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Lexicon :: Strong's H8081 - šemen

Aa
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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:6 - Oil for the light, spices for the sweet-smelling oil, sweet perfumes for burning;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clear olive oil for the lights, so that a light may be burning there at all times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:2 - And unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and thin unleavened cakes on which oil has been put, made of the best bread-meal;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7 - Then take the oil and put it on his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - Then take some of the blood on the altar, and the oil, and put it on Aaron and his robes and on his sons and on their robes, so that he and his robes and his sons and their robes may be made holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:23 - And take one bit of bread and one cake of oiled bread and one thin cake out of the basket of unleavened bread which is before the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:40 - And with the one lamb, a tenth part of an ephah of the best meal, mixed with a fourth part of a hin of clear oil; and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - And of cassia, five hundred shekels' weight measured by the scale of the holy place, and of olive oil a hin:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:25 - And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:31 - And say to the children of Israel, This is to be the Lord's holy oil, from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11 - And the holy oil, and the perfume of sweet spices for the holy place; they will do whatever I have given you orders to have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:8 - And oil for the lights, and spices for the holy oil and for the sweet perfumes for burning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - And the support for the lights, with its vessels and its lights and the oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - And the altar for burning spices, with its rods, and the holy oil and the sweet perfume, and the curtain for the door, at the door of the House;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28 - And the spice and the oil for the light, and the holy oil and the sweet perfumes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - And he made the holy oil and the perfume of sweet spices for burning, after the art of the perfume-maker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - The support for the lights, with the vessels for the lights to be put in their places on it, and all its vessels, and the oil for the lights;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - And the gold altar, and the holy oil, and the sweet perfume for burning, and the curtain for the doorway of the tent;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - And take the holy oil and put it on the House and everything in it, and make it and everything in it holy:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 - And when anyone makes a meal offering to the Lord, let his offering be of the best meal, with oil on it and perfume:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - And let him take it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and having taken in his hand some of the meal and of the oil, with all the perfume, let him give it to the priest to be burned on the altar, as a sign, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:4 - And when you give a meal offering cooked in the oven, let it be of unleavened cakes of the best meal mixed with oil, or thin unleavened cakes covered with oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:5 - And if you give a meal offering cooked on a flat plate, let it be of the best meal, unleavened and mixed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:6 - Let it be broken into bits, and put oil on it; it is a meal offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:7 - And if your offering is of meal cooked in fat over the fire, let it be made of the best meal mixed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - And put oil on it and perfume: it is a meal offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - And part of the meal of the offering and part of the oil and all the perfume is to be burned for a sign by the priest: it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - But if he has not enough money for two doves or two young pigeons, then let him give, for the sin he has done, the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal, for a sin-offering; let him put no oil on it, and no perfume, for it is a sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - The priest is to take in his hand some of the meal of the meal offering and of the oil of it, and all the perfume on it, burning it on the altar as a sign, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:21 - Let it be made with oil on a flat plate; when it is well mixed and cooked, let it be broken and taken in as a meal offering, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10 - And every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry, is for all the sons of Aaron in equal measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:12 - If any man gives his offering as a praise-offering, then let him give with the offering, unleavened cakes mixed with oil and thin unleavened cakes covered with oil and cakes of the best meal well mixed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:2 - Take Aaron, and his sons with him, and the robes and the holy oil and the ox of the sin-offering and the two male sheep and the basket of unleavened bread;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:10 - And Moses took the holy oil and put it on the House and on all the things in it, to make them holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12 - And some of the oil he put on Aaron's head, to make him holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:26 - And out of the basket of unleavened bread which was before the Lord he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of bread with oil on it, and one thin cake, and put them on the fat and on the right leg:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:30 - And Moses took some of the holy oil and of the blood which was on the altar and put it on Aaron and on his robes, and on his sons and on his sons' robes; and made Aaron holy, and his robes and his sons and his sons' robes with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:4 - And an ox and a male sheep for peace-offerings, to be put to death before the Lord; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for this day you are to see the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7 - And do not go out from the door of the Tent of meeting, or death will come to you; for the holy oil of the Lord is on you. And they did as Moses said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:10 - And on the eighth day let him take two male lambs, without any marks on them, and one female lamb of the first year, without a mark, and three tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:12 - And the priest is to take one of the male lambs and give it as an offering for wrongdoing, and the log of oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:15 - And take some of the oil and put it in the hollow of his left hand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:16 - And let the priest put his right finger in the oil which is in his left hand, shaking it out with his finger seven times before the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - And of the rest of the oil which is in his hand, the priest will put some on the point of the right ear of the man who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, over the blood of the offering for wrongdoing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:18 - And the rest of the oil in the priest's hand he will put on the head of him who is to be made clean; and so the priest will make him free from sin before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21 - And if he is poor and not able to get so much, then he may take one male lamb as an offering for wrongdoing, to be waved to take away his sin, and one tenth part of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:24 - And the priest will take the lamb of the offering for wrongdoing and the oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:26 - And the priest will put out some of the oil in the hollow of his left hand,

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