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Strong's #8121 - שֶׁמֶשׁ

Transliteration

shemesh

Phonetics

sheh'-mesh

Root Word (Etymology)

from an unused root meaning to be brilliant

Parts of Speech

Noun

TWOT

2417a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2246 ‑ ἥλιος (hay'‑lee‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (134)

Genesis 6

Exodus 4

Leviticus 1

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 13

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 5

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Psalms 14

Ecclesiastes 35

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Joel 3

Amos 1

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

NAS (112)

Genesis 6

Exodus 4

Leviticus 1

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 5

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 4

2 Kings 4

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Psalms 14

Ecclesiastes 35

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Joel 3

Amos 1

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 2

HCS (134)

Genesis 6

Exodus 4

Leviticus 1

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 14

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 4

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 5

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Psalms 14

Ecclesiastes 35

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Joel 3

Amos 1

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

BSB (137)

Genesis 9

Exodus 4

Leviticus 1

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 13

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 5

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Psalms 14

Ecclesiastes 35

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Joel 3

Amos 1

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

ESV (107)

Genesis 6

Leviticus 1

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 7

Joshua 5

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 5

2 Kings 4

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Psalms 14

Ecclesiastes 34

Isaiah 9

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Joel 2

Amos 1

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 2

WEB (121)

Genesis 6

Exodus 4

Leviticus 1

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 9

Joshua 7

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Psalms 14

Ecclesiastes 35

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Joel 3

Amos 1

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 2

KJV (134)

Sun 2

eastward 1

side 2

sun 117

sunrising 8

west 1

westward 1

windows 1

NAS (112)

Sun 1

battlements 1

daylight 1

sun 108

sun's 1

HCS (134)

the sunshine 1

* 29

By sunset 1

Sun 2

The sun 2

broad daylight 1

fortifications 1

from the sun 1

in broad daylight 1

is a sun 1

long as the sun 1

of the sun 3

sun 78

sun's 2

the sun 8

when the sun 2

BSB (137)

* 12

As the sun 4

By sunset 1

Her sun 1

I will make the sun 1

I will make the sun's 1

O sun 2

So [the shadow cast by] the sun 1

So the sun 2

Sun 1

The sun 9

When the sun 6

Your sun 1

and the sun 4

and this time the sun 1

and when the sun 2

as the sun 1

at sunrise 1

broad daylight 1

by the time the sun 1

east 1

for the sun 2

from the sun 1

in broad daylight 1

is a sun 1

long as the sun shines 1

of the sun 7

on the east 1

or sun 1

or to the sun 1

sunset 1

the east side 1

the sun 45

the sun [shines] 1

the sunlight 1

the sunset 1

the sunshine 1

to the sun 3

will be like the sun 1

will the sun 1

your pinnacles 1

ESV (107)

Sun 1

pinnacles 1

sun 105

WEB (121)

* 5

Before the sun 1

If the sun 1

So the sun 1

Sun 1

The sun 15

When the sun 3

Your sun 1

and at the 1

and before the sun 1

and the sun 7

and when the sun 1

as soon as the sun 1

because the sun 2

but when the sun 1

by the time the sun 1

for the sun 1

from 1

her sun 1

him be as the sun 1

him under the sun 2

is a sun 1

like the sun before me 1

neither shall the sun 1

nor sun 1

of the sun 13

of this sun 1

on the 1

shall the sun 1

sunset 1

that I will cause the sun 1

the sun 14

them before the sun 1

thing under the sun 1

to the sun 2

toward the sunrise 2

under the sun 25

until the sun 1

when the sun 2

you under the sun 1

your pinnacles 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2854) s m s (סהמסה ShMSh) AC: ? CO: Sun AB: ?: [from: ms- a hot wind from the sun causing desolation] (eng: sun - with the exchange of the s and sh and the n and m)

N^f ) s m s (סהמסה ShMSh) - I. Sun:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Serve:[Unknown connection to root; Aramaic only] KJV (136): sun, ministered - Strongs: H8120 (שְׁמַשׁ), H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ), H8122 (שְׁמַשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ₁₃₃ noun feminine^{Judges 19:14}

and masculine^{Genesis 19:23} (Albr^{ZAW 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 q. v.) Exodus 22:2 (E) + 8t. + 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

1 f); setting (verb בּוֺא) Genesis 15:17 (J), Amos 8:9 19t., + לָבוֺא׳וַיְהִי הַשּׁ Genesis 15:12 (JE), יְדַע מְבוֺאוֺ׳שׁ Psalm 104:19 (see בּוֺא 1 i, 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 Song of Solomon 1:6; standing still at Joshua's word Joshua 10:12.13 a (poem in J; "" יָרֵחַ), Joshua 10:13 b (J), compare Habakkuk 3:11 (+ יָרֵךְַ); casting shadow (on dial), ׳יָָֽרְדָה בְמַעֲלוֺת אָחָז בַּשּׁ 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 1 g; [מָּנֶה]

11. 4 a ( e), p. 817), 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 16t. (see מִוְרָךְ p. 280); ׳מְבוֺא הַשּׁ Deuteronomy 11:30 3t. (see מָבוֺא 2, p. 99).

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 p. 112:b.

4 other phrase:

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 28t. Ecclesiastes (compare Greek ὐφ’ ἠλίῳ, Kue^{Ond. 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).

I. שׁמשׁ (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew שׁמשׁ, שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שֶׁמֶשׁ comm. (m. Psalms 104:19 f. Genesis 15:17), with Suff. שִׁמְשִׁי

(1) the sun (Arabic شَمْسُ, Syr. ܫܶܡܫܐܳ, a primitive word, found under the radical letters sm, sr, sn, sl, in very many languages, compare the old Germ. Summi (whence Summer, Sommer), Sanscr. sura, surja, Germ. Sunne, Sonne, Eng. sun, Lat. sol, and with an aspirate put for a sibilant Pehlev. hûr, Pers. خور, Gr. ἥλιος, see Merian, Etude Comparative des Langues, p. 66, 67), תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ under the sun, i.e. on earth, a usual phrase in the book of Ecclesiastes 1:3,, 14 2:11, 18, 19, 22 4:1,,, 15 and frequently. לִפְנֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ in the sunshine, Job 8:16 (but as to Psalms 72:17, see לִפְנֵי No. 1, p. 680, A ), לְעֵינֵי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ before the sun, i.e. in the presence of the sun, with the sun, as it were, looking on, 2 Samuel 12:11. The sun-rise is spoken of with the verbs יָצָא, זָרַח, as to the setting, the verb בּוֹא. Metaph. God is said to be any one’s sun, Psalms 84:12.

(2) pl. שְׁמָשׁוֹת battlements (as if suns, sun-beams), Isaiah 54:12. LXX. ἐπάλξεις.

[שֶׁמֶשׁ Ch. id. q. Heb. No. 1, Daniel 6:15.]

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List of Word Forms

בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ בשמש הַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁ הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ הַשֶּׁ֜מֶשׁ הַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ הַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁ הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ֩ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ֮ הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ השמש השמש׃ וְהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וְהַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ וְלַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ ׀ וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ וָשָׁ֑מֶשׁ והשמש ולשמש ושמש ושמש׃ כַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ כשמש לַ֝שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ לַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ לַשֶּׁ֤מֶשׁ לַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ לַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ לשמש לשמש׃ מש שִׁמְשֵׁ֔ךְ שִׁמְשָׁ֛הּ שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֔יִךְ שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ שֶׁ֚מֶשׁ שֶׁ֜מֶשׁ שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁ שֶׁ֣מֶשׁ שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ שֶׁ֨מֶשׁ ׀ שֶׁמֶשׁ֮ שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ שָׁ֑מֶשׁ שמש שמש׃ שמשה שמשך שמשתיך baš·še·meš bashShemesh baššemeš chashShemesh haš·šā·meš haš·še·meš hashShamesh hashShemesh haššāmeš haššemeš ḵaš·še·meš ḵaššemeš laš·šā·meš laš·še·meš lashShamesh lashShemesh laššāmeš laššemeš meš mesh šā·meš šāmeš še·meš šemeš Shamesh shemesh shimShah shimShech shimshoTayich šim·šāh šim·šêḵ šim·šō·ṯa·yiḵ šimšāh šimšêḵ šimšōṯayiḵ vaShamesh vehashShemesh velashShemesh wā·šā·meš wāšāmeš wə·haš·še·meš wə·laš·še·meš wəhaššemeš wəlaššemeš