H8121 שׁמשׁ - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number


שׁמשׁ
shemesh
sheh'-mesh
From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication the east; figuratively a ray, that is, (architecturally) a notched battlement

KJV Usage: + east side (-ward), sun ([rising]), + west (-ward), window. See also H1053.


Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions

BDB8874
BDB9969

שׁמשׁ

1. sun
a. sun
b. sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
c. sun (as object of illicit worship)
d. openly, publicly (in other phrases)
e. pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
TWOT: 2417a
Parts of Speech: Noun

TBESH:
שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ
she.mesh
H:N
sun
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)

View how H8121 שׁמשׁ is used in the Bible

First 30 of 132 occurrences of H8121 שׁמשׁ

Genesis 15:12 And when the sun
Genesis 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun
Genesis 19:23 The sun
Genesis 28:11 because the sun
Genesis 32:31 the sun
Genesis 37:9 more; and, behold, the sun
Exodus 16:21 and when the sun
Exodus 17:12 of the sun.
Exodus 22:3 If the sun
Exodus 22:26 of the sun.
Leviticus 22:7 And when the sun
Numbers 21:11 toward the sunrising.
Numbers 25:4 before the sun,
Deuteronomy 4:19 the sun,
Deuteronomy 4:41 toward the sunrising;
Deuteronomy 4:47 toward the sunrising;
Deuteronomy 11:30 where the sun
Deuteronomy 16:6 of the sun,
Deuteronomy 17:3 them, either the sun,
Deuteronomy 23:11 and when the sun
Deuteronomy 24:13 when the sun
Deuteronomy 24:15 neither shall the sun
Deuteronomy 33:14 brought forth by the sun,
Joshua 1:4 of the sun,
Joshua 1:15 toward the sunrising.
Joshua 8:29 and as soon as the sun
Joshua 10:12 Sun,
Joshua 10:13 And the sun
Joshua 10:13 So the sun
Joshua 10:27 of the sun,

Distinct usage

18 The sun
7 and the sun
7 under the sun.
6 of the sun,
6 under the sun,
5 of the sun
4 And when the sun
4 of the sun.
4 toward the sunrising.
4 under the sun:
3 under the sun
3 the sun,
2 toward the sunrising;
2 toward the sunrising
2 to the sun,
2 under the sun?
2 the sun.
2 So the sun
2 the sun:
1 And it came to pass, that, when the sun
1 because the sun
1 If the sun
1 where the sun
1 them, either the sun,
1 brought forth by the sun,
1 and as soon as the sun
1 toward the sunrising,
1 westward.
1 him be as the sun
1 as soon as the sun
1 by the east side
1 on the east side
1 by the time the sun
1 and before the sun.
1 when the sun
1 eastward,
1 until the sun
1 and the sun.
1 is a sun
1 ye him, sun
1 thing under the sun.
1 under the sun;
1 him under the sun?
1 thee under the sun,
1 also under the sun,
1 While the sun,
1 on the sun
1 thy windows
1 Thy sun
1 but when the sun
1 shall the Sun
1 And it came to pass, when the sun
1 for the sun,
1 as the sun
1 neither shall the sun
1 them before the sun,
1 nor sun
1 more; and, behold, the sun
1 when the sun
1 and from the west

Corresponding Greek Words

shemesh G2246 helios


Related words

H8121

H1053 בּית שׁמשׁ bêyth shemesh
בּית שׁמשׁ
bêyth shemesh
bayth sheh'-mesh
From H1004 and H8121; house of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Beth-shemesh.


H3996 מבוא mâbô'
מבוא
mâbô'
maw-bo'
From H935; an entrance (the place or the act); specifically (with or without H8121) sunset or the west; also (adverbially with preposition) towards

KJV Usage: by which came, as cometh, in coming, as men enter into, entering, entrance into, entry, where goeth, going down, + westward.

Compare H4126.

H5885 עין שׁמשׁ ‛êyn shemesh
עין שׁמשׁ
‛êyn shemesh
ane sheh'-mesh
From H5869 and H8121; fountain of the sun; En-Shemesh, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: En-Shemesh.


H5905 עיר שׁמשׁ ‛ı̂yr shemesh
עיר שׁמשׁ
‛ı̂yr shemesh
err sheh'-mesh
From H5892 and H8121; city of the sun; Ir-Shemesh, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Ir-shemesh.


H8120 שׁמשׁ she mash
שׁמשׁ
she mash
shem-ash'
(Chaldee); corresponding to the root of H8121 through the idea of activity implied in daylight; to serve

KJV Usage: minister.


H8122 שׁמשׁ shemesh
שׁמשׁ
shemesh
sheh'-mesh
(Chaldee); corresponding to H8121; to sun

KJV Usage: sun.


H8123 שׁמשׁון shimshôn
שׁמשׁון
shimshôn
shim-shone'
From H8121; sunlight; Shimshon, an Israelite

KJV Usage: Samson.


H8125 שׁמשׁרי shamshe ray
שׁמשׁרי
shamshe ray
sham-sher-ah'ee
Apparently from H8121; sunlike; Shamsherai, an Israelite

KJV Usage: Shamsherai.


H1053 בּית שׁמשׁ bêyth shemesh

בּית שׁמשׁ
bêyth shemesh
bayth sheh'-mesh
From H1004 and H8121; house of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Beth-shemesh.


H1030 בּית השּׁמשׁי bêyth hashshimshı̂y
בּית השּׁמשׁי
bêyth hashshimshı̂y
bayth hash-shim-shee'
Patrial from H1053 with the article inserted; a Beth shimshite, or inhabitant of Bethshemesh

KJV Usage: Bethshemite.