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Lexicon :: Strong's H8081 - šemen

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שֶׁמֶן
Transliteration
šemen
Pronunciation
sheh'-men
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2410c

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁמֶן shemen, sheh'-men; from H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness:—anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 193x

The KJV translates Strong's H8081 in the following manner: oil (165x), ointment (14x), olive (4x), oiled (2x), fat (2x), things (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 193x
The KJV translates Strong's H8081 in the following manner: oil (165x), ointment (14x), olive (4x), oiled (2x), fat (2x), things (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. fat, oil

    1. fat, fatness

    2. oil, olive oil

      1. as staple, medicament or unguent

      2. for anointing

    3. fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁמֶן shemen, sheh'-men; from H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness:—anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.
STRONGS H8081: Abbreviations
שֶׁ֫מֶן 192 noun masculine 2 Kings 20:13 (on apparently feminine Songs 1:3 compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 99, 106) fat, oil; — שׁ׳ absolute Genesis 28:18 +, construct Leviticus 8:2 +; שָׁ֑׳ 2 Kings 4:6 +; suffix שַׁמְנִי Hosea 2:7 +, etc.; plural שְׁמָנִים Amos 6:6 +; suffix שְׁמָנֶיךָ Songs 1:3, נַיִח - Songs 4:10; —
1. fat, fatness: קֶרֶן בֶּןשֿׁ׳ Isaiah 5:1 (of fertile slope); plural גֵּיאשְֿׁמָנִים Isaiah 28:1, 4; of food (in figurative) Isaiah 25:6 (twice in verse); literal כְּשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁ֑מֶן Psalm 109:24 (compare צוֺם Psalm 109:24a), compare שׁ׳מִפְּנֵי Isaiah 10:27 (in figurative, si vera lectio, meaning obscure; most now emend by conjecture; RSJPH xili (1885), 62 עָלָה מִצָּפוֺן שֹׁרֵד [see also II. חבל], joining to Isaiah 10:28; Du Marti has gone up from Pene-Rimmon [??], compare Di-Kit).
2.
a. oil, specifically olive-oil, as rich product Deuteronomy 8:8 + (see זַיִת); hence עֵץ שׁ׳ Isaiah 41:19 oil-tree, usually explained as wild olive, oleaster, so Nehemiah 8:15 (|| וַיִת), עֲצֵי שׁ׳ oleaster-wood 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32, 33; once הַמֹּר שׁ׳ Esther 2:2 (see מֹר; מ׳ also in holy anointing oil Exodus 30:23).
b. שׁ׳ as staple (codiment) Numbers 11:8 (J; see לשׁד), of value 1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16; 2 Kings 2:4, 6, 7 + 4 times; symbol of plenty Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:24; Job 29:6; ascribed (fassely) to gift of Baals Hosea 2:7; as royal treasure 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2, compare 1 Kings 5:25 (כָּ תִית שׁ׳, see כ׳) = 2 Chronicles 2:9; 2 Chronicles 2:14 + 3 times; tribute Hosea 12:2, article of trade Ezekiel 27:17; odoriferous Proverbs 27:9; Songs 1:3; Songs 4:10, רוֺקֵחַ שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:1, so (figurative) Songs 1:3; Ecclesiastes 7:1; Proverbs 27:16 is corrupt, see Toy; sign of luxury Ezekiel 16:13; Proverbs 21:17, of prosperity Ezekiel 16:20.
c. שׁ׳ as medicament Isaiah 1:6; as unguent, for shield 2 Samuel 1:21, person Amos 6:6; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:40; Ezekiel 16:9; Esther; Psalm 92:11; Psalm 104:15, not for mourner 2 Samuel 14:2; on head token of happiness Ecclesiastes 9:8, of hospitality, ראֹשִׁי דִּמַּנְתָּ בַּמֹּ׳ Psalm 23:5 (figurative), in simile Psalm 133:2; Psalm 141:5.
d. for anointing king, הַשּׁ׳ פַּךְ 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 9:1, 3, compare 2 Kings 9:6, with קֶרֶן 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39; compare קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו בְּשׁ׳ Psalm 89:21.
e. in various figures of joy שָׂשׂוֺן שׁ׳ Isaiah 61:3; Psalm 45:8; soft words Psalm 55:22; Proverbs 5:3; as penetrating Psalm 109:18; as clear, transparent Ezekiel 32:14.
f. used in primitive worship, poured on stone Genesis 28:18 (E), Genesis 35:14 (J).
g. in later ritual: for anointing priests, tabernacle, altar utensils, etc. (P), made of various ingredients, וַיִת שׁ׳ among them, Exodus 30:24, הַמִּשְׁתָה שׁ׳ Exodus 25:6; Leviticus 8:2, 10, 12 + 11 times; מִשְׁחַתקֹֿדֶשׁ שׁ׳ Exodus 30:25 (twice in verse) + 2 times; י׳ מ׳ שׁ׳ Leviticus 10:7, אֱםהָיו מ׳ שׁ׳ Leviticus 21:12; הקּ׳ שׁ׳ Numbers 35:25; שׁ׳ alone Leviticus 14:10 + 12 times Leviticus 14; for lighting Exodus 25:6 + 6 times + זַיִת זָח כָּ חִית שׁ׳ Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:2 (see כָּ תִית); poured upon מִנְחָה Leviticus 2:1 + 5 times, compare Leviticus 5:11; Numbers 5:15; smeared (see מָשַׁח) upon wafers Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4 +, and cakes (or mixed in the making? compare בָּלַל) Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4, 5 +, so סֹלֶת בַּשׁ׳ Leviticus 2:7 etc. (approximately + 45 times in all), חַלַּת לֶחֶם שׁ׳ Exodus 29:23; Leviticus 8:26.
h. for use in temple 1 Chronicles 9:29.
i. for תְּרוּמָה in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) + 7 times in Ezekiel 45 and 46.
† j. efficacy denied Micah 6:7
† k. offered to idols Isaiah 57:9; Ezekiel 16:18, 19; Ezekiel 23:41. — See MacalisterHast. DB OIL ARSKEncy. Bib. OIL.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:18; 28:18; 35:14

Exodus

25:6; 25:6; 27:20; 29:2; 29:2; 29:23; 30:23; 30:24; 30:25

Leviticus

2:1; 2:4; 2:4; 2:5; 2:7; 5:11; 8:2; 8:2; 8:10; 8:12; 8:26; 10:7; 14; 14:10; 21:12; 24:2

Numbers

5:15; 11:8; 35:25

Deuteronomy

8:8; 28:40; 32:13; 33:24

1 Samuel

10:1; 16:1; 16:13

2 Samuel

1:21; 14:2

1 Kings

1:39; 6:23; 6:31; 6:32; 6:33; 17:12; 17:14; 17:16

2 Kings

2:4; 2:6; 2:7; 4:6; 9:1; 9:3; 9:6; 20:13; 20:13

1 Chronicles

9:29

2 Chronicles

2:9; 2:14

Nehemiah

8:15

Esther

2:2

Job

29:6

Psalms

23:5; 45:8; 55:22; 89:21; 92:11; 104:15; 109:18; 109:24; 109:24; 133:2; 141:5

Proverbs

5:3; 21:17; 27:9; 27:16

Ecclesiastes

7:1; 9:8; 10:1

Song of Songs

1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 4:10; 4:10

Isaiah

1:6; 5:1; 10:27; 10:28; 25:6; 28:1; 28:4; 39:2; 41:19; 57:9; 61:3

Ezekiel

16:9; 16:13; 16:18; 16:19; 16:20; 23:41; 27:17; 32:14; 45:14

Hosea

2:7; 2:7; 12:2

Amos

6:6; 6:6

Micah

6:7; 6:15

H8081

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8081 matches the Hebrew שֶׁמֶן (šemen),
which occurs 193 times in 176 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 28:18–Lev 14:26)

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So Jacob rose early in the morning and took the stone that he had put [fn]under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil H8081 on its top.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil H8081 on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:6 - oil H8081 for lighting, spices for the anointing oil H8081 and for the fragrant incense,

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“And you shall command the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil H8081 of beaten olives for the [fn]light, to make a lamp [fn]burn continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:2 - and unleavened bread and unleavened cakes mixed with oil H8081, and unleavened wafers [fn]spread with oil H8081; you shall make them of fine wheat flour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7 - “Then you shall take the anointing oil H8081 and pour it on his head and anoint him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - “Then you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil H8081, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments and on his sons and on his sons’ garments with him; so he and his garments shall be set apart as holy, as well as his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:23 - and one cake of bread and one cake of bread mixed with oil H8081 and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread which is set before Yahweh;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:40 - and there shall be [fn]one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a [fn]hin of beaten oil H8081, and one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with the one lamb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and of cassia 500, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil H8081 a [fn]hin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:25 - “And you shall make [fn]of these a holy anointing oil H8081, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil H8081.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:31 - “And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil H8081 to Me throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11 - the anointing oil H8081 also, and the fragrant incense for the holy place, they shall make them according to all that I have commanded you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:8 - and oil H8081 for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil H8081, and for the fragrant incense,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - the lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps and the oil H8081 for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - and the altar of incense and its poles, and the anointing oil H8081 and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the doorway at the [fn]entrance of the tabernacle;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28 - and the spice and the oil H8081 for the light and for the anointing oil H8081 and for the fragrant incense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - And he made the holy anointing oil H8081 and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure gold lampstand, [fn]with its arrangement of lamps and all its utensils, and the oil H8081 for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - and the gold altar, and the anointing oil H8081 and the fragrant incense, and the veil for the doorway of the tent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - “Then you shall take the anointing oil H8081 and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it and set it apart as holy and all its [fn]furnishings; and it shall be holy.

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‘Now when anyone brings near a grain offering as an offering to Yahweh, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil H8081 on it and put frankincense on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - ‘He shall then bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests; and he shall take from it his handful of its fine flour and of its oil H8081 with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke as its memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

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‘Now when you bring near an offering of a grain offering baked in an oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 or unleavened wafers [fn]spread with oil H8081.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:5 - ‘And if your offering is a grain offering made on the griddle, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil H8081;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:6 - you shall break it into bits and pour oil H8081 on it; it is a grain offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:7 - ‘Now if your offering is a grain offering made in a [fn]pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil H8081.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - ‘You shall then put oil H8081 on it and place frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - ‘And the priest shall offer up in smoke its memorial portion, part of its grits and its oil H8081 with all its frankincense as an offering by fire to Yahweh.

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‘But if his [fn]means are insufficient for two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not place oil H8081 on it or put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - ‘Then one of them shall raise up from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, [fn]with its oil H8081 and all the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, a soothing aroma, as its memorial offering to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:21 - “It shall be prepared with oil H8081 on a griddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall bring near the grain offering in baked pieces as a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10 - ‘And every grain offering, mixed with oil H8081 or dry, shall [fn]belong to all the sons of Aaron, [fn]to all alike.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:12 - ‘If he brings it near for thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall bring near unleavened cakes mixed with oil H8081 and unleavened wafers [fn]spread with oil H8081 and cakes of well stirred fine flour mixed with oil H8081.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:2 - “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil H8081 and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:10 -

Moses then took the anointing oil H8081 and anointed the [fn]tabernacle and all that was in it and set them apart as holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12 - Then he poured some of the anointing oil H8081 on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to set him apart as holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:26 - From the basket of unleavened bread that was before Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake and one cake of bread mixed with oil H8081 and one wafer, and he placed them on the portions of fat and on the right thigh.

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So Moses took some of the anointing oil H8081 and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he set Aaron apart as holy, his garments and his sons and the garments of his sons with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:4 - and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before Yahweh, and a grain offering mixed with oil H8081; for today Yahweh will appear to you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7 - “You shall not even go out from the doorway of the tent of meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil H8081 of Yahweh is upon you.” So they did according to the word of Moses.

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“Now on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and a yearling ewe lamb without blemish, and three-tenths of an [fn]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 for a grain offering, and one [fn]log of oil H8081;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:12 - “Then the priest shall take the one male lamb and bring it near for a guilt offering, with the [fn]log of oil H8081, and wave them as a wave offering before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:15 - “The priest shall also take some of the [fn]log of oil H8081 and pour it into his left palm;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:16 - the priest shall then dip his right-hand finger into the oil H8081 that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil H8081 seven times before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - “Of the remaining oil H8081 which is in his palm, the priest shall put some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:18 - but the rest of the oil H8081 that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before Yahweh.

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“But if he is poor and his [fn]means are insufficient, then he is to take one male lamb for a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil H8081 for a grain offering, and a [fn]log of oil H8081,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:24 - “And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the [fn]log of oil H8081, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:26 - “The priest shall also pour some of the oil H8081 into his left palm;

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