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Lexicon :: Strong's H7950 - šeleḡ

Aa
שֶׁלֶג
Transliteration
šeleḡ
Pronunciation
sheh'-leg
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2391a

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁלֶג sheleg, sheh'-leg; from H7949; snow (probably from its whiteness):—snow(-y).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H7950 in the following manner: snow (19x), snowy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H7950 in the following manner: snow (19x), snowy (1x).

  1. snow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁלֶג sheleg, sheh'-leg; from H7949; snow (probably from its whiteness):—snow(-y).
STRONGS H7950: Abbreviations
† שֶׁלֶ֫ג noun masculineIsaiah 55:10 snow; — absolute שׁ׳ Isaiah 1:18 +, שָׁ֑לֶג Exodus 4:6 +; construct שֶׁ֫לֶג Jeremiah 18:14; — snow, 2 Samuel 23:20 (יוֺם הַשּׁ׳) = 1 Chronicles 11:22; Job 6:16; Job 37:6 (|| גֶּשֶׁם מָטָר) Psalm 147:16; Psalm 148:8 (+ אֵשׁ, בָּרָד, קִיטוֺר); מֵימֵי שׁ׳ Job 24:19, compare Job 9:30 Qr (בְּמֵי, < Qr בְּמוֺ De Di Bu and others, snow as purifying; see also [מַי]; in poetry אִצְרוֺת שׁ׳ Job 38:22 (|| בָּרָד א׳); symbolic of cold Proverbs 31:21; as moistening, fertilizing Isaiah 55:10 (|| גֶּשֶׁם); on mountains, figurative of normal habit, לְבָנוֺן שׁ׳ Jeremiah 18:14; simile of whiteness, of leprosy Exodus 4:6 (J), Numbers 12:10(E), 2 Kings 5:27; with מִן comp,, of fair skin Lamentations 4:7 (|| חָלָב); simile of sins, יַלְבִּינוּ כַּשּׁ׳ Isaiah 1:18, compare Psalm 51:9 (מִן compare); simile of refreshment Proverbs 25:13 (drink cooled by snow, see references in DeToy), of the unfitting בַּקַיִץ כַּשּׁ׳ Proverbs 26:1 (|| מָטָר). — On snow in Palestine see NicolHast. DB SNOW.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8517.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:6; 4:6

Numbers

12:10

2 Samuel

23:20

2 Kings

5:27

1 Chronicles

11:22

Job

6:16; 9:30; 24:19; 37:6; 38:22

Psalms

51:9; 147:16; 148:8

Proverbs

25:13; 26:1; 31:21

Isaiah

1:18; 1:18; 55:10; 55:10

Jeremiah

18:14; 18:14

Lamentations

4:7

H7950

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7950 matches the Hebrew שֶׁלֶג (šeleḡ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:6 - Then the Lord said to him again, Put your hand inside your clothing. And he put his hand inside his robe: and when he took it out it was like the hand of a leper, as white as snow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - And the cloud was moved from over the Tent; and straight away Miriam became a leper, as white as snow: and Aaron, looking at Miriam, saw that she was a leper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - Because of what you have done, the disease of Naaman the leper will take you in its grip, and your seed after you, for ever. And he went out from before him a leper as white as snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, a fighting-man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death two young lions going into their secret place; and he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16 - Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:30 - If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:22 - Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:7 - Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16 - He gives snow like wool; he sends out ice-drops like dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:8 - Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:13 - As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1 - Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:21 - She has no fear of the snow for her family, for all those in her house are clothed in red.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14 - Will the white snow go away from the top of Sirion? will the cold waters flowing from the mountains become dry?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Her holy ones were cleaner than snow, they were whiter than milk, their bodies were redder than corals, their form was as the sapphire:
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