c1) as material
1c2) of commerce
1d) sharp pointed rock
Where it appears
Genesis1
Exodus5
Leviticus2
Numbers1
Deuteronomy3
1 Samuel4
1 Kings2
2 Chronicles1
Job7
Psalms8
Proverbs3
Song of Solomon4
Jeremiah2
Lamentations2
Ezekiel3
Joel2
Amos3
Micah1
Zechariah1
In the text
Genesis 49:12His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.Exodus 21:24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,Exodus 21:27And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.Leviticus 24:20Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.Numbers 11:33And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.Deuteronomy 19:21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.Deuteronomy 32:24They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.1 Samuel 2:13And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;1 Samuel 14:4And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.1 Samuel 14:5The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
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