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HebrewH8127Noun (Feminine)

שֵׁן

shen

42Occurrences
H8127Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff

from H8150 (שָׁנַן); compare H8143 (שֶׁנְהַבִּים)

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

שֵׁן appears 42 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Job
6
Psalms
4
1 Samuel
3
Amos
3
Ezk
3
Proverbs
3
Song of Solomon
3
1 Kings
2

Key Passages

1 Kings 10:18BSB

Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

Amos 6:4BSB

You lie on beds inlaid with ivory,and lounge upon your couches.You dine on lambs from the flockand calves from the stall.

Genesis 49:12BSB

His eyes are darker than wine,and his teeth are whiter than milk.

Job 4:10BSB

The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl,yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Proverbs 25:19BSB

Like a broken tooth or a foot out of jointis confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.